Job Description

Job Description

Title: HR Project/Change Manager

Location: New York, NY 10010 - Hybrid

Duration: 9 months with potential for extension

Must-Have Skills / Experience:

• Project Management (3–5 years): Status reports, workplans, trackers
• Excel Proficiency: Strong knowledge; VLOOKUP and pivot tables preferred
• Adaptability: Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines

Overview

• We are seeking an HR Project Management Lead to provide structured, strategic support across critical HR workstreams—Compensation, Benefits, Change Management, and HRIS.
• Investments HR Project Management Lead Total Rewards, Change Management & HR Workstreams
• This role acts as an integrator and executional engine for the HR project portfolio, ensuring alignment, momentum, and confidence for HR leaders. The ideal candidate blends strategic insight with hands-on delivery, driving key activities and enabling clarity across teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program Coordination & Governance Support
• Partner with HR leaders on planning, scheduling, and monitoring activities
• Maintain project documentation, timelines, risk logs, and dashboards
• Support governance routines: steering committees, working sessions, cross-functional checkpoints

Total Rewards Workstream Support:

• Coordinate Compensation & Benefits workstreams, ensuring milestones are met
• Support benefit plan implementation (NYL technology, HRIS, vendors: Alight & Empower)
• Assist with analytics, documentation, design sessions, leadership reviews, and communications
• Identify process gaps and support timely resolution

Change Management Support:

• Build and execute change deliverables: stakeholder assessments, communication plans, training, readiness checks
• Support Change Management lead with inputs, materials, and adoption tracking
• Maintain alignment across HR, Communications, and business areas

HR Transformation & HRIS Cutover Support:

• Coordinate activities for MacKay Shields HRIS cutover (workshops, deliverables, requirements, documentation)
• Act as connector across HRIS, HR partners, technology, and business stakeholders
• Support testing, data readiness, and issue tracking

Strategic & Operational Support:

• Translate leadership directives into actionable workplans and updates
• Identify risks, dependencies, and optimization opportunities
• Take a hands-on approach to execution, ensuring efficiency

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:

• Facilitate communication across HR, Finance, Technology, and business teams
• Prepare agendas, summaries, and presentation materials
• Support escalation processes with timely, accurate information
• Build trust-based partnerships through proactive engagement

Qualifications:

• 3–5+ years in program/project management or coordination roles
• Experience with Total Rewards, HRIS implementations, or large-scale HR initiatives (preferred)
• Familiarity with change management practices (PROSCI, ADKAR) a plus
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with composure
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable blending strat egic support with hands-on execution

Success Profile:

• Collaborative Partner: Builds alignment across diverse groups
• Operational Backbone: Brings structure and disciplined follow-through
• People-Centered Communicator: Creates clarity through empathetic engagement
• Execution-Focused: Drives progress with persistence and accuracy
• Forward-Looking Supporter: Anticipates needs, mitigates risks, enables informed decisions

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