Director - Global HR Project & Program Management

The Director, HR Project Manager provide enterprise- level leadership to complex, high- visibility HR initiatives that drive organizational performance and advance the company’s people strategy. This role oversees a diverse portfolio of projects across all HR functional areas—including HR technology transformation, global talent processes, workforce planning, people analytics, total rewards evolution, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.

This position is accountable for setting project direction, defining scope, establishing governance, planning resources, and ensuring the successful delivery of strategic HR projects. The Director drives alignment across HR, business units, and corporate partners, ensuring initiatives are executed efficiently, on schedule, and with measurable business impact. The role provides senior level thought partnership, anticipates risks, resolves complex issues, and delivers executive ready insights to accelerate progress and support decision making.

Success in this role requires deep HR domain expertise, advanced communication and analytical capabilities, executive presence, and exceptional project and change management leadership.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Strategic Leadership
  • Define project strategy, scope, objectives, timelines, resources and budget for HR projects and transformation initiatives.
  • Establish project governance structures, ensuring alignment with Executive Leadership, and enterprise objectives.
  • Translate organizational and HR priorities into actionable project plans with measurable outcomes.
• Project Delivery:
  • Oversee full project lifecycle -- scope, design, planning, execution, evaluation, and continuous improvement.
  • Track progress, manage dependencies, identify risks, address issues, and ensure delivery of high-quality, on-time project outcomes.
  • Lead cross-functional project teams and ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
• Stakeholder Management:
  • Build strong partnerships with HR leaders, IT, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to ensure cohesive execution.
  • Communicate progress, risks, outcomes, and recommendations to executive stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
  • Secure cross-functional buy-in and support for major HR initiatives and decisions.
• Change Management:
  • Lead enterprise-wide change management strategies for HR technology, processes, and policy transformations.
  • Promote adoption through clear communication, stakeholders’ engagement, and effective training strategies.
  • Anticipate organizational impacts and guide leaders through change with minimal business disruption.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in HR, including 7+ years leading complex HR and Enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated success leading large- scale, cross-functional projects.
• Expert-level knowledge in HR functions (talent management, HR technology, compensation, workforce planning, and HR operations.)
• Exceptional communication, executive presentation, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical capability with experience using data to drive decisions and measure outcome.
• Proven effectiveness operating in global, matrixed environment across multiple time zones and cultures.
• Advanced proficiency with HRIS platforms, HR technology ecosystems, and project management tools.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in HR, Business Administration, or related fields preferred.
• PMP, PgMP, or similar program/ project management certification preferred.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.