Description

Job Description: Title: HR ERP Project Manager Department: Corporate HR Office Reports To: VP Human Resources Position Summary: It is an exciting time to join NJIT as we begin our process improvement and Enterprise Resource Platform (ERP) transformation program. Critical to this program’s success, we are seeking a highly motivated Human Resources Project Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all Human Capital Management (HCM) aspects of our ERP implementation project, including planning, scheduling, and monitoring progress. Serving on the program leadership team, the HR ERP Project Manager will work closely with key stakeholders and team members, including project managers from other project teams, to ensure successful delivery of the program on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have prior experience implementing HR and Payroll components of an ERP and can lead our teams in the areas of systems analysis, process redesign, reporting, and data conversion. Additional experience managing efforts such as organizational design, classification/compensation restructuring and/or state compliance and reporting are preferred but not required. Essential Functions:  Develop and maintain a detailed project plan and budget that considers the unique needs and timelines of NJIT and the HR team.  Serve as a member of the program management team, collaborate with other project managers including IT, Finance, and Change Management, to ensure coordination of efforts across the program.  Working with HR leadership, monitor or manage concurrent projects that may impact the ERP implementation effort.  Coordinate project activities across multiple departments and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities.  Work closely with IT, HR, finance, and academic departments to identify and prioritize project requirements that meet the needs of the institution  Ensure that the project team members understand the goals and objectives of the project, and provide guidance and support to team members as needed.  Communicate project progress to stakeholders, including executive leadership, department heads, and other relevant parties.  Ensure that the project is completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of stakeholders while adhering to institutional regulations and compliance requirements. Prerequisite Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree in information systems, human resources, business administration, or a related field.  5 years of relevant professional experience.  At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position. Preferred Qualifications:  Prior experience managing HR/Payroll ERP implementation projects, preferably in a higher education environment  Strong understanding of the human resource business processes within higher education institutions, such as recruitment, administrative hiring, academic hiring, benefits enrollment, performance management, etc.  Knowledge of higher education regulations and compliance requirements.  Experience implementing and/or working with SaaS ERP applications.  Familiarity with project management methodologies used in higher education institutions, such as Agile, Waterfall, or PMBOK.  Strong communication skills to effectively engage with stakeholders such as academic deans, department heads, and administrative staff Additional Details: NJIT is in the process of selected a new Cloud-Based ERP solution (like Oracle or Workday) and needs to hire a cross-section of Project Managers to ensure IT, HR and Finance all have what they need enabled during the transition from Ellucian Banner. Candidates do not need a specific ERP product but the ERP products that they have implemented should be cloud-based. Experience with 3rd party product vendors and implementation partners will be key. This candidate will be managing all the HR processes and improvements through the HR-specific implementation of the newly selected ERP system. You will need to articulate the understanding of HR processes, how you’ve managed the HR processes in an ERP implementation and how HR workflows are set up. HR specific processes include a wide-array of skills including: Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Recruitment / Applicant Tracking System, Talent / Performance Management & Employee Labor Relations. The employee will not be managing any direct reports. Based on the salary range, NJIT is willing to consider a 5-year professional who has led an ERP implementation from an HR perspective. Pluses:  Previous HigherEd experience  Also familiar with Finance and IT ERP implementations  History of Long-term / Full-time positions….not a consultant who jumps every 6 months onto the next implementation unless we have a compelling reason someone would consider a full-time role with NJIT and commit to the next 10+ years.

Skills

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Top Skills Details

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Additional Skills & Qualifications

University Overview: As the state’s public polytechnic university, NJIT is located in the vibrant University Heights district of downtown Newark, just 20 minutes from Manhattan by train. They are #1 in country for upward social mobility and have a huge emphasis on diversity and inclusion. Group Overview / Culture: While this upcoming Enterprise ERP Migration will span across NJIT’s Finance, HR & IT departments, each department will have its own Project Manager to collaborate and coordinate across the enterprise. This position will report in to the Corporate Human Resource Office (CHRO) at NJIT. The CHRO needs expertise to lead this enterprise effort from an HR lens to ensure all of the needs and requirements from an HR perspective are met. This is not an IT ERP Project Manager. That will be a different role. NJIT leverages hybrid methodologies (with a heavy slant on Agile) and uses Smartsheets for managing projects. NJIT IT Overview from the CIO: The IT department should be known as a ‘Technical Paradise’. NJIT is in the middle of an exciting Digital Transformation journey. The new President is forward thinking and investing in a cloud-first strategy that candidates will be a part of. There is a huge push to empower down in the IT organization to come up with tangible goals that fee in to the strategic goal. Some of the strategic initiatives include: ERP implementation (pillar of strategic transformation), Identity Refresh, Accelerating the Snowflake/MicroStrategy reporting for better BI/Data warehousing, etc.

Experience Level

Expert Level

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $130000.00 - $150000.00/yr.

Overview of NJIT Amazing & Competitive Benefits:Highlights: In addition to PTO, additional HigherEd holidays and breaks; summer Fridays; 35-hour work week to promote Work/Life balance.

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 14, 2025.

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