Our story

　　At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. It's why we're so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team's expertise in human insights and cloud technology allows companies and employees around the world to transform and thrive.

　　With a competitive total rewards package, continuing education and training and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

　　Overall objective of the Role

　　The Project Manager is responsible for delivery of small scale, low impact Service Readiness projects. In the main the project scope will be to implement HR/Payroll services to clients but the scope will vary depending on the business requirements.

　　Main Responsibilities

　　Delivery Key responsibilities:

　　Manages the end to end project life cycle for Alight projects ensuring that delivery is in accordance with budget, timeline and is of the required quality standards to meet client expectations.Manages project deliverables, scope and expectations actively communicates and engages with sponsors, Project Boards, upper management and executivesInterfaces independently with all functional and business areas/ groups affected by the project, including senior and/or executive managementWorks closely with Resource Managers to ensure adequate allocation of resources to projects is being managedDevelops and tracks to detailed project plans, including schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans and issue resolution plansMakes project decisions and recommendations to management about schedules, prioritization, and resource allocation with input from others as neededCommunicates and reports status to executives and all other stakeholders e.g., Status Reports, Executive BriefingsEmploys project management best practice methodologies working within a framework that includes process definition, templates, tools and Alight standardsManaging the project budget working closely with the finance team to manage and report on the project financials - including the estimates created during the funding process, the on-going allocation of financial resources and the regular reporting of the state of the project financialsMonitors the project deliverables are within Alight's standard delivery model and deviations are identified and reportedDriving CR's through changes to agreed standard/contract, mitigating any commercial riskWorking with third party providers to deliver contractual commitments

　　Main Accountabilities

　　To ensure that compliance to Alight standards is adhered to across the projects being deliveredTo ensure that issues are escalated through the appropriate channels for support in resolution and to raise senior management awarenessTo share best practice and key learnings to support continuous improvementTo deliver project reporting and maintain systems of information in accordance with Alight's standards

　　Service Readiness Competencies

　　Commerciality - Be commercially awareTechnical - Understand the technical solutions required to deliverProject Management - Apply effective methodology

　　Professional /

　　Job Experience

　　Essential

　　At least 5 years' experience in project managementWillingness to travelManaging budgets of in excess of £1mVendor management experienceFluent in English (written, oral)Experience within the HR-domain

　　Desirable

　　HR Consulting, payroll and outsourcing industry experience

　　Join our team. Because transformation takes a workforce. Learn more at careers.alight.com .

　　Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

　　Alight believes diversity should be visible, valued, and sustained throughout the organization. And we're committed to enabling an inclusive culture of belonging that engages all colleagues and grows the diversity of our talent to proudly represent the clients and communities we serve.

　　As an affirmative action employer, we adhere to the principles of equal employment opportunity in the workplace as defined in our diversity policy statement.

　　Diversity Policy Statement

　　Alight does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, gender, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

　　Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.

　　Authorization to work in the Employing Country

　　Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

　　Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

　　We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

　　DISCLAIMER:

　　Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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