Project Manager

Senior Project Manager HR Technology Implementation (SAP Payroll, SuccessFactors Employee Central)

Netherlands, Remote work from home

Permanent

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s expertise in human insights and cloud technology, allows companies and employees around the world to transform and thrive.

With a competitive total rewards package, continuing education and training and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Role

We are looking for an exceptional HR Technology Project Manager to join our Netherlands based team. The Project Manager is responsible for the successful management of one or more country implementation projects eventually part of a large international program with responsibility for delivering a defined section within SuccessFactors and SAP environment (focus Payroll).

Responsibilities

• Manages the end-to-end project life cycle for our projects ensuring that delivery is in accordance with budget, timeline and is of the required quality standards to meet client expectations.
• Manages project deliverables, scope and expectations and coordinates project progress with stakeholders and program management.
• Interfaces independently with all functional and business areas/ groups affected by the project, including senior and/or executive management
• Works closely with Resource Managers to ensure adequate allocation of resources to projects is being managed
• Develops and tracks to detailed project plans, including schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans and issue resolution plans
• Makes project decisions and recommendations to management about schedules, prioritization, and resource allocation with input from others as needed
• Communicates and reports status to executives and all other stakeholders e.g., Status Reports, steering input etc.
• Provides leadership to his/her project teams
• Employs project management best practice methodologies working within a framework that includes process definition, templates, tools and our standards
• Coaches team members to reach common project goals/objectives
• Identifies training needs within his project team
• Managing the project budget working closely with the finance team to manage and report on the project financials – including the estimates created during the funding process, the on-going allocation of financial resources and the regular reporting of the state of the project financials
• Working with third party providers to deliver contractual commitment

Skills and Experience

• Fluent in Dutch and English (written and spoken) or a nordic country language (swedish, finnish or danish)
• Master or Bachelor degree
• At least 4 years’ experience in IT-project management
• Considerable experience of SAP Payroll implementation or SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll
• Managing budgets
• Experience within the HR-domain
• Ideally PMP certification or similar (PRINCE2, Agile, SCRUM,…)
• Ideally HR Consulting and /or outsourcing industry experience

What we offer

• fully remote position which means flexibility
• several allowances depending on which country, more info via recruiter NL
• Competitive salary, more info via recruiter NL

Join our team. Because transformation takes a workforce. Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Alight believes diversity should be visible, valued, and sustained throughout the organization. And we’re committed to enabling an inclusive culture of belonging that engages all colleagues and grows the diversity of our talent to proudly represent the clients and communities we serve.

As an affirmative action employer, we adhere to the principles of equal employment opportunity in the workplace as defined in our diversity policy statement. 

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
 

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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