Talent Acquisition Project Manager

Role: Project Manager Talent Management

Location: Merrifield, VA (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months Long Term Contract

Looking for 10 yrs. candidate with Banking or financial domain experience.

Description:

• Provide project management support for the Talent Management team and two Integrated Talent Strategy (ITS) Project Teams: Performance Management and Talent Management Practices.
• For Talent Management: Seven-person team with two sub-teams Performance Management and Talent Management Practices led by managers.
• Support individual team members in planning their work in Azure Development Ops (ADO) in accordance with division expectations, including 100 hours of work planned per sprint, and in alignment with Integrated Talent Strategy project titling structure for epics, features, etc.
• Promote individual skill-development in project planning using ADO via individual and team conversations, as needed
• Schedule and facilitate sprint ceremonies including stand up (weekly), refinement, planning, and retrospectives.
• Utilize and/or update team dashboard to track key metrics and share with managers, team leader, and/or team members
• Define process and timeline for team members to prepare for division Quarterly Business Reviews
• Recommend additional project management activities to meet team objectives
• Partner with division Systems & Alignment team on new vendor requests as needed
• For workstreams: Support the two managers who are leading project teams comprised of their direct reports, as well as upwards of 15 team members and advisors from other HR areas.
• This work is a very significant subset of their overall teamwork.
• Plan, manage, and execute all aspects of project management for two ITS project teams.
• In partnership with project team leads, guide project teams by developing and coordinating work plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Oversee project progress using ADO to ensure project schedule, documentation, and updates are following agreed upon ITS project management requirements.
• Identify and minimize project risks or constraints that would impact project deliverables based on project knowledge and project management expertise.
• Build an in-depth understanding of project team objectives, measurable outcomes, deliverables and success criteria, and project team and advisor roles and responsibilities.
• Serve as primary point of contact for project management for ITS Performance Management and Talent Management Practices teams. Provide timely and accurate information about project status and provide regular updates for the ITS project team and HR department across multiple mediums (ADO, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Participate in ITS Project Manager meetings. Participate actively as a representative of the project teams; contribute information and ideas; identify action items for the project teams; and lead their completion. Build relationships with other project team leads and exchange and apply best practices to strengthen overall ITS project management practices.
• Participate in ITS Extended Leadership team meetings. Participate actively as a representative of the project teams, identify action items for the project teams, and oversee their completion.
• Schedule and facilitate project team meetings, develop agendas and/or materials, facilitate discussions, manage team capacity (informing leadership if capacity is consistently over or under), and takes notes.
• Oversee file storage on SharePoint and ensure that final versions are located there.
• Proactively recommend and deliver additional project management activities to meet project objectives in alignment with our agile ways of working.