Senior Project Management Specialist

About the role

Avantor is looking for Senior Project Management Specialist to lead high-impact, cross-functional HR projects that drive strategic change and improve our employee experience. You'll partner with stakeholders across the business and play a key role in shaping our HR transformation agenda. The ideal candidate will have experience working with an HR Shared Service model, HR COE's, HRBP's and frequent collaboration with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of complex HR projects (e.g., HR vendor selection processes, HRIS or similar HR technology implementations. Policy harmonization, Re-organizations etc).
• Develop project scopes, timelines, resource plans, budgets, and risk assessments.
• Manage multiple workstreams and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Engage senior stakeholders and facilitate decision-making.
• Drive change management, communications, training strategies and project handover activities.
• Monitor KPIs and ensure post-project evaluations and continuous improvement.
• Qualifications & Experience:
• 5 years of experience managing HR or business transformation projects.
• Strong knowledge of HR domains (e.g., Talent, comp & benefits, HR Operations, Payroll, L&D, org design, DEI).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and drive outcomes independently.
• Proven experience driving project governance standards in a fast-paced project environment.
• Background of either leading or supporting PMO processes for project intake, scoping and prioritization.
• Advantage if you are a certified project management professional (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile).
• Preferred if you have experience with ServiceNow and Workday HR modules.
• Knowledge Skills & Abilities (Those necessary to perform the job competently)
• Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills to coordinate at all levels
• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has ability to manage and prioritize concurrent work assignments
• Leadership skills to manage associates and other parties in a matrix environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills to manage relationships and to deal with conflicts in a professional and objective manner
• Must be able to learn new tools and processes quickly and effectively.
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• Why Avantor?
• Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
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