Job Description
The People Practices Initiatives Lead will be a key player in shaping the future of DPRs People Practices organization and vision to being progressive and influential overseeing the implementation and management of People Practices Initiatives within the DPR Project Management Office (PMO) model. This role involves driving key organizational initiatives streamlining processes and aligning People Practices objectives with the companys strategic goals. Lead crossfunctional collaboration with a dedicated set of project leaders to drive initiatives in talent acquisition total rewards organizational effectiveness employee relations risk management technology employee experience and talent development. This includes ensuring that important threads are built into the framework of People Practices including Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging Mental Health and a Unique Employee Value Proposition (EVP).
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership:
- Lead the development and of People Practices Initiatives and Change ensuring alignment with organizational and enterprise priorities.
- Partner with leadership to identify and prioritize initiatives that support business and talent strategies.
- Act as a thought leader to integrate strategic workforce workplace and organizational concepts into companywide initiatives. Uniquely strategically minded while also being able to lead/coach others to put concepts into specific solutions.
- Program Management:
- Develop a structured framework for managing multiple concurrent People Practices projects and initiatives.
- Ensure high integration with the larger DPR Prioritization/ePMO framework wherein all DPR Objectives (and region/functionspecific initiatives) are coordinated/facilitated in a larger change management way of working.
- Define project scope goals and deliverables that align with business objectives.
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of initiatives and ensure continuous improvement.
- Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:
- Work closely with HR Talent Acquisition Talent T&I L&D DEI Total Rewards and Organizational Development teams to align resources and efforts.
- Serve as a key liaison between business units ensuring consistent communication and alignment.
- Present updates and findings to senior leadership providing actionable insights and recommendations.
- Process Optimization:
- Partner with the Operations Services Leader to lead projects aimed at identifying inefficiencies in current people processes and developing solutions to improve their effectiveness and scalability. Oversee the adoption of new technologies and systems that support PMO functions.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and best practices in all initiatives.
- People Leadership
- Lead through coaching direct reports (Project Leaders) and through influence within the organization. Direct reports may be comprised of dedicated project leads and other leaders dedicated only during interim assignments on specific People Practices/Enterprise initiatives.
- Change Management:
- Lead change management efforts to support the adoption of new programs processes and tools.
- Build and sustain a culture of accountability innovation and collaboration across People Practices.
- Ability to lead complex culturally impactful change requiring discipline to address and evolve old norms and practices.
- Facilitate communication coordination and management with PP Leadership and key organizational stakeholders to ensure alignment transparency and effective collaboration across initiatives
- Ability to navigate the ambiguity that can be present within the facilitation of change within a larger organization.
- People Practices and Organizational Experience
- Manage and oversee work and projects that have a high level of detail and granularity while coordinating and facilitating larger strategic goals and objectives.
- Ensure key People Practices design elements such as philosophy psychological safety and DPR culture are integrated into the design and implementation of various projects and initiatives.
- Possess strategic decisionmaking skills to account for DPRs enterprisewide priorities balancing the needs of People Practices the workforce and DPRs overall strategy while evaluating risks and opportunities of key organizational initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Business Administration / Management Human Resources Organizational Development or related field is preferred.
- Strong background/experience 10 years) across the multiple functions within Human Resources Organizational Development Program Management and Strategic Planning is highly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in leading largescale initiatives is required.
- Experience in leading multiple People and/or Cultural Initiative(s) is highly preferred.
- Strong project management skills is required.
- Expertise in tools such as Microsoft Project Workday Monday other relevant platforms is highly preferred.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities with a focus on datadriven decisionmaking.
- Certification in Project Management (PMP/PMO) is preferred
- Human Resources and/or Organizational Development certification(s) (eg SPHR SHRMSCP) is preferred
Preferred Skills:
- Experience working within a fastpaced matrixed organization.
- Familiarity with HR systems and workforce analytics
DPR Construction is a forwardthinking selfperforming general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology life sciences healthcare higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990 DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private employeeowned company that has grown into a multibilliondollar family of companies with offices around the world.
Working at DPR youll have the chance to try new things explore unique paths and shape your future. Here we build opportunity togetherby harnessing our talents enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report Forbes Fast Company and Newsweek.
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