HR Technology Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Plan, execute, and ensure the seamless operational handoff of HR technology projects, maintaining quality control throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with the project sponsors to define and present the project business case for formal release of funds, including detailed project charters.
• Develop effective relationships with HR business partners, project stakeholders, and team members.
• Work with the HR project sponsors and stakeholders to complete the project charter, outlining objectives, scope, deliverables, required resources, budget, and timing.
• Facilitate the creation of a work breakdown structure and effort estimates, identifying dependencies, resources, and risks to establish the overall project schedule and budget.
• Coordinate with HR and technical teams like the Workday Team and outside vendors to plan and execute project work.
• Organize and lead project kick-off, status, and steering committee meetings.
• Clearly communicate expectations and provide regular project updates to the team, stakeholders, and project sponsors.
• Act as a mediator and technical systems language translator between stakeholders, team members, and systems.
• Manage risks and issues throughout the project, escalating to the project owner or steering committee when necessary.
• Ensure project scope is managed and change requests are processed through formal procedures.
• Determine the need for external consultants or contractors and manage their recruitment and oversight as required.
• Track, manage, and report on project budget and milestones, providing status reports to stakeholders.
• Understand and help Brooks explore how AI can enhance HR capabilities and processes, identifying opportunities for AI integration and implementation in our current and future systems.
• Lead, coach, and motivate project team members.
• Oversee project close activities, including production handoff to business owners, production support. 

Qualifications:

•  Bachelors’ degree and minimum of 5+ years of experience leading technical projects or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with HR systems preferred such as HCM, ATS and LMS. Experience with Workday specifically, is a plus.
• PMI or Agile certification or equivalent hands-on experience is required.
• Familiarity with project management standards (PMBOK) and project management software.
• Experience completing project work in multiple business functions within a retail/supply chain organization.
• Ability to expertly manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated leadership skills including the ability to guide and influence project team members and project managers in a matrixed environment.
• Experience successfully working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities.
• Excellent communication, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent people skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company.
• Keen attention to detail in planning, organization, and execution of tasks, while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all the pieces fit together and affect one another.
• An unwavering demonstration of Brooks’ corporate values: Runner First, Word is Bond, Champion Heart, There is no "I" in Run, and Keep Moving.