Human Resources Project Lead, 100% Remote

About the Cognizant Human Resources Team 

Human Resources at Cognizant is more than 4,000 talented people engaging, inspiring, and enabling our 300,000 associates to engineer modern businesses to improve everyday life. We are a trusted partner to our full business, bringing our expertise and insights to shape winning talent strategies. 

We are on a journey to modernize our systems and create even smarter, simpler, more intuitive experiences for our business partners and associates. We are looking for a talented change communications partner to help us drive the success of these initiatives and help take our people function and Cognizant to new heights.

 

The Role

 Reporting to the VP, HR, this role is perfect for a dynamic candidate who is passionate about the business of HR and how the systems we provide have a direct correlation to attracting, developing, retaining and rewarding the best talent. People are our most valuable asset and our team is at the heart of ensuring we provide best in class service and efficiency. This role will be a member of a close-knit team dedicated to making measurable differences in the lives our employees. 

• Support the VP in a broad range of day to activities and project management, building stakeholder buy-in around the project plan, commitments and changes;

• Support teams to manage delivery proactively, scheduling, resourcing, dependencies, communications, budget
• Assist with developing executive presentations for weekly, monthly and quarterly project updates
• Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams to manage responsibilities of the multiple deployment workstreams
• Manage calendars and coordinates with appropriate executive assistant ecosystem
• Assists in creating documents, tools, flow charts, etc.

 

Who You Are

 

Strong Communicator: excellent communication and presentation skills with an executive presence

 Influential: able to engage with others in complicated and emotional workplace issues to collaborate on the best possible solutions and actions for Cognizant

Action Oriented: proactive and able to move projects forward without continuous motivation or direction, in a fast-paced work environment with a strong sense of urgency

Inclusive: deeply experienced in collaborating with others across different functions

Emotionally intelligent: high level of self-awareness, empathy, and interpersonal skills

Passionate: for social justice, equity in the workplace, performance, and the environment

Minimum Qualifications

•  Two+ years relevant work experience
• The desire to learn about Workday, its functionality, implementation, stakeholder needs, etc.;

• Advanced Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills;

• Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to analyze/synthesize data, understand trends, draw conclusions, and make recommendations for actions, experience with varied systems and project management reporting tools
• Strong oral and written communications with excelling teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and drive consensus
• Comfortable working with constant deadlines with the ability to manage multiple tasks at one time
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment
• Ability to manage project related tasks and provide regular updates
• Ability to assess risks and provide recommendations 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Workday or other HR system
• Experience in a large global organization
• Bachelor's degree

 

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between [$76, 680– $84,4200] depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary bonus plus incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefitsfor this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

• 401(k) plan and contributions

• Long-term/Short-term Disability

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Jan 04 2024

About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @USJobsCognizant.

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