Talent Project Manager

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About the Role

The Talent Project Manager is responsible for leading and driving complex enterprise Talent Operations initiatives that support YETIs strategic growth operational excellence compliance and workforce transformation objectives.

This role serves as the primary project manager for enterprise Talent initiatives and is responsible for establishing and maintaining project governance portfolio reporting stakeholder alignment and execution across a diverse portfolio of programs. The position will lead large-scale cross-functional initiatives including contingent workforce management international expansion enablement mergers and acquisitions integration organizational restructuring projects and other strategic Talent initiatives.

In addition this role serves as the primary administrator and owner of the Talent Operations project portfolio ensuring effective intake management prioritization reporting workload visibility and project execution across the Talent Operations function.

The position requires a professional with a proven track record of managing large-scale initiatives across multiple functional areas ensuring successful delivery through expert planning execution stakeholder engagement and organizational influence.

What Youll Do

Enterprise Project & Program Management

• Lead the planning execution and delivery of enterprise Talent initiatives ensuring alignment with company priorities and strategic objectives.
• Define project scope goals deliverables milestones success metrics and governance requirements while developing and maintaining integrated project plans timelines communication strategies and executive reporting in partnership with sponsors and key stakeholders.
• Manage key milestones stakeholder communications executive reporting and change management activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Talent (Talent Business Partners Total Rewards Talent Systems Talent Leadership) Legal Finance Procurement Payroll Technology Facilities Tax and business leaders.
• Identify and mitigate project risks dependencies and operational challenges.
• Facilitate project steering committees workstream meetings status reviews and executive readouts.
• Drive accountability decision-making and project execution across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
• Ensure successful implementation and adoption/stabilization of program deliverables.
• Conduct project retrospectives and implement continuous improvement opportunities for future initiatives.

Talent Operations PMO & Issue Tracking Administration

• Serve as the primary administrator and owner of the Talent Operations ticketing/ issue tracking system.
• Manage project intake prioritization sprint planning backlog management workflow governance and reporting.
• Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards capacity planning tools executive reporting and project metrics.
• Partner with Talent leadership to prioritize work and align project resources against business objectives.
• Establish and maintain PMO standards project management templates governance frameworks and best practices.
• Provide visibility into project health resource allocation risks dependencies and organizational capacity.

What You Bring

• Bachelors degree in Business Human Resources Project Management Organizational Leadership or a related field preferred.
• 5 years of experience managing complex projects programs or multi-site/enterprise initiatives.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
• Strong project planning governance risk management and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations reporting and communications.
• Exceptional organizational analytical written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence and drive outcomes without direct authority.
• Experience with project management tools such as JIRA Microsoft Planner Smartsheet or similar platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred

• Experience within Human Resources Talent Operations Talent Management Workforce Planning or HR Technology environments.
• Experience supporting international expansion and/or M&A integrations and/or supporting contingent workforce programs.
• PMO leadership experience.
• PMP Agile Scrum Lean or related project management certification.
• Experience working with Workday and HR-related systems

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Ability to balance multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Excellent facilitation stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.
• Expertise in executive communications governance and reporting.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational change and adoption.
• High attention to detail combined with the ability to maintain an enterprise-wide perspective.

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