Strategic Initiatives Project Manager

🕒 April 30

🏢🏡 London – Hybrid

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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CDW

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2015-07

Enterprise • SaaS • Cybersecurity

CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions, offering a comprehensive range of products and services to address the needs of enterprises, government, healthcare, and education sectors. They specialize in providing IT infrastructure services, managed services, and security solutions. CDW partners with top technology brands to deliver customized solutions that enhance business productivity and performance across various industries. With a strong focus on digital transformation, security, and cloud solutions, CDW supports businesses in navigating the complexities of modern IT environments. Their expertise spans several domains, including digital workspaces, cybersecurity, and enterprise solutions, making CDW a key partner in driving technological advancements.

📋 Description

• Support in the translation of the global HR strategy into operational plans to drive impact across UK&I, remaining agile to adapt to the changing needs and priorities of the business. • Develop, maintain, and own the project plan for key HR change and transformation initiatives, ensuring clarity on scope, milestones and deliverables. • Apply human centred design principles to shape people experiences, ensuring solutions are grounded in empathy, usability, and coworker needs. • Coordinate tasks, dependencies, resources, and timelines across all contributors to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. • Align to the UK&I HR PMO to track HR projects, mitigate risk, and track ROI. • Support the adoption of AI and self-service HR tools, leveraging insights and trends to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity. • Translate business requirements into clear people deliverables, ensuring consistent execution and risk management. • Anticipate risks, critical dependencies and critical path items ensuring proactive mitigation and smooth execution. • Manage project budgets, working with finance to agree targets and ensure projects deliver strong ROI. • Develop and maintain HR programme plans and the governance approach for all defined projects and transformations. • Collaborate with key stakeholders to drive key initiatives, develop, and execute strategic plans. • Develop clear audience – appropriate change and communications plans to drive adoption. • Create concise exec ready materials to support updates, investment cases, and steering discussions. • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing insight, recommendations and structured options to support decision making. • Deputise for the Head of Strategic Initiatives, acting as a key point of contact supporting in the response of project updates to the Director of HR and leadership teams when required. • Work effectively across functions, geographies, and matrixed teams to align delivery, enable shared ownership, and support a globally consistent HR operating model. • Demonstrate strong cultural awareness across regions to ensure approaches are inclusive, locally relevant, and aligned with global standards. • Build key relationships across the business using your influencing skills to gain buy-in and drive change.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven strategic HR project management delivering transformation and change across complex organisations. • Strong change management capability, including building compelling investment cases, shaping change plans, managing impacts, and driving adoption. • Experience applying AI and digital tools within HR, using insights and emerging trends to improve efficiency, enhance self-service, drive automation, and modernize people processes. • Demonstrated success in working cross-functionally and globally to align HR strategies with business objectives. • Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to influence at all levels and create a narrative to secure business buy-in and adoption. • Commercial awareness, business acumen, and strategic thinking. • Demonstrated ability to use data and analytics to shape recommendations, drive decision-making, influence stakeholders, improve the employee experience and continuously improve HR services and outcomes. • Ability to manage ambiguity, make sound judgements and adapt style to maintain strong relationships at all levels. • Possess a continuous improvement mindset. • Advanced Excel and data visualisation skills. • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. • Commitment to creating inclusive, engaging experiences that prioritise employee wellbeing and growth. • Experience with Workday and other HR systems. • Experience using project management and workflow tools (e.g. MS Project, ServiceNow, SharePoint), with the ability to adapt quickly to new digital and AI‑enabled platforms.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours • Professional development opportunities • Remote work options