ROLE DETAILS

Department: Professional Services - Delivery

Location: Vijayawada

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Shift Timings: US Time Zone

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

- Lead end-to-end delivery of large HR or ERP transformation initiatives across multiple geographies.
- Create and manage project plans, staffing models, risk registers, schedules, and financial forecasts.
- Ensure delivery milestones, quality standards, and contract commitments are met.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for executive sponsors and business leaders.
- Prepare and deliver structured Project Board reports, executive presentations, and programme status packs to senior client and internal leadership, ensuring clear articulation of progress, risks, decisions required, and strategic outlook.
- Own the Project Board cycle end-to-end: agenda setting, pack preparation, facilitation, minute-taking, and action tracking through to resolution.
- Facilitate governance meetings, steering committees, and program reviews.
- Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and dependencies with clarity and transparency.
- Manage global delivery teams, including onshore, offshore, and nearshore resources.
- Allocate workstreams, define roles, and ensure alignment across functional, technical, and QA teams.
- Foster collaboration, resolve conflicts, and maintain cohesive delivery across time zones.
- Lead HR or ERP workstreams, including Core HR, Payroll, Compensation, Learning, Talent, Recruiting, Finance, SCM, or other functional domains, depending on project scope.
- Ensure adherence to implementation methodologies, governance frameworks, and quality standards.
- Oversee functional design, configuration, integration coordination, testing cycles, and cutover activities.
- Identify project risks early and drive mitigation strategies.
- Manage scope changes, impact assessments, and change approvals.
- Ensure documentation, compliance,



and audit readiness for all project activities.
- Lead go-live readiness assessments and cutover planning.
- Support hyper care, production stabilization, and handoff to support/operations teams.
- Evaluate lessons learned and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Human Resources, or a related field.
- 12+ years of project management experience, including at least 6 years managing enterprise HR or ERP transformation programmes at senior level.
- Direct experience delivering implementations in HRIS (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, Cornerstone, UKG) or ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, Odoo, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics).
- Strong understanding of HR or ERP processes across global operations.
- Demonstrated success managing global, cross-functional teams across time zones.
- Proven experience preparing and presenting to Project Boards, steering committees, and C-suite stakeholders.
- Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies (PMP, Agile, SCRUM preferred).
- Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience with multi-country payroll, global HR models, or complex ERP integration landscapes.
- Background in consulting, professional services, or enterprise technology delivery.
- Experience with large data migrations, global process harmonization, and change management.
- Ability to manage multi-million-dollar project budgets and contractual responsibilities.
- Strategic planning and execution leadership, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Excellent relationship-building and client-facing communication.
- High accountability, ownership mindset, and leadership presence.
- Ability to thrive in quick-paced, global delivery environments, including comfort engaging enterprise client stakeholders across North America time zones.

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