The Opportunity:

Avantor is looking for Senior Project Management Specialist to lead high-impact, cross-functional HR projects that drive strategic change and improve our employee experience. You ll partner with stakeholders across the business and play a key role in shaping our HR transformation agenda. The ideal candidate will have experience working with an HR Shared Service model, HR COE s, HRBP s and frequent collaboration with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

- Manage end-to-end delivery of complex HR projects (e.g., HR vendor selection processes, HRIS or similar HR technology implementations. Policy harmonization, Re-organizations etc).
- Develop project scopes, timelines, resource plans, budgets, and risk assessments.
- Manage multiple workstreams and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Engage senior stakeholders and facilitate decision-making.
- Drive change management, communications, training strategies and project handover activities.
- Monitor KPIs and ensure post-project evaluations and continuous improvement.

Qualifications Experience:

- 5 years of experience managing HR or business transformation projects.
- Strong knowledge of HR domains (e.g., Talent, comp benefits, HR Operations, Payroll, LD, org design, DEI).
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.




- Ability to manage ambiguity and drive outcomes independently.
- Proven experience driving project governance standards in a fast-paced project environment.
- Background of either leading or supporting PMO processes for project intake, scoping and prioritization.
- Advantage if you are a certified project management qualified (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile).
- Preferred if you have experience with ServiceNow and Workday HR modules.

Knowledge Skills Abilities (Those necessary to perform the job competently)

- Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills to coordinate at all levels
- A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has ability to manage and prioritize concurrent work assignments
- Leadership skills to manage associates and other parties in a matrix environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills to manage relationships and to deal with conflicts in a professional and objective manner
- Must be able to learn new tools and processes quickly and effectively.

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📌 Senior Project Management Specialist (Pune)
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