Maximus is a company focused on improving the effectiveness of the Talent Acquisition function. The HR Project Manager - Talent Acquisition Operations leads strategic initiatives, manages project lifecycles, and partners with stakeholders to enhance recruiting practices and workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare for and facilitate regular HR project team meetings to drive action towards our critical deliverable dates
- Create and manage a project plan to track key integration activities, draw attention to at-risk functions, and ensure key dates are achieved
- Coordinate key issues between teams/subject matter experts to facilitate discussion and decision making
- Review and edit all HR-related project communications and presentations
- Present HR status updates, key decisions, and risks to the respective project teams and steering committee, if applicable
- Work on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends
- Receive assignments in the form of objectives and determine how to use resources to meet schedules and goals
- Serve as a primary project point of contact for HR and TA stakeholders; assess needs, align priorities, and translate strategic objectives into executable project plans
- Build and maintain strong partnerships across HR Centers of Excellence and enabling functions, including HRIS, Compliance, Compensation, Training/L&D, Operations, Finance, and IT
- Support Talent Acquisition focused initiatives such as recruiting process improvements, requisition-to-hire workflow enhancements, onboarding readiness, sourcing enablement, and recruiting tool or system implementations
- Partner effectively with HR systems and recruiting technology teams by leveraging technical acumen and understanding system configuration and build concepts to facilitate requirements gathering, testing, and deployment
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years of experience
- 3+ years of large-scale project management experience
- Demonstrated ability to drive strategic initiatives independently with full ownership of outcomes
- Experience managing medium-to-large scale cross-functional projects impacting multiple stakeholder groups
- Strong technical acumen with ability to partner successfully with IT and HRIS teams
- Strong risk management and mitigation planning experience
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution in a dynamic environment
- Experience leading process transformation or workflow optimization initiatives
- Advanced communication skills with executive presence
- Ability to maintain performance standards under pressure and changing priorities
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment; proactive self-starter who learns quickly and adapts to change
- Demonstrated accountability for measurable business outcomes
- Experience with HR systems and/or recruiting systems (e.g. ATS, HRIS, CRM tools)
- Prior experience in Talent Acquisition or Human Resources
- PMP Certification is a plus