HR Project Lead

Lowe's Home Centers•Mooresville, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this role is to be responsible to lead, support, and facilitate the delivery of HR processes and projects ranging from small, single-channel projects to large, complex, multi-channel programs. The HR Project Lead is responsible for developing and managing the execution of project/program plans, schedules, status reporting, and capacity forecasts while controlling and mitigating project risks to ensure successful implementation. The role will also help support HR strategies and business objectives for cyclical business processes to include talent planning, store training and development, performance management, workforce planning, communication and diversity initiatives, etc., all of which help further the goals of the HR delivery model; this will be accomplished through building, nurturing, and sustaining key stakeholder relationships with HR Business Partners, HR COE partners and business clients. In addition, this role will leverage their HR expertise, knowledge and experiences to provide sound judgement, guidance, and thought partnership to support and drive innovative solutions that will enable the business to achieve their goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree Business, Human Resources, or a related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
5 years Progressive HR experience demonstrating increasing areas of responsibility and/or authority
1 year Experience managing or supervising others, with either direct or indirect report responsibility
3 years Experience working in a cross-functional team environment with exempt and non-exempt staff

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree Business, Human Resources, or a related field
7 years Progressive HR experience
3 years Human Resources generalist experience across multiple disciplines (e.g., workforce planning; talent acquisition; career development) while interpreting and applying HR policies, procedures, programs and processes
2 years Experience working in multiple locations
3 years Experience managing or supervising others, including 1 year of direct report responsibility
3 years Experience managing a cross-functional team with exempt and non-exempt staff, while maintaining a union-free environment
Demonstrated experience developing, adapting, or facilitating training
Demonstrated experience actively serving as a strategic business partner for other parts of the organization
Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Professional in Human Resources)

Responsibilities

Partners with internal HR COEs such as Talent Acquisition, Organizational Effectiveness, Learning & Development, Compensation and Employee Relations to address issues and develop comprehensive strategies at the organizational.
Completes business case review to ensure project value proposition addresses root cause and aligns to overall HR strategies
Develops, analyzes, and manages all touch points of project plans including responsibility for scheduling kick-off meetings and status updates, budget forecasting, communicating with creative and channel teams and providing justification for costs and budget impact.
Serve as primary point of contact for Store HR as business lead providing overall requirements and necessary authorizations
In partnership with Release Management, oversee the management and mitigation of risk for HR projects.
Ensures contingency plans are established and deployed as appropriate; removing obstacles; anticipating and providing guidance around dependencies affected by ongoing project changes.
In partnership with the Release Management, monitors the overall project performance (timeline, budget, and resource utilization) against plan and makes adjustments as needed when issues are identified and require resolution.
Drives the execution of multiple work streams by gaining cross-functional support for plans, obtaining and distributing resources, setting standards and measuring progress.
Identifies process gaps as necessary and develops steps to close those gaps.
Reviews and/or prepares status reports on key project performance metrics (i.e. deliverables, financials, duration, benefits) and/or provides data input for report preparation to Field Directors.
Acts as a resource for channel owners as they execute plans across channels.
Identifies priority messages, ensures details needed are provided by the Marketing Leads and confirms direction as needed.
Acts as a resource for creative delivery team as they develop and build creative assets.
Identifies key creative messages and ensures assets are delivered on brand.