HR Transition and Projects Senior Manager - Romanian market

HR Transition and Projects Senior Manager - Romanian market

This role is ideal for a proven HR transformation professional with strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement experience.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading end-to-end HR transitions, driving process standardization, managing key stakeholders, and ensuring smooth delivery of HR services within a complex international environment.

Key Responsibilities

HR Transition Leadership & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end transitions of HR processes into the target operating model, including areas such as Hire-to-Retire, Payroll Administration, Recruitment Administration, and Employee Lifecycle Management.
• Develop and execute detailed transition plans, including knowledge transfer, process migration, parallel run activities, and stabilization phases.
• Manage transition risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, ensuring successful delivery against agreed timelines.
• Monitor and drive transition readiness across all stakeholders and workstreams.

Process Improvement & Operating Model Design

• Support the design and implementation of standardized HR operating models.
• Identify process inefficiencies, gaps, and opportunities for optimization throughout the transition lifecycle.
• Collaborate with process owners and HR stakeholders to define best practices, controls, policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, service quality, and compliance.

Stakeholder Management & Client Engagement

• Act as the primary point of contact for HR stakeholders throughout the transition program.
• Lead workshops, governance meetings, steering committees, and status update sessions with senior business leaders.
• Build strong relationships with HR teams, shared services functions, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and engagement.
• Effectively manage stakeholder expectations and facilitate change adoption across impacted teams.

Project Management & Governance

• Manage project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and reporting activities.
• Maintain and oversee RAID logs, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and issues.
• Ensure transitions are delivered in accordance with project governance standards, compliance requirements, and audit expectations.
• Provide regular project updates and executive-level reporting to program leadership.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in HR Operations, Shared Services, HR Transformation, or Transition Management.
• Proven track record of leading complex HR transition or migration projects in an international environment.
• Strong understanding of core HR processes, including employee lifecycle management, payroll administration, and recruitment administration.
• Experience working within Shared Services, GBS, BPO, or outsourcing environments is highly desirable.
• Excellent project management, stakeholder management, and change management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a continuous improvement mindset.

Skills

• Transition and project management
• Process optimization and standardization
• Risk and issue management
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship management
• Change management
• Governance and compliance oversight
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead large-scale HR transformation projects.
• International and collaborative work environment.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic initiatives.
• Career growth within a dynamic Shared Services and transformation setting.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.