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Own Your Impact. At Propio, we don't believe careers happen to people. We believe people create them.
Here, you're trusted to make decisions, challenge assumptions, drive innovation, and shape outcomes. Your success is not limited by hierarchy or tenure. It's fueled by your ambition, your curiosity, and your willingness to own your impact. If you're looking for a role where you can simply maintain the status quo, this probably isn't it, but if you're looking for a place where your ideas matter, your growth is accelerated, and your work creates meaningful impact across the world, we'd love to talk.
Why Propio?
Every day, communication changes lives. A patient receives care they otherwise couldn't access. A family gains critical information. A business connects with a customer. A community becomes more inclusive. These moments happen because barriers are removed. And behind those moments are Propio team members who show up every day to solve problems, innovate, and build the future. This isn't just work. This is world impact.
Job Summary
The HR Project Manager will lead and execute People Team projects, support the HR integration of acquired companies, and develop reports that help People leaders understand workforce trends and make decisions. Reporting to the Vice President of Talent, this person will work with HR colleagues and leaders across the business on projects involving talent management, employee programs, HR systems, and organizational change.
The work combines project management with hands-on HR execution. You may be comparing an acquired company's policies and benefits, building a Paylocity report for the People Leadership Team, or preparing the materials to launch a new talent program. You will be responsible for organizing the work and completing it, with the opportunity to contribute recommendations and see them put into practice. This role is suited to someone with a strong HR foundation who enjoys solving problems and takes pride in seeing work through to completion.
Why This Role
This position offers exposure to how different parts of Propio operate and how the People Team supports a growing business. You will work directly with the VP of Talent and People leaders, contribute to acquisition integration, and help build programs and processes employees use. For someone who enjoys variety, wants to deepen their HR experience, and likes seeing tangible results from their work, there is a wide range of projects to take on.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- HR Project Management: Develop and execute project plans for People Team initiatives. Define tasks, owners, deadlines, and deliverables; complete assigned work; coordinate contributions from others; and keep the VP of Talent informed of progress and decisions needed.
- M&A Due Diligence: Assist with reviewing employee information, HR policies, benefits, and employment practices of potential acquisitions. Organize findings and identify differences, risks, and questions for the People Team to address.
- HR Integration: Help develop and carry out integration plans for acquired companies, including policy and process alignment, employee onboarding, HR system transitions, and employee communications. Track outstanding items through completion.
- Workforce Transitions: Support severance administration, terminations, and reductions in force. Prepare employee lists, documentation, communications, and timelines, and coordinate required activities within the People Team, including WARN-related actions when applicable.
- Paylocity Reporting: Build and maintain recurring and ad hoc reports for the People Leadership Team. Gather reporting requirements, select and validate the data, and prepare reports that answer leadership questions.
- People Analytics: Analyze retention, performance, recruiting, and other workforce data. Use Excel and, where applicable, Power BI to present trends, explain findings, and recommend areas for further action.
- Talent and Employee Programs: Support the development and rollout of performance management, career development, succession planning, and employee engagement and recognition initiatives. Create program materials, coordinate timelines, and track participation and results.
- Process Improvement: Review HR processes and procedures, identify gaps or unnecessary manual work, and implement improvements. Develop workflows, templates, and instructions that the People Team and managers can use.
- Communication and Change Management: Prepare employee communications, manager guides, presentations, and training materials for acquisitions and HR initiatives. Coordinate rollouts and help employees and managers understand new processes.
- Business Partnership: Work with leaders across business functions to understand their needs, gather information, and resolve project issues. Apply HR knowledge to the work and raise compliance concerns or questions to the VP of Talent. Maintain confidentiality and perform other duties as assigned.
Required Experience and Qualifications
- At least 4 years of HR experience, including responsibility for implementing HR programs, improving processes, or managing projects.
- Broad understanding of HR processes, policies, and procedures, including onboarding, benefits, employee relations, and offboarding.
- Working knowledge of employment laws and regulations, including those related to severance, terminations, reductions in force, and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and related state requirements.
- Experience taking a project from planning through implementation, with direct responsibility for completing deliverables and meeting deadlines.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup formulas, and organizing and validating data. Ability to interpret reports and explain findings clearly.
- Experience using an HRIS and proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word and PowerPoint.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear employee communications and leadership presentations.
- Attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage several priorities while following through on commitments.
- Ability to work independently, build relationships across departments, and handle confidential information with discretion.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience creating and customizing reports in Paylocity for leadership reporting and ad hoc requests.
- Experience with Power BI, people analytics, or other reporting and data visualization tools.
- Experience supporting M&A due diligence, HR integration, severance administration, or workforce transitions.
- Experience implementing HR systems or using automation to improve HR processes.
- HR or project management certification, such as SHRM-CP, PHR, CAPM, or PMP.
Notice of AI Use in Job Application Review
As part of our commitment in creating a fair, efficient, and consistent hiring process we may use artificial intelligence (AI) to help our recruiting teams organize, summarize, and analyze information provided by candidates, including resumes, application responses, and other materials submitted during the application process.AI may be used to identify patterns, highlight relevant skills, and experience, and assist in comparing a candidate’s qualifications with the requirement of a specific role. These tools are to improve efficiency and consistency while supporting more informed hiring decisions, which will ultimately be made by the hiring team.
Own Your Impact. At Propio, we don't believe careers happen to people. We believe people create them.
Here, you're trusted to make decisions, challenge assumptions, drive innovation, and shape outcomes. Your success is not limited by hierarchy or tenure. It's fueled by your ambition, your curiosity, and your willingness to own your impact. If you're looking for a role where you can simply maintain the status quo, this probably isn't it, but if you're looking for a place where your ideas matter, your growth is accelerated, and your work creates meaningful impact across the world, we'd love to talk.
Why Propio?
Every day, communication changes lives. A patient receives care they otherwise couldn't access. A family gains critical information. A business connects with a customer. A community becomes more inclusive. These moments happen because barriers are removed. And behind those moments are Propio team members who show up every day to solve problems, innovate, and build the future. This isn't just work. This is world impact.
Job Summary
The HR Project Manager will lead and execute People Team projects, support the HR integration of acquired companies, and develop reports that help People leaders understand workforce trends and make decisions. Reporting to the Vice President of Talent, this person will work with HR colleagues and leaders across the business on projects involving talent management, employee programs, HR systems, and organizational change.
The work combines project management with hands-on HR execution. You may be comparing an acquired company's policies and benefits, building a Paylocity report for the People Leadership Team, or preparing the materials to launch a new talent program. You will be responsible for organizing the work and completing it, with the opportunity to contribute recommendations and see them put into practice. This role is suited to someone with a strong HR foundation who enjoys solving problems and takes pride in seeing work through to completion.
Why This Role
This position offers exposure to how different parts of Propio operate and how the People Team supports a growing business. You will work directly with the VP of Talent and People leaders, contribute to acquisition integration, and help build programs and processes employees use. For someone who enjoys variety, wants to deepen their HR experience, and likes seeing tangible results from their work, there is a wide range of projects to take on.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- HR Project Management: Develop and execute project plans for People Team initiatives. Define tasks, owners, deadlines, and deliverables; complete assigned work; coordinate contributions from others; and keep the VP of Talent informed of progress and decisions needed.
- M&A Due Diligence: Assist with reviewing employee information, HR policies, benefits, and employment practices of potential acquisitions. Organize findings and identify differences, risks, and questions for the People Team to address.
- HR Integration: Help develop and carry out integration plans for acquired companies, including policy and process alignment, employee onboarding, HR system transitions, and employee communications. Track outstanding items through completion.
- Workforce Transitions: Support severance administration, terminations, and reductions in force. Prepare employee lists, documentation, communications, and timelines, and coordinate required activities within the People Team, including WARN-related actions when applicable.
- Paylocity Reporting: Build and maintain recurring and ad hoc reports for the People Leadership Team. Gather reporting requirements, select and validate the data, and prepare reports that answer leadership questions.
- People Analytics: Analyze retention, performance, recruiting, and other workforce data. Use Excel and, where applicable, Power BI to present trends, explain findings, and recommend areas for further action.
- Talent and Employee Programs: Support the development and rollout of performance management, career development, succession planning, and employee engagement and recognition initiatives. Create program materials, coordinate timelines, and track participation and results.
- Process Improvement: Review HR processes and procedures, identify gaps or unnecessary manual work, and implement improvements. Develop workflows, templates, and instructions that the People Team and managers can use.
- Communication and Change Management: Prepare employee communications, manager guides, presentations, and training materials for acquisitions and HR initiatives. Coordinate rollouts and help employees and managers understand new processes.
- Business Partnership: Work with leaders across business functions to understand their needs, gather information, and resolve project issues. Apply HR knowledge to the work and raise compliance concerns or questions to the VP of Talent. Maintain confidentiality and perform other duties as assigned.
Required Experience and Qualifications
- At least 4 years of HR experience, including responsibility for implementing HR programs, improving processes, or managing projects.
- Broad understanding of HR processes, policies, and procedures, including onboarding, benefits, employee relations, and offboarding.
- Working knowledge of employment laws and regulations, including those related to severance, terminations, reductions in force, and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and related state requirements.
- Experience taking a project from planning through implementation, with direct responsibility for completing deliverables and meeting deadlines.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup formulas, and organizing and validating data. Ability to interpret reports and explain findings clearly.
- Experience using an HRIS and proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word and PowerPoint.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear employee communications and leadership presentations.
- Attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage several priorities while following through on commitments.
- Ability to work independently, build relationships across departments, and handle confidential information with discretion.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience creating and customizing reports in Paylocity for leadership reporting and ad hoc requests.
- Experience with Power BI, people analytics, or other reporting and data visualization tools.
- Experience supporting M&A due diligence, HR integration, severance administration, or workforce transitions.
- Experience implementing HR systems or using automation to improve HR processes.
- HR or project management certification, such as SHRM-CP, PHR, CAPM, or PMP.
Notice of AI Use in Job Application Review
As part of our commitment in creating a fair, efficient, and consistent hiring process we may use artificial intelligence (AI) to help our recruiting teams organize, summarize, and analyze information provided by candidates, including resumes, application responses, and other materials submitted during the application process.AI may be used to identify patterns, highlight relevant skills, and experience, and assist in comparing a candidate’s qualifications with the requirement of a specific role. These tools are to improve efficiency and consistency while supporting more informed hiring decisions, which will ultimately be made by the hiring team.
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Who's Hiring
- Orkin20
- TikTok4
- Turnitin4
- Via Transportation4
- via3
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software14
- Education3
- Manufacturing2
- Investment & Asset Management2
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals2
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in human resources project manager jobs.
- Three to seven years of HR project management or HR program management experience
- Proficiency with project management tools such as ATS, HRIS platforms, and change management frameworks
- PMP, PMI-ACP, SHRM-CP, or PHR certification preferred or required
- Experience leading HRIS implementations, HR transformations, or organizational redesign initiatives
- Strong stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration skills across HR and business units
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, or a related field
Tips for Your Human Resources Project Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to the project type
Human resources project manager roles split between technology implementations and organizational change initiatives. Identify which type a posting emphasizes, then lead your resume with matching project examples, methodology used, and measurable outcomes like adoption rates or timelines met.
Highlight cross-functional stakeholder experience
Hiring managers for these roles want evidence you've coordinated across HR, IT, finance, and business units simultaneously. Name the stakeholder groups you managed, not just the project, so reviewers can picture the complexity you handled.
List your HR certifications alongside PM credentials
Many applicants hold either an HR certification or a project management credential, but not both. If you have SHRM-CP, PHR, PMP, or PMI-ACP, list all of them prominently. Dual credentials signal exactly the hybrid skill set these roles require.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists human resources project manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a change management story for interviews
Interviewers for HR project manager roles almost always probe how you handle resistance from employees or managers during rollouts. Prepare one specific story that walks through the resistance you encountered, the approach you took, and the resolution.
Negotiate scope and resource clarity before accepting
Before accepting an offer, ask directly whether you'll own the project budget, have dedicated team members, or be coordinating volunteers across departments. Ambiguity on those points creates problems after day one that compensation alone won't resolve.
Human Resources Project Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most human resources project managers?
The companies hiring the most human resources project managers right now include Orkin, TikTok, and Turnitin, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Healthcare systems, financial institutions, and large technology companies tend to maintain the most consistent demand for this role.
How many human resources project manager jobs are remote?
About 73% of human resources project manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the project-based nature of the work. Roles focused on HR policy design, change management planning, and HRIS configuration tend to offer the most location flexibility, while implementation phases that require on-site coordination are more likely to be hybrid or in-person.
How do you become a human resources project manager?
Start by building a foundation in either human resources or project management, then develop experience in the other discipline. Work on HR-adjacent projects within an HR generalist or coordinator role, pursue a project management certification like PMP alongside an HR credential like SHRM-CP, and document specific projects you led from initiation through close. Employers look for candidates who can speak fluently to both the HR content and the project delivery methodology.
Can you get hired as a human resources project manager without direct experience?
You can move into this role from an HR generalist background if you've led any process improvement, system rollout, or organizational change effort, even informally. Frame those experiences using project management language: scope, timeline, stakeholders, risks, and outcomes. Earning a foundational project management certification while in an HR role signals intentional career direction and closes the credential gap employers often cite.
What does the human resources project manager interview process look like?
The process typically includes an initial screening call with a recruiter, a competency-based interview with the HR leadership team, and a final round that often involves a case study or project scenario presentation. Interviewers focus on how you managed competing priorities, handled stakeholder resistance, and kept projects on schedule. Some employers add a panel round with representatives from business units the role would serve.
Where can I find and apply to human resources project manager jobs?
You can find and apply to human resources project manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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