HR Transformation Project Manager

Join us and shape the future of hospitality today!

EHL's dynamic campuses form a unique network where passionate students, academics and industry experts from over 120 countries come together with a common goal: to develop and disseminate hospitality knowledge, while supporting the sector's continued growth.

We are constantly striving to improve the working environment and personal development opportunities for our more than 800 staff and teachers, who are among the most recognized experts in their respective fields. Since its foundation in 1893, EHL has been widely recognized by the industry and consistently ranked among the world's top hospitality management schools. Everything we do is based on our values of excellence, family and learning, and we are committed to bringing them to life in tangible ways for our employees.

The Growth Office at EHL is a strategic and transversal department that supports the school’s development through collaboration, innovation, and co-creation. It brings together key functions such as marketing, business architecture, regional offices, and engagement programs to drive both institutional and individual growth.

Among its core components, the People Office plays a vital role in supporting employees throughout their journey at EHL, managing recruitment, onboarding, HR services, and wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that the growth of the organization is powered by its people.

To join our amazing team, we are looking for a candidate who is not only skilled and passionate about hospitality but also aligns with our leadership principles: transparency, accountability, collaboration, care, and experimentation.

HR Transformation Project Manager

The mission of the HR Transformation Project Manager is to lead and manage the successful implementation and optimization of the Workday suite across the organization. The role ensures alignment with the HR strategy, compliance requirements, best practices, and business objectives, while driving stakeholder engagement and adoption.

What will you do?

• Map, analyze, and challenge HR processes to identify optimization opportunities through Workday.
• Propose, prioritize, and implement functional or organizational improvements leveraging Workday capabilities.
• Formalize business requirements and prepare functional specifications for technical teams.
• Lead the rollout of Workday and other HRIS modules in line with project plans, priorities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate and validate user acceptance testing and ensure high-quality functional deliverables.
• Act as HR’s representative in Workday steering and decision-making committees.
• Ensure data integrity, proper documentation, and accurate reporting for stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, manage change, and support Workday adoption across the organization.
• Develop communication and training materials; deliver sessions for HR teams and end-users.
• Monitor Workday updates, recommend enhancements, and identify automation and optimization opportunities.

Who you are?

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field.
• You have minimum 5 years of proven experience with Workday (implementation or optimization projects) and HR department transformation.
• You have strong knowledge of HR processes such as Recruitment, Payroll, Talent Management, and Compensation.
• You have strong skills in change management, workshop facilitation, and training.
• You have excellent stakeholder-management and communication abilities.
• You have an analytical mindset, with rigor and a results-oriented approach.
• You are able to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• You are fluent in French and at ease in English.

What we offer?

We offer you a permanent contract within a business area of an educational institution, with exceptional employee benefits including free meals, an attractive number of days off, a parking space or public transport contribution, as well as access to various services and facilities.

We offer you responsibility, challenge, development opportunities and encouragement to help you achieve your professional and personal goals.

We offer you the opportunity to make a tangible impact on our students’, staff and partners’ experience as well as contribute to the growth of our institution.

You will enjoy being part of a passionate, multidisciplinary and talented team.