Project Manager, HR People and Data Analytics

Project Manager, HR People and Data Analytics

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Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

$106,763 - $138,792

Term

36 months

Reliability

Bilingual Preferred

16/01/2026

Canada

Are you a proactive, hands‑on project specialist with deep expertise in Compensation, People and Data Analytics? As the Project Manager, HR People and Data Analytics, you will play an integral, hands‑on action‑oriented role supporting the people and platforms behind Canada’s national defence projects. Working directly within a dynamic HR team, you’ll be responsible for delivering comprehensive HR Systems initiatives and driving process improvements from the ground up—whether it’s configuration, enhancing system capabilities, or automating data flows to ensure a future‑ready HR infrastructure.

In this role, you will be directly involved in hands‑on compensation analytics, including managing the annual salary adjustment cycle, conducting compensation research including economic, performance pay and performance management trends, and leveraging HRMS data to align compensation strategies with business objectives. You will prepare and deliver detailed reports, provide insight for salary planning, and collaborate with leaders to ensure compensation decisions are data‑driven and equitable.

Your technical acumen will be essential as you develop, test, and maintain Human Capital Management (HCM) systems, resolve complex compensation and data issues, and design, develop and maintain HR dashboards that provide actionable insights into workforce, compensation, and performance trends. You will lead the research and implementation of new analytics processes and provide advanced data analytics and technical support to HR colleagues—ensuring robust records management, timely reporting, and high quality deliverables.

This position requires a hands‑on approach to project and risk management, from identifying and scheduling critical deliverables to monitoring project performance and ensuring compliance with HR and corporate objectives. You will foster collaboration and knowledge‑sharing, coach other HR team members, and champion a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across all HR Systems projects.

• Lead the delivery and management of HR Systems projects, including status reporting, resource planning, task management, risk management, budgeting and scheduling
• Develop detailed project descriptions in support of the HR and corporate planning process
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks
• Provide guidance, training and coaching to other HR team members
• Lead the change management process on HR Systems projects
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define HR Systems project requirements
• Research, recommend, develop, document and implement solutions to enhance existing processes and improve the success rate of HR Systems projects
• Develop and maintain a lessons learned approach for use on future projects
• Assess, mitigate and monitor risks associated with HR Systems projects
• Develop and implement compensation, payroll, pension and benefits processes and programs, and practices
• Develop, implement and maintain human resources reporting and data analytics for the Human Resources team and DCC
• Research, illustrate and present annual compensation recommendations including Pay Equity Plan and compensation analytics
• Provide direction and advice to other team members and senior management about complex compensation, payroll and HRIS processes, testing, data analytics and reporting
• Assist with human resources special projects, as required
• Ensure compliance of all HRIS and data analytics practices with relevant laws and regulations, focusing on data privacy and security
• Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, Client‑Partners and/or stakeholders
• Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate expectations

• Develop…