The opportunity you've been waiting for
You’ll lead the People integration of two organisations, each with around 300 employees, across Europe and the US. It’s a substantial piece of work with a clear finish line and plenty for an experienced HR project manager to get their teeth into.
You’ll take the People integration plan from design through to delivery. Organisation design, workforce restructuring, HR systems, data, policies, employee change and the target operating model all sit within your remit.
You’ll have senior visibility and work across People, Finance, IT, Legal and business operations. Your job is to keep the moving parts connected, decisions clear and delivery on track.
How you'll make your mark
Own the integration plan
- Build and manage the end-to-end People integration plan, including milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions and critical path.
- Coordinate activity across both organisations and relevant European countries, with links into the US population.
- Run governance, reporting, RAID and decision logs, giving senior forums a clear view of progress and pressure points.
Shape the future organisation
- Project manage the target organisation structure, role mapping, workforce planning and headcount analysis.
- Maintain baseline and target headcount plans and track delivery against agreed changes.
- Coordinate restructuring, consultation, selection, redeployment and redundancy activity where required.
- Work with HR, Legal and local advisers across different employment law and employee representation requirements.
Bring the HR landscape together
- Lead the People elements of HR systems consolidation, migration and implementation.
- Coordinate employee data mapping, cleansing, migration, validation and reconciliation in line with GDPR and data protection requirements.
- Work across HR, IT, Payroll, Finance and system providers through testing, cutover and implementation.
- Coordinate the review and implementation of harmonised HR policies, processes and practices, with appropriate local variation.
Make change land well
- Maintain the People change and implementation plan, mapping employee impacts and sequencing activity across affected groups.
- Coordinate employee and manager communications, consultation and engagement activity.
- Track implementation through to completion and handover into business-as-usual ownership.
- Facilitate working sessions and decision forums, keeping actions, owners and deadlines visible.
You’ll also manage dependencies across People, Finance, IT, Legal and operations. The role calls for someone comfortable working across jurisdictions, senior stakeholder groups and a lot of interconnected detail.
What's in it for you
- Salary: £65,000–£75,000 plus bonus.
- Working model: Hybrid, with a blend of remote working and time with colleagues as the integration programme requires.
- Progression: A senior, visible project role with exposure to organisation design, transformation, systems integration and executive stakeholders.
- Scope: A genuine end-to-end People integration across approximately 600 employees, Europe and the US.
- Benefits: Annual bonus, pension contribution, generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements.
This is a fixed-term contract aligned to the delivery of the integration programme. The work has a defined purpose, clear milestones and plenty of substance.
A bit more about the business
Two established organisations are coming together, creating a combined workforce of around 600 people across Europe and the US. The People function now needs a dedicated project lead to bring the integration plan to life.
The programme covers organisation design, workforce change, HR systems and data, policies, processes and the move into the target operating model. It’s a substantial transformation with senior attention and a clear delivery agenda.
Denholm's take
This role has the breadth that experienced HR project managers tend to enjoy. You’ll see the whole picture, then get close enough to the detail to make things happen.
The mix is the real draw. Integration, restructuring, systems, data, employment considerations and senior stakeholders, all tied to one programme with a defined outcome.
If you’d like a confidential conversation about the role, the programme and what you could bring to it, speak to the Denholm team.