HCMS Project Manager

The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Australia & Northern Territory is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the implementation of a new Human Capital Management System (HCMS). Reporting to the Executive General Manager, People, Culture & Environment, you will oversee the end-to-end delivery of this enterprise wide transformation project, ensuring strong governance, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and successful adoption across the organisation.

Working closely with senior leaders, vendors, and cross functional teams, you will deliver a scalable, future focused HCMS that enhances workforce capability and supports the organisation's strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the HCMS implementation using contemporary project management methodologies.
• Develop and manage project governance, schedules, budgets, reporting, and risk management frameworks.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to deliver system configuration, testing, deployment, and go-live activities.
• Lead organisational change management initiatives to maximise user adoption and business readiness.
• Oversee data migration, system integration, user acceptance testing and transition to business-as-usual.
• Monitor project performance, vendor deliverables, and benefits realisation against agreed KPIs.
• Build strong collaborative relationships across People & Culture, ICT, Payroll, Finance, and executive leadership.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience delivering Human Capital Management System (HCMS) implementations within medium to large organisations.
• Strong understanding of HR and People & Culture functions, including workforce planning, payroll, learning and talent management.
• Proven project management expertise, including governance, budgeting, reporting, and risk management.
• Experience leading complex enterprise technology implementation projects and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Effective communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence them at all levels.
• Demonstrated experience leading organisational change and driving successful user adoption.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience working within complex, highly regulated or compliance-driven environments will be highly regarded.
• Tertiary qualifications in Business, HR, IT or a related discipline, with formal project management qualifications (PMP or PRINCE2) highly desirable.

For more information
For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact John-Paul Joubeir on 0468078904 or jp.joubeir@harrisonmcmillan.com.au.

Please note all applications should be submitted in Word format and address the key capabilities outlined in the Position Description.