People Team Projects & Program Senior Manager

Position Overview

The Sr. Manager of People Team Projects & Programs is responsible for leading the Quarterly People Review process, maintaining Employee Experience Strategies, Ralph Lauren University project management, and supporting organizational development & effectiveness initiatives. They will also drive alignment of cyclical moments throughout the year; while supporting core process people-related work.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Project Management

• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple global functional teams.
• Full project life cycle support: design, scale, track and help execute project initiatives; while ensuring we

put the employee at the center of everything we do.

• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly

supports the achievement of strategic objectives and adjusting scope and direction as needed.

• Set and continually manage project and program expectations while delegating and managing deliverables

with team members and stakeholders.

• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources.
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues,

communicating to stakeholders, partners, and leadership across all phases of the work.

• Monitor, track, and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies, and critical path

deliverables.

• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project and program team, analyze results

and troubleshoot problem areas.

• Define success criteria and subsequently report on results, metrics, test and deployment management

activities to involved priorities throughout the project life cycle.
Business Partner

• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and

excellence.

• Establish practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for

the organization.

• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs.
• Deliver appropriate and effective executive-level communication, tailoring structure and content of

messaging to the needs of the audience.

• Provide thought partnership to cross-functional partners, sharing observations and insights gathered from

intersectional workstreams. General • Other duties as assigned; essential duties may change depending on business needs.

• Development and maintenance of internal P&D team tools and share drives.
• Collaborates with People Team Coordinator to maintain and update HR database, org charts, and employee records in general.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

4-year college degree preferred in HR, Business, Behavioral Science, or a related field.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience and a proven track record working as an HR Business Partner/HR

Generalist in a related field preferred.

• Must have experience with program management, project leadership, communication, strategy design and

overall understanding of the employee experience modeling

• Experience maintaining a positive employee relations environment.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across the organization as well as within

Human Resources.

• Must be able to prioritize and identify critical projects requiring immediate attention.
• Must maintain collaborative relationships and effectively communicate any concerns, status of projects and

issues as they may occur in order to mitigate any operational risks.

• Must be able to maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times.
• Highly proficient in MS Office software, including Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio and Apple

products.

People Team Projects & Program Sr. Manager