Human Resources Project Manager

Our client a well known Life Insurance Firm is seeking a Human Resources Project Manager in their New York, New York Location!

Key Responsibilities

Program Coordination & Governance Support

• Partner with HR leaders to support planning, scheduling, and monitoring activities across Compensation, Benefits, Change Management, and HRIS efforts.

• Maintain project documentation, timelines, risk logs, and reporting dashboards, ensuring stakeholders have consistent and accurate updates.

• Support the development and facilitation of governance routines, including steering committees, working sessions, and cross-functional checkpoints.

• Provide day-to-day coordination and operational support for Compensation and Benefits workstreams, ensuring milestones, tasks, and dependencies are accurately tracked and executed.

• Provide project management support for benefit plan implementation, including coordinating among technology teams, HRIS, benefit vendors, communication plan development, and onboarding a non-payroll entity.

• Assist with analytical needs, documentation efforts, and preparation for design sessions, leadership reviews, and stakeholder communications.

• Help identify process gaps, surface issues, and support timely resolution in partnership with Total Rewards leadership.

• Assist in building and executing change management deliverables—stakeholder assessments, communication plans, training coordination, and readiness checks.

• Support the Change Management lead by collecting inputs, preparing materials, and tracking adoption indicators.

• Help maintain alignment across HR, Communications, and impacted business areas.

HR Transformation & HRIS Cutover Support

• Coordinate key activities related to HRIS cutover for a new company acquisition, including scheduling workshops, tracking deliverables, gathering requirements, and preparing documentation.

• Act as a connector across HRIS, HR partners, technology teams, and business stakeholders to ensure information flows smoothly.

• Support testing, data readiness, and issue tracking as part of implementation activities.

• Translate high-level directives from HR leadership into actionable workplans, status updates, and coordinated activities.

• Provide strategic insight by identifying risks, dependencies, and opportunities for optimization.

• Take a hands-on approach to execution, stepping in where needed to keep workstreams moving and support team efficiency.

• Facilitate communication across HR, Finance, Technology, and business teams by preparing agendas, summaries, and presentation materials.

• Support escalation processes and ensure decision-makers have timely and accurate information.

• Build strong, trust-based partnerships across the organization through proactive engagement and collaborative problem-solving.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in program and/or project management.

• Experience supporting Total Rewards, HRIS implementations, or large-scale HR initiatives highly preferred.

• Familiarity with change management practices (e.g., PROSCI, ADKAR) is a plus.

• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining composure and a service-oriented mindset.

• Strong communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.

• Comfortable blending strategic support with hands-on execution.