Director, Project Manager (Change Management), HCM - 24 months Fixed Term Contract

Responsibilities: Develop, baseline and maintain the integrated workstream plan, defining scope, milestones, deliverables, resources, dependencies and critical paths. Drive day-to-day execution, monitor progress and quality, resolve delivery obstacles and implement recovery actions where required. Own governance, status reporting, forecasts, actions, decisions and the management and escalation of risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies. Coordinate internal teams, subject matter experts, technology partners, vendors and consulting resources, ensuring clear ownership and timely approvals. Manage stakeholder expectations globally and facilitate planning, requirements, decision-making and governance forums. Identify and track key change impacts and activities, liaising with stakeholders to determine proportionate interventions. Oversee communication, engagement and training plans, together with readiness and adoption measures. Coordinate requirements and dependencies for HR Knowledge and AI solutions across HR, technology, data, risk and control teams. Plan change activities for the new HR Operating Model, including role clarity, service transition and business readiness. Support deployment, cutover, stabilisation and transition to business-as-usual operations against agreed acceptance criteria. Requirements: Degree-level qualification with 7 - 10 years of relevant professional working experience;recognised project management certification is desirable. Significant project management experience delivering large-scale, multi-workstream transformation programmes in complex global organisations. Demonstrated capability in planning, scheduling, resource coordination, deliverables management, governance, reporting and RAID control. Working knowledge of change management, including impact assessment, engagement, communications, training, readiness and adoption. Strong global stakeholder management, facilitation, influencing and communication skills. Experience gathering and managing business requirements across business, technology and third parties. Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities across time zones. Experience of global HR transformation, HR operating-model implementation or HR technology programmes is desirable. Exposure to HR knowledge management, digital employee services or AI-enabled solutions is advantageous. Experience within banking, financial services or another regulated environment is desirable.