Project Manager – HR Technology

Description

Project Manager – HR Technology

Division: Digital HR

Location: Remote within the US

Status: Regular, Full Time

Our Company:

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We are a climate change innovator, partnering with cities, governments and companies to cut carbon. We are working to connect solutions with the help of Hitachi’s Green Energy and Mobility both physically and digitally to deliver net-zero. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2023 (ended March 31, 2024) totaled 8,564.3 billion yen, and approximately 268,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.

Summary:

The Project Manager will be responsible for leading complex HR Technology & Transformation initiatives within the Hitachi Group, with a primary focus on Workday global implementations and related HR TECHNOLOGY programs. The role will ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and in alignment with business objectives, applying best practices from Project Management methodologies, and Workday project frameworks.

This position requires strong project management skills, deep understanding of HR systems, and proven ability to manage cross-functional teams in a global, matrix environment. The Project Manager will act as the primary point of accountability, driving planning, execution, governance, and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Leadership & Governance

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Workday and HR Transformation projects (Planning Design Build Testing Deployment Go-Live Hypercare).

• Establish project governance, manage stage gates, and ensure adherence to Project Management and Workday methodologies.

• Define, monitor, and report project KPIs, budgets, timelines, and scope.

• Maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and drive timely resolution/escalation.

Stakeholder & Team Management

• Engage and align with global stakeholders, including HR, IT, Finance, and external vendors/partners (Workday, Accenture, Deloitte, etc.).

• Manage cross-functional and multi-entity teams in a matrix organization, ensuring clarity of ownership and accountability.

• Foster collaboration across regions, functions, and business units to achieve alignment.

Execution & Delivery

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans using Smartsheet, and other PM tools.

• Coordinate system integrations, data migration, testing cycles (UAT, E2E, regression), and cutover planning.

• Ensure compliance with change management processes and quality assurance standards.

• Oversee vendor delivery and ensure contractual obligations (SOW, milestones, deliverables) are met.

Communication & Reporting

• Provide regular executive-level reporting (SteerCo decks, dashboards, progress summaries).

• Ensure transparent communication across all levels of the organization.

• Translate complex technical and functional updates into simple, actionable insights for senior leadership.

Risk, Compliance & Change Management

• Identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring data privacy, compliance, and security requirements are met.

• Partner with Change & Enablement teams to drive adoption strategies, training, and stakeholder readiness.

• Support HR process optimization and adoption of digital HR solutions beyond Workday.

Qualifications & Skills:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, HR, or related field.

• 5 years of project management experience (global HR TECHNOLOGY / HR Transformation programs strongly preferred).

• Strong knowledge of Project Management practices and Workday project methodology.

• Proven track record managing large-scale, multi-country HR TECHNOLOGY implementations.

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Excel (advanced), Smartsheet, MS Project, PowerPoint and PPT.

• Experience with project management tools like ADO (Azure DevOps), Workday, or other HR tools (SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, etc.) is a plus.

• Strong stakeholder management, vendor management, and executive communication skills.

• Ability to lead in a matrix organization with distributed teams across multiple geographies.

Preferred

• Project Management Certification (or equivalent Workday experience).

• Experience in digital transformation, cloud technologies, or HR process re-engineering.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial management skills.

Our Values:

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge

For residents of California, New York, Washington, Ohio and Illinois as required under applicable pay transparency laws, the expected base salary for this position if filled remotely is $117,264 - $146,580. Pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi America’s variable pay program, subject to the program’s conditions and restrictions.

Qualified Applicants with arrest or Conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to accommodation@hal.hitachi.com. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.