Job Summary

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. Youll 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 COEs, HRBPs and frequent collaboration with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

- Manageend-to-end delivery of complex HR projects (e.g.,HR vendor selectionprocesses,HRISor similar HR technology implementations. Policyharmonization,Re-organizationsetc).
- 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 strategiesandproject handover activities.
- Monitor KPIs and ensure post-project evaluations and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
- 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 driveoutcomes independently.
- Proven experiencedriving project governance standardsin a afast-pacedproject environment.
- Background of either leading or supporting PMO processes for project intake, scoping and prioritization.
- Advantage if you are a certified project management professional (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile).
- Preferred if you have experience withServiceNow and Workday HR modules.

Knowledge, Skills Abilities
- 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 recent tools and processes quickly and effectively.

📌 Senior Project Management Specialist (Pune)
🏢 Avantor
📍 Pune