HR Project Manager

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.

1d•$77,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

The HR Project Manager provides disciplined project management across a high-volume portfolio of Human Resources initiatives. Ensures HR projects are effectively planned, organized, resourced, tracked, communicated, and delivered in alignment with established objectives, timelines, and priorities. Serves as a central point of coordination for projects spanning HR technology, compliance, Total Rewards, talent, employee experience, culture, HR operations, and other strategic HR initiatives. Projects may range from focused functional initiatives to complex, cross-functional efforts involving multiple departments, systems, vendors, and stakeholders. Creates the structure, accountability, visibility, and coordination necessary for project teams and subject matter experts to successfully deliver their work, acting as a true project manager role. Demonstrates project management that can thrive in a fast-paced environment, simultaneously managing multiple complex initiatives, and is highly effective at coordinating stakeholders across functions and levels of the organization. Previous experience supporting Human Resources projects is strongly preferred. Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries engaged in several lines of business (Business Services, Health, Infrastructure and Engineering, Mission Optimization, Technology and Transportation) for the federal government and commercial enterprises. A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens. We are proud to support the economic development and long-term viability of the Chickasaw Nation and its people. CNI offers premium benefits eligible on the first day of hire to full time employees; (Medical - Dental – Vision), Company Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 401(K) Immediate Vesting, Professional Development Assistance, Legal Aid Assistance Program, Family Planning / Fertility Assistance, Personal Time Off, and Observance of Federal Holidays. As a federal contractor, CNI is a drug-free workplace and adheres to the Federal Controlled Substance Act.

Requirements

Must be able to pass a background investigation.
Demonstrated experience simultaneously managing multiple projects with competing priorities, resources, and stakeholders.
Experience managing projects involving multiple functional areas and levels of leadership.
Strong knowledge of formal project management methodologies, tools, and practices.
Demonstrated experience developing project plans, managing risks and dependencies, coordinating resources, and providing leadership-level project reporting.
Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three or more (3+) years of progressive project management experience managing complex, cross-functional initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred.
Previous experience working within Human Resources or managing Human Resources projects strongly preferred.
Experience managing projects involving Workday or other enterprise HR technologies preferred.
Experience managing projects in a government contracting, highly regulated, or complex matrixed environment preferred.
Experience coordinating external consultants, technology partners, and vendors.
Experience supporting enterprise-wide implementations and organizational change initiatives.

Responsibilities

Manages a high-volume portfolio of concurrent HR projects across multiple functional areas.
Maintains a consolidated view of HR projects, providing visibility into project status, milestones, resources, risks, dependencies, and upcoming decisions.
Establishes and applies consistent project management standards, tools, templates, and governance across HR initiatives.
Supports project intake and prioritization by providing visibility into resource requirements, dependencies, timing, and capacity.
Identifies competing priorities and resource constraints and escalate concerns to HR leadership for resolution.
Maintains portfolio-level reporting to provide HR leadership with clear visibility into overall project health and progress.
Manages projects through the full project lifecycle, from initiation and planning through execution, implementation, and closeout.
Develops comprehensive project plans defining scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, milestones, resources, dependencies, and responsibilities.
Establishes clear roles and accountability across project teams.
Coordinates activities across HR, IT, Finance, Legal, Operations, Communications, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders as appropriate.
Facilitates project meetings, working sessions, status reviews, and decision-making discussions.
Follows up on commitments and drives accountability for assigned actions and deliverables.
Maintains project documentation, decision logs, action items, and other project records.
Provides hands-on project support when appropriate while maintaining accountability with functional subject matter experts for functional decisions and deliverables.
Provides project management support for HR initiatives involving technology, process, policy, compliance, Total Rewards, talent, employee experience, and other functional areas.
Manages HR workstreams associated with system enhancements, implementations, integrations, and optimization efforts, including initiatives involving Workday and other enterprise technologies.
Coordinates project activities such as requirements gathering, testing, user acceptance testing, communications, training readiness, implementation planning, and post-launch activities as appropriate.
Partners with HR functional leaders, HR Operations, HRIS, IT, and other stakeholders to ensure roles, responsibilities, timelines, and dependencies are clearly established.
Coordinates HR project activities within broader enterprise technology initiatives while maintaining alignment with established IT project governance and methodologies.
Ensures HR business requirements, decisions, dependencies, and deliverables are appropriately represented and tracked within cross-functional projects.
Identifies project resource requirements and coordinates resource commitments across HR and cross-functional teams.
Maintains visibility into resource capacity and competing demands across the HR project portfolio.
Identifies resource conflicts, competing priorities, and cross-project dependencies before they impact delivery.
Partners with HR leadership to escalate resource constraints and sequencing challenges.
Coordinates external consultants and vendors against established project plans and deliverables.
Identifies, documents, monitors, and communicates project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
Develops mitigation plans in partnership with project owners and subject matter experts.
Establishes clear escalation protocols and proactively elevate risks requiring leadership decisions.
Manages changes to project scope, schedule, resources, and deliverables through appropriate project governance.
Ensures key decisions are documented and communicated to impacted stakeholders.
Builds effective working relationships across Human Resources and with cross-functional business partners.
Develops project communication plans appropriate to the size, complexity, and audience of each initiative.
Translates detailed project information into clear, concise updates for HR and senior leadership.
Facilitates cross-functional collaboration and maintains alignment among stakeholders with different priorities and responsibilities.
Influences without direct authority to maintain momentum and accountability.
Develops and maintains project dashboards, status reports, portfolio summaries, and leadership updates.
Establishes project health indicators and consistently monitors schedule, scope, resources, risks, and deliverables.
Facilitates project governance meetings and leadership reviews.
Provides transparent reporting on projects that are on track, at risk, or require leadership intervention.
Tracks project outcomes and conducts project closeouts and lessons-learned reviews to continuously improve project delivery.