HR Project Manager

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.

3d•$77,000 - $100,000

About The Position

The HR Project Manager provides disciplined project management across a high-volume portfolio of Human Resources initiatives. The role ensures projects are planned, organized, resourced, tracked, communicated, and delivered in alignment with objectives, timelines, and priorities. It coordinates work spanning HR technology, compliance, Total Rewards, talent, employee experience, culture, HR operations, and other strategic initiatives, from focused functional projects to complex cross-functional efforts involving multiple departments, systems, vendors, and stakeholders. The role establishes structure, accountability, visibility, and coordination so project teams and subject matter experts can deliver their work. It requires managing multiple complex initiatives in a fast-paced environment and coordinating effectively across functions and organizational levels. The position manages projects through initiation, planning, execution, implementation, and closeout; supports HR workstreams in enterprise technology initiatives, including Workday-related efforts; and provides portfolio reporting and governance for HR leadership. Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. is a holding company with subsidiaries serving federal government and commercial enterprises across several lines of business. A portion of its profits supports Chickasaw citizens and the economic development and long-term viability of the Chickasaw Nation and its people. The position is primarily performed in an office environment. The estimated pay range is $77,000 to $100,000, with the final offer contingent on location, skillset, and experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 3 years of progressive project management experience managing complex, cross-functional initiatives.
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.
Must be able to pass a background investigation.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Manage a high-volume portfolio of concurrent HR projects across multiple functional areas.
Maintain a consolidated view of project status, milestones, resources, risks, dependencies, and upcoming decisions.
Establish and apply consistent project management standards, tools, templates, and governance across HR initiatives.
Support project intake and prioritization by providing visibility into resource requirements, dependencies, timing, and capacity.
Identify competing priorities and resource constraints and escalate concerns to HR leadership.
Maintain portfolio-level reporting on overall project health and progress.
Manage projects through initiation, planning, execution, implementation, and closeout.
Develop project plans that define scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, milestones, resources, dependencies, and responsibilities.
Establish clear roles and accountability across project teams.
Coordinate activities across HR, IT, Finance, Legal, Operations, Communications, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders as appropriate.
Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, status reviews, and decision-making discussions.
Follow up on commitments and drive accountability for assigned actions and deliverables.
Maintain project documentation, decision logs, action items, and other project records.
Provide hands-on project support when appropriate while maintaining functional subject matter experts’ accountability for functional decisions and deliverables.
Manage HR initiatives involving technology, processes, policies, compliance, Total Rewards, talent, employee experience, and other functional areas.
Manage HR workstreams for system enhancements, implementations, integrations, and optimization efforts, including Workday and other enterprise technologies.
Coordinate requirements gathering, testing, user acceptance testing, communications, training readiness, implementation planning, and post-launch activities as appropriate.
Partner with HR functional leaders, HR Operations, HRIS, IT, and other stakeholders to establish roles, responsibilities, timelines, and dependencies.
Coordinate HR project activities within broader enterprise technology initiatives while aligning with IT project governance and methodologies.
Ensure HR business requirements, decisions, dependencies, and deliverables are represented and tracked in cross-functional projects.
Identify project resource requirements and coordinate resource commitments across HR and cross-functional teams.
Maintain visibility into resource capacity and competing demands across the HR project portfolio.
Identify resource conflicts, competing priorities, and cross-project dependencies before they affect delivery; partner with HR leadership on constraints and sequencing challenges.
Coordinate external consultants and vendors against established project plans and deliverables.
Identify, document, monitor, and communicate project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies; develop mitigation plans with project owners and subject matter experts.
Establish escalation protocols and proactively elevate risks requiring leadership decisions.
Manage changes to project scope, schedule, resources, and deliverables through appropriate governance; document and communicate key decisions to impacted stakeholders.
Build working relationships across Human Resources and with cross-functional business partners.
Develop project communication plans appropriate to each initiative’s size, complexity, and audience.
Translate project information into clear, concise updates for HR and senior leadership.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and alignment among stakeholders with differing priorities and responsibilities.
Influence without direct authority to maintain project momentum and accountability.
Develop and maintain project dashboards, status reports, portfolio summaries, and leadership updates.
Establish project health indicators and monitor schedule, scope, resources, risks, and deliverables.
Facilitate project governance meetings and leadership reviews, and report transparently on project status and needs for leadership intervention.
Track project outcomes and conduct project closeouts and lessons-learned reviews to improve project delivery.
Perform other duties as assigned.