HR Senior Project Manager

Yahoo is a global technology and media company that provides digital products and advertising solutions to people and businesses worldwide. The Senior Project Manager will lead complex HR program portfolios, including M&A, Total Rewards, and HR transformation initiatives, while managing governance, executive stakeholders, change management, and AI-enabled project workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of HR programs across M&A, Total Rewards, and cross-functional HR projects
• Maintain a clear, current view of portfolio health - risks, dependencies, milestones, and decisions - and communicate it up and across without being asked
• Structure ambiguous work into clear plans. Define scope, sequence, and success criteria before the work starts, not after
• Drive governance: own project documentation, decision logs, status updates, and stakeholder communications end to end
• Flex into whatever the portfolio needs. You pick up new workstreams quickly, move between strategic and tactical without friction
• Serve as the primary PM for people-side M&A activity: due diligence support, integration planning, Day 1 readiness, and post-close execution
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and HR leadership to manage sensitive timelines and information with discretion and precision
• Build and maintain the M&A playbook - so the knowledge lives in the system, not just with one person
• Use Al tools (including Claude and similar) as a core part of how you work - for drafting synthesis, status reporting, meeting prep, and wherever else they add speed or quality
• Help the team identify where Al can reduce manual effort in project management workflows and bring those ideas forward proactively
• Prepare and deliver executive-ready updates, decks, and briefings that are clear and tailored to the audience
• Represent the PMO in senior forums. Facilitate decision-making at the leadership level when needed
• Build trusted relationships with HR leaders, business partners, and cross-functional stakeholders quickly and maintain them over time
• Design and execute change management approaches for programs that affect how employees or HR teams work
• Anticipate resistance, plan for it, and adjust
• Partner with HRBPs and comms to land changes well across the organization

Requirements:

• 8+ years of progressive program management experience leading large-scale, cross-functional HR initiatives or enterprise organizational transformations within a fast-paced technology or global matrixed environment
• Proven track record leading people-side M&A activities end-to-end, including due diligence, Day 1 readiness, talent retention, and system/cultural integration
• Demonstrated executive presence with significant experience advising VP+ leaders, resolving strategic cross-functional friction, and driving executive governance meetings
• Deep practical experience with project and portfolio management methodologies (waterfall, agile, hybrid) and enterprise collaboration toolsets (Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, or similar)
• Demonstrated experience embedding AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) directly into daily professional workflows for rapid data synthesis, structured analysis, and artifact generation
• Strong critical judgment in validating AI-generated deliverables, maintaining data confidentiality and compliance standards, and knowing when to apply automation versus manual intervention
• Experience operating within an established HR PMO or enterprise strategy office during major corporate restructuring, divestitures, or international acquisitions
• Formal certifications in Program Management (PMP, PgMP) or Change Management (Prosci) or equivalent practical methodology mastery
• Experience designing or refining automated PMO reporting workflows utilizing generative AI, workflow orchestrators, or enterprise intelligence tools