Human Capital - Project Manager

The D. E. Shaw Group

$170K — $220K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher with 7+ years of relevant experience.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, especially with executive stakeholders.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities and aptitude for systems thinking.
  • Proficiency in Excel; knowledge of process mapping, technical writing, and data modeling beneficial.
  • Interest in generative AI to innovate tools and workflows.
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to collaborate across varying technical skill levels.
  • Preferred experience in managing complex software implementations.

Responsibilities

  • Curate employee data to inform operational and strategic talent decisions.
  • Manage cross-functional compensation projects and work with internal developers on system improvements.
  • Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders for project management and user support.
  • Conduct ad hoc analyses on compensation issues in collaboration with Human Capital teams.
  • Scope projects through user need discovery and design workflows across teams.

Benefits

  • Medical and prescription drug coverage.
  • 401(k) contribution matching.
  • Wellness reimbursement.
  • Family building benefits.
  • Charitable gift match program.
Full Job Description
What you'll do day-to-day

  • Curate and leverage employee data to answer operational and strategic talent questions for leaders across the business.
  • Manage cross-functional compensation projects and processes, partnering with internal developers to expand and improve the systems that house this data.
  • Own relationships with stakeholders across the firm and share responsibility for project planning, stakeholder management, backlog grooming, and user support/troubleshooting.
  • Conduct ad hoc analyses to answer compensation-related questions, collaborating closely with colleagues across Human Capital and related teams.
  • Scope open-ended projects, conducting discovery to understand user needs and creating cross-team workflows and products that facilitate them.


What we're looking for

  • A bachelor's degree or higher with at least seven years of relevant experience.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort engaging with executive stakeholders.
  • A knack for problem solving, an aptitude for translating the needs of non-technical users into technical requirements, and the ability to see how small details interrelate and impact the bigger picture (i.e., systems thinking).
  • Proficiency in Excel is required; proficiency in technical writing, process mapping, process re-engineering, and data modeling is a decided advantage.
  • Interest in generative AI and a desire to use it to improve and reimagine tools, workflows, and deliverables.
  • The willingness and ability to dive into details, collaborate effectively with teammates who have varying technical knowledge, drive projects to completion, and exercise extreme discretion with confidential information.
  • Experience project managing complex software implementations with multiple stakeholders is preferred.
  • The expected annual base salary for this position is $170,000 to $220,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.


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