Talent Project Manager – Implementing Workday & other talent management projects (remote 12-month contract)

Job Description

As part of Mars’ Workday transformation and implementation and the upgrading of our talent competency and capability frameworks, we are looking for a Talent Project Manager. This will lead on the introduction of Workday Skills Cloud and the upgrading of our competencies into a range of talent processes including talent acquisition, performance management, succession planning and rewards.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in talent competencies & capabilities, e.g. use of Korn Ferry
• Previous experience working on a Workday implementation, migrating from another HCM platform
• Good understanding of Workday Skills Cloud and it’s use within various talent processes
• Previous experience of implementing Workday Skills Cloud into a multinational organization would be an advantage
• Digitally savvy, able to stand alone and comfortable influencing stakeholders of all levels
• Out of the box thinking and the ability to connect the dots and shape how to do things differently

What would your key responsibilities be?

• Manage the upgrade of our competencies in partnership with Korn Ferry and embed them into the respective talent processes
• Project manage the implementation of Workday into our various talent processes
• Work closely with process leads from the respective talent areas to define what best practice looks like and influence changes in the way we do things today

What can you expect from Mars?

• Competitive salary
• Remote working (be based anywhere in Europe or east coast US)
• Flexible working (work hours that suit you, the role could also be part-time)
• Opportunity to work on a global transformation project and influence how we will do things in this space moving forward