Citi Hiring for Senior Project Manager for HR Europe at Belfast Full Time

The incumbent will work closely with the head of HR for the Europe Cluster to ensure the right governance is in place, organize the roll out of global and regional initiatives throughout the European Countries, design and maintain performance, risk and control and other metrics.

Most frequent points of interaction in addition to business contacts are: HRAs, COEs including Graduate Recruiting, Lateral Recruiting, Talent, Learning, Diversity, Compensation, CHROs, Workers Council(s)/Unions, HR Professional services and HR Shared Services.

Job Purpose:
Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity. In the EMEA Project Management Office , you will provide support for a wide range of change initiatives. Primary responsibilities will be to support the implementation of various projects working with the Program Manager & various project managers within HRSS and HR, ensuring deadlines and issues are managed. This includes coordinating requirements, coordinating meetings & workshops with senior management, tracking risks & issues with appropriate escalation, managing a high volume of business analysis including data management, data analysis & data conversion, senior management reporting, tracking project status and also supporting the program’s communications plan. This role is expected to manage variousprojects involving various functions within HR , and will involve business/internal negotiations, stakeholder management, continuous improvement/reengineering opportunity identification, systems enhancements, and strategy execution, including ownership/coverage of work migrations. The role will develop strong business cases with cost/benefit analysis for projects, and manage all of its phases from initiation, planning, execution, implementation and closure. The role is expected to work and develop relationships with multiple stakeholders and functional teams at the same time. Financial analysis, understanding of process and change management will be critical for this role

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager’s primary role is to provide project/program governance, process improvement infrastructure, and overall workstream oversight to any process or project initiative within Europe Human Resources by partnering closely with the head of HR for Europe (based in Switzerland)

This role provides functional project management expertise and a working knowledge of Human Resources, working cohesively with a multitude of senior sponsors, business counterparts, process stakeholders and subject matter experts. This role reports directly to the EMEA Project Management Office Head with a matrix line into the head of HR for Europe and is accountable for delivering programs/projects in relation to regional-wide initiatives or global projects that impact Europe

Senior Program and Project Manager for initiatives that may be local, regional, or cross-regional, in nature

Manage projects and initiatives in alignment with the defined framework and methodology (including Program/Project Governance and Intake).Ensure successful project completion through utilization of appropriate project management techniques as aligned with PMO standards and framework.

Manage project team resources, ensuring appropriate allocation to initiatives and engaging with key stakeholders to align on approach and priorities

Monitor, escalate and remediate any risks associated with projects and ensure that preventive actions are installed in order to decrease the probability of future recurrence

Work closely with in-region and global resources and stakeholders for data gathering, analysis, and discovery.

Support financial targets for the HR Europe organization by ensuring that key programs and projects are delivered on time

Support the head of HR for Europe in defining and implementing the right governance for the HR team based in Europe including assigning topics and speakers for the different communication/educational forums

Knowledge/Experience:
Project management and business process improvement work experience with proven track record in achieving overall goals within the specified project parameters

Prior knowledge of HR will be an advantage

Financial analysis and modeling experience

Experience working on regional projects and regional teams

University/College degree graduate

Any European language skills would be an advantage

Proven track record of delivery in a complex professional services organization – preferably in a HR discipline

Qualification and/or certification in project management & process improvement methodology (Ex. PMP, Lean or Six Sigma) is preferred

MS Office Suite skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Outlook)

Skills & Competencies:
High level planning, organizing and documenting skills are essential

Stakeholder management, interpersonal and negotiation skills

Highly motivated, organized and methodical

Tolerance for Ambiguity

Strong drive and Initiative

Excellent presentation skills

Strong team player, willing to learn and share experience with other team members

Development Value:
This is an opportunity to develop strong corporate and HR governance skills and take on a key senior leadership role within HR in the future

Interaction and exposure to experienced HR Country heads

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Job Family Group:
Human Resources

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Job Family:
Talent, Development, Learning & Diversity

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Time Type:
Full time

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