This client is a top 5 tech giant and one of the world's most popular search engines. This is a hybrid role, so you will split your time between home office and the clients offices in central London. On-site you will be able to access their amazing facilities and quirky working spaces, as well as free breakfast/ lunch/ dinner, on-site gyms, outdoor spaces and roof gardens, wellness rooms and sleep pods.
Program Manager, Medical/ Disability Accommodations
62 p/a PAYE (Approx. £In this role you will be the EMEA SME for accommodations and adjustments for internal employees, ensuring that this client are able to support their employees in the best way possible. You will be focused on the strategy, program management and policies, and providing guidance to HRBP's and other internal stakeholders.
HR Program Management experience is preferred, and experience with OH or return to work would be highly desirable.
Deliver full pieces of program plans, timelines, and tracking documents of moderate to high complexity and scope that are integrated into overarching program management objectives, with minimal assistance.
Develop and curate project, program, and portfolio management methodologies from best practices, processes, and tools.
Independently identify and recommend creative ways to improve on solutions to defined problems via selection of better methods/tools.
Anticipate challenges through evaluation and analysis of data and business needs.
Influence stakeholders at varying levels, including senior leaders when building networks and contribute to cross-team collaboration.
After program implementation, collect feedback, ensure documentation is up to date, and facilitate discussions to follow up with cross-team stakeholders; Identify, collect and track key metrics for program or project impact, including program/project participation and success with minimal guidance, leveraging metrics to drive results.
identify dependencies and make decisions to solve or avoid issues and mitigate risks; Create project roadmaps with minimal guidance and use them to manage stakeholder expectations, as well as for communicating plans and coordinating resources.
Establish and track process in collaboration with stakeholders, hold stakeholders/own teams accountable for following the established processes, identify cross-team sponsors and stakeholders and secure resources, ensure work alignment with compliance/privacy policies, identify opportunities for and implement process improvements (e.g., Draw interpretable insights from deep dives and data analysis, provide data-driven strategic recommendations that represent projects/programs from relevant business, product, and technical perspectives to stakeholders at a variety of levels.
Develop written documentation with minimal guidance that defines solution scope, solution design, task-level deliverables, milestones, and management processes to ensure stakeholder accountability.
Complete full risk identification and risk assessment activities with minimal guidance as well as monitoring risk and recording its evolution and influence on project/program objectives.
Manage expectations and maintain relationships with cross-team stakeholders to build rapport and credibility, plan, create, deliver content, and provide input to help stakeholders achieve project goals.
Ability to understand stakeholder needs through dialogue before conducting analysis and making recommendations.
This includes the ability to use data to add value to business planning and strategies.
Ability to anticipate, assess, and manage risk (e.g., operational, product, team health) by identifying or developing strategies to mitigate the risk or the negative effect of the risk.
Ability to interact confidently, clearly and respectfully with others, especially senior leaders of the organization, to present/defend/clarify concerns or issues regarding an existing project, program or solution. Ability to influence and inspire an audience by crafting stories using data that elicit empathy or create buy-in