HR Project Manager

Company: Samsara
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

Samsara, founded in 2015, is a leader in Industrial IoT and our mission is to increase the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of the operations that power our economy. Our solutions combine hardware and software to bring real-time visibility, analytics, and AI to operations across various industries. Samsara's fast-growing team is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in San Jose, Atlanta, and London. Our team has raised $930M from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Tiger Global, Dragoneer, AllianceBernstein Holding LP, Franklin Templeton, General Atlantic, Sands Capital Management and Warburg Pincus LLC. At Samsara, we welcome all. All sizes, colors, cultures, sexes, beliefs, religions, ages, people. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us solve complex problems. We are committed to increasing diversity across our team and ensuring that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact. About this role: Samsara is seeking an HR Technical Project Manager to join our HR Operations Team. Reporting into the Director, HR Operations, you will be responsible for leading teams for both internal HR projects as well as cross-functional projects in partnership with HR stakeholders that support our strategic initiatives. You will also be responsible for owning and managing various HR Programs and Initiatives, and acting in a team lead capacity to run these programs. This role offers the opportunity to have a positive impact and will have high visibility and accountability to the HR leadership team. In this role, you will:

• Actively engage in managing cross functional projects and programs involving change management
• Have a deep understanding of internal HR data requirements, assess gaps, and optimize systems and processes to help efficiently manage our HR function as we grow and scale our team globally
• Support technical implementations, integrations, deployments, and ongoing maintenance of existing and new Workday modules
• Create and maintain project plans, scope, roles, and schedules using the DACI methodology
• Be the central point of identification and management of project risk
• Provide reports, dashboards and succinct updates to the project sponsors and stakeholders which includes senior leadership
• Analyze metrics and trends as well as conduct post mortems to evaluate success of overall project
• Partner with the Data Coordinator team and other internal functions to create clear processes that result in a seamless employee experience
• Create relationships and partner with vendors to continually uplevel our programs in regard to efficiencies and customer service
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara's cultural principles (Obsess Over the Customer, Build for the Long Term, Growth Mindset) as we scale globally and across new offices Minimum requirements for this role:
  • Bachelor's degree with major course work in human resources, business administration or a similarly relevant field or equivalent work experience
  • 5+ years of HR project, program management, HR Generalist role or the equivalent
  • Technical background with a functional understanding of systems architecture, APIs, and integration best-practices a plus
  • Strong analytical mindset, proven ability to design and communicate clear processes, and a detail-oriented yet flexible approach to problem solving
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Ability to drive, positively influence and partner with senior level stakeholders of the organization to achieve outcomes that are on time and within budget
  • Keen ability to identify potential issues early on and course correct without missing deadlines
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills
  • Highly organized, exceptional time management and task prioritization abilities
  • Strong decision-making ability and a mature attitude
  • Thrives in a hyper-growth organization where ambiguity, quick decision-making and change agility skills are an everyday occurrence Working at Samsara has its perks: for all full-time global employees, we provide private medical and dental insurance plus growth and development opportunities, as well as regular virtual team and company events. In the US we offer flexible vacation time, EMEA employees receive 25 vacation days plus national bank holidays. Post-COVID we'll be back in our global offices with numerous in-office perks. Accommodations Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodations for your interview (e.g., sign language interpreters, reading assistance, facility access, device or equipment modification, etc.) Regarding COVID-19 With the spread of COVID-19, Samsara's global offices will remain closed until further notice except for employees that require access to hardware and lab equipment.-- Our primary concern is for the health and well-being of our employees as well as candidates. We have transitioned all interviews and onboarding to be conducted virtually via Zoom video conferencing. Employees are also able to work remotely through June 2021 from any US state or country in which they have a valid work authorization. All employees are expected to return to our offices when they reopen except for field-based and fully remote roles. If you have any questions or concerns before applying, feel free to contact us at jobs@samsara.com. How did you hear about this opportunity? (Check all that apply) --*
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    Employee referred. Demographic Questions (US, EMEA, Mexico, Canada) Diversity is critical at Samsara . Creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace is an important part of our mission that fosters greater creativity, innovation, and connection to the communities we serve. And we will not compromise ---to the detriment of that mission. So whatever your size, color, culture, gender, beliefs, religion, or age, know that you are welcome here. It is what makes you unique that makes Samsara stronger. That mission starts here by building a robust, diverse talent pool across every team at Samsara. Below is a set of demographic questions for you to review. While your decision to provide demographic information is entirely yours, please know that we use the data that we collect internally to better track against our mission of creating a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. Your responses will not be associated with your specific application and will not in any way be used in your specific hiring process. The responses will also be anonymized and aggregated to help us comply with regulatory requirements (e.g., federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity and other compliance requirements in the United States; the UK Equality Act 2010; the French Code du Travail; the German Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz within Europe; etc). Thank you in advance for helping to make Samsara the diverse and inclusive environment we strive to be.-- How do you identify? (gender identity) *
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