Senior HRIS Project Manager - England based

AKT Global is one of the leading People Experience Digital Solution consultancies. We partner with our customers across EMEA and North America to create exceptional employee experience and build future-ready HR functions. Our People Advisory practice provides strategic guidance on HR transformation, while our Digital HR Practice provides implementation, development and support for a comprehensive SAP-centric portfolio including SuccessFactors, Qualtrics, Fieldglass and Concur.

We are looking for a Senior HRIS Project Manager for one of our clients based in England. This role plays a key part in overseeing the workstreams with the HR Tech projects, responsible for planning, execution, and successful delivery. This includes business process, Success Factors experience, and the ability to coordinate cross-functional and geographical teams to achieve project goals.

This is a client-facing role, open to employees or freelancers, with a project duration of 1-2 years. Hybrid, with 2 days of onsite in Woking or Hammersmith.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Project Planning and Scope Definition: Define project objectives, scope, and deliverables with stakeholders and develop comprehensive plans with timelines, milestones, and resource allocations
• Project Execution and Monitoring: Oversee project execution to ensure timely delivery and quality, tracking progress, managing risks, and updating stakeholders regularly
• Governance: Lead governance activities, including preparing materials and facilitating project meetings to drive progress and decision-making
• Resource Management: Allocate and manage project resources effectively, defining roles, responsibilities, and communication channels across teams
• Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear, consistent communication with stakeholders, providing updates on progress, risks, and milestones while managing expectations
• Budget and Cost Control: Monitor project budgets, manage cost variances, and ensure financial compliance in collaboration with finance and procurement teams 
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate project risks through proactive monitoring and collaboration with stakeholders to minimize impacts
• Quality Assurance: Ensure deliverables meet defined quality standards through regular reviews, testing, and validation with subject matter experts
• Lessons Learned and Continuous Improvement: Conduct post-project reviews to capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement in project management practices

Job Requirements:

• 10+ years relevant experience in project management 
• Proven experience as a project leader, HR technology-related project experience with Success Factors – a must
• Skilled user of PowerPoint and Excel – a must
• Proven experience in project management methodologies, tools, and best practices
• Strong functional understanding of the HR domain  
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and teamwork, but knowing when to be hands on
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organization

Personal Skills:

• A quick learner 

• Dynamic project leader and team player with strong commitment and drive to accomplish individual and team tasks and goals 

• Promptly acclimate to company culture, values, processes, and expectations   

• Ambitious, driven, self-motivated, flexible and able to meet tight deadlines 

• Ability to cope with multi-tasking and working independently 

• Strong analytical and persuasive skills 

• Customer-oriented and flexible 

AKT Offers: 

• A wide range of benefits and opportunities for career growth 

• Realistic growth opportunities into either technical practices or business consulting environment 

• Flexible working hours 

• Stimulating and collaborative working environment 

• Internal knowledge transfer, training and coaching by our dynamic team of consultants and experts   
• International business environment (offices in the UK, DACH, India, France, North America, Israel, and Czech Republic)