Global Transformation Project Manager, HR

OXEA Corporation Company Overview | World leader in Oxo Chemicals

Oxo products are the core competency of OXEA Corporation. We are producing more than 70 oxo intermediates and oxo derivatives for customers in a wide range of industries with various end market applications. Our chemicals are important ingredients in products that are used in daily life around the world. "We" refers to more than 1,200 OXEA employees worldwide. At our plants in Germany, the USA, and China, we produce intermediates and derivatives.

Position Overview

Dual-mandate role driving HR transformation and talent management execution during OXEA's strategic rebuild. You serve equally as CHRO’s operational partner for enterprise transformation and the Global Head of Talent Management's execution specialist operationalizing talent strategy. Bridge transformation and talent operations, combining project discipline with tactical excellence. We are seeking a highly organzied, detailed oriented and data savvy Project Manager to join our team in Houston, Texas.

Key Responsibilities

50% Chief of Staff to CHRO

Executive Operations

- Provide executive support: calendar, meeting prep, briefing materials, board-level coordination

- Coordinate global HR leadership communications and alignment

- Represent CHRO with discretion and professionalism in senior forums

Transformation Program Management

- Lead HR transformation initiatives (performance management, compensation, HRIS redesign)

- Apply Project Management rigor: track progress, develop KPIs, escalate risks, coordinate stakeholders

- Work with global transformation office for alignment and governance

Analytics & Intelligence

- Translate HR and business data into strategic insights; identify patterns in unstructured data

- Build Excel models, dashboards, and tracking tools for transformation monitoring

- Prepare executive presentations that simplify complexity

50% Talent Management Specialist

Talent Calibration & PM Execution

- Operationalize performance management processes; responsibility for the day-to-day/backed administration and execution of performance management and goal-setting processes in SAP SuccessFactors

- Prepare talent analytics (9-box, health diagnostics) to inform leadership conversations

- Document outcomes and communicate results to stakeholders

Succession Planning & Development

- Maintain succession plans for critical roles; track and update regularly

- Coordinate development programs for high-potential talent; measure impact

- Ensure consistent implementation across regions and business units

Talent Operations & Systems

- Provide hands-on support to HR, managers, and employees throughout the performance cycle and partner with HR and HRIS teams to ensure processes are executed accurately, consistently, and on-time

- Prepare talent metrics and reporting for Head of Talent Management and leadership

- Identify process gaps and recommend improvements

Why This Role?

- OXEA a Private Equity owned global company is in the midst of a pivotal business transformation and strategic rebuild to re-establish market leadership in the OXO Chemicals space. This role sits at the center of that transformation.

Strategic & Tactical Mastery: Develop expertise spanning transformation and talent, increasingly critical for senior HR leadership. Work at both strategic and operational levels with equal impact.

- Dual Mentorship : Learn from CHRO and Global Head of Talent Management. Build relationships with C-suite and frontline leaders across global operations.

- Meaningful Scale: Drive transformation and talent initiatives that shape organizational capability and competitive advantage during a pivotal business transformation.

Required Experience & Qualifications

Professional Background

5–8 years spanning talent management, HR operations, HR transformation, project management, or executive support in complex, global, or PE-backed environments.

Core Skills & Experience

- Advanced Excel (models, dashboards, pivot tables) and PowerPoint (executive presentations)

- SAP SuccessFactors experience (or rapid ability to master similar HRIS platforms)

- Comfort working with unstructured data and making strategic sense of organizational patterns

- Proven ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels—bridge thinking with doing

- Experience managing relationships up (C-suite) and down (frontline teams)

- HR analytics, KPIs, compensation data, and talent metrics

- International team experience across time zones; executive support background a plus

Core Competencies

Execution with Strategic Orientation

- Highly organized and detail-oriented; balance competing priorities across two leaders with equal excellence

- Project discipline and rigor; translate strategy into tangible results

- Comfort navigating ambiguity and rapid change

Analytical Problem-Solving

- Extract meaning from unstructured HR and organizational data

- Identify patterns and surface actionable insights for leadership

- Preference for clear, straightforward solutions

Leadership & Communication

- Build credibility with C-suite, peer HR leaders, and frontline execution teams

- Translate complex topics into compelling narratives for diverse audiences

- Strong voice and presence, discretion, integrity, and sound judgment

Transformation & Change

- Change management to drive adoption of new processes and systems

- Stakeholder engagement across hierarchy and functions

- Proactive problem-solving; ownership mindset

Talent Operations Acumen

- Working knowledge of talent processes (calibration, succession, development, performance management)

- Ability to operationalize and coordinate talent initiatives at scale

- Understand connection between talent capability and business outcomes

All Employees are invited to participate regardless of race, sex, age, color, national origin, marital status, religion, disability or veteran status, and any other criterion prescribed by law.

OXEA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not tolerate discrimination based on race, sex, age, color, national origin, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

Check Out Our Benefits

- Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plans

- Health Equity Health Fund for health and dependent care

- Disability Benefits

- Basic Group Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)

- Tuition Reimbursement

- Work/Life Balance

- Paid Time Off for a balanced life

- Competitive salary, bonus, 401(k) plan with match and profit-sharing match