HR Tech Project Manager (12 months FTC)

Canva

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Canva People Group is a group of passionate and talented team members who are on a mission to "Empower our teams to do the best work of their lives". We do this by focusing on five key strategies: Empower every person and every team; continuously upskill; achieve impactful goals and ensure we all feel we truly belong and thrive every day. Our People Programs team is on a mission to create the seamless, fully-integrated people systems experience filled with peak moments that our Canvanauts expect and deserve. We partner between the broader People Group and our internal partners across IT, Procurement, Finance, Legal and Security to deliver on our People Technology goals.
We’re looking for a HR Tech Project Manager to lead and deliver a diverse portfolio of cross-functional initiatives across the People Group. While there is a lean towards technology-enabled outcomes, this role spans the full breadth of what the People Group delivers — from process redesign and organisational change through to system implementations and capability uplift. You'll work closely with teams across People Operations, IT, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, People Experience, Learning, Security and beyond, acting as the connective tissue that keeps complex, multi-workstream programs on track. You'll partner with our People Programs and Business Systems Lead to ensure technology initiatives are well-sequenced and aligned to our broader People Group vision, while also picking up and driving non-tech programs that require strong coordination and delivery discipline.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex cross-functional projects — ideally within a People/HR context
• Experience with HR technology implementations and a comfort working across a broad technology stack
• A strong understanding of the People/HR functional domain and how people processes and delivery work in practice
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate complex details effectively at all levels of an organisation
• Well-developed and demonstrated project/program management experience, including the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Leading change management as part of project delivery
• Experience rallying and collaborating with people who are not direct reports
• Excellent problem-solving ability — able to see through complexity, identify the right issues to address and implement meaningful improvements
• Bias for action, constantly targeting positive impact and being a force for good
• Integrity and trustworthiness, with the humility and self-awareness to question one's own assumptions

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of cross-functional People Group projects, spanning technology-enabled outcomes, process redesign and organisational initiatives
• Develop and maintain clear project plans, ensuring scope, dependencies, risks and priorities are well understood and communicated to stakeholders
• Coordinate and collaborate with the people and teams needed to deliver — across IT, People and other functions — without relying on direct authority
• Ensure projects land well, with attention to change management, adoption and sustainable outcomes for Canvanauts, leaders and People teams
• Contribute to a consistent approach to project delivery within the People Group, sharing learnings and helping to build team capability over time
• Act as a trusted partner to People teams and key stakeholders, keeping them informed, aligned and engaged throughout project delivery

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed