Functional Project Manager HRIS - ATS SmartRrecruiters

Project overview

Context of the mission

As part of a strategic HR process transformation program, a major French luxury group is looking for a Senior HRIS Functional Project Manager / Talent Acquisition to support the international deployment of a new recruitment management solution (ATS).

The project is part of a group-wide transformation initiative aimed at harmonizing recruitment practices, optimizing Talent Acquisition processes, and strengthening HR performance management.

The first phase concerns the deployment of the SmartRecruiters solution in the United States, before a potential larger-scale deployment.

The consultant will work in tandem with a technical HRIS Project Manager and will report directly to the Global Talent Acquisition Director.

Their role will cover three major dimensions:

The mission requires a high degree of autonomy, an excellent understanding of Talent Acquisition challenges, and ease in communicating with international stakeholders.

Work environment

Mission details

Main missions

Objectives:

Goals:

• Functional management of the international deployment of SmartRecruiters, from scoping to user support.
• Optimization and harmonization of recruitment processes, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Management of HR indicators and recruitment dashboards in Power BI.
• Location: Paris
• Remote work: 2 days per week
• Schedule: full-time.
• Start date: early December 2026, to ensure a handover with the outgoing consultant.
• Duration: long-term mission of 19 to 24 months.
• International environment: daily exchanges in English with US teams.
• Bilingual English is mandatory, both spoken and written.
• Ability to lead meetings, conduct workshops, and interact daily with US teams.
• Functionally manage the deployment of the SmartRecruiters ATS in the US scope, in coordination with HR, IT, and business teams.
• Support the transformation of Talent Acquisition practices and promote the adoption of the new solution.
• Harmonize, formalize, and optimize recruitment processes internationally.
• Ensure the reliability of HR data and improve the quality of recruitment reporting in Power BI.
• Capitalize on lessons learned from the US deployment to prepare for a potential wider rollout of the solution.
• Ensure the success of the first international deployment of SmartRecruiters.
• Improve operational efficiency and the user experience for recruitment teams.
• Promote the harmonization of Talent Acquisition processes and the sharing of best practices.
• Provide HR teams and management with reliable indicators for managing recruitment activities.
• Secure the conditions for a progressive group-wide deployment.

Responsibilities

• Functional management of SmartRecruiters deployment
• Participate in the functional scoping of the SmartRecruiters deployment project in the United States.
• Gather, analyze, and formalize the needs of Talent Acquisition teams.
• Coordinate functional work with the technical HRIS Project Manager.
• Support the functional configuration activities of the solution.
• Organize and monitor the various deployment stages.
• Ensure coordination between central HR teams, US teams, and technical stakeholders.
• Lead change management activities: communication, support, training, and tool adoption.
• Oversee the post-deployment (hypercare) follow-up, analyze difficulties encountered, and identify areas for improvement.
• Formalize lessons learned to contribute to the preparation of a larger-scale deployment.
• Optimization of Talent Acquisition processes
• Analyze existing recruitment processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Take over and continue work on optimizing HR processes.
• Harmonize recruitment practices across different teams and entities.
• Formalize and promote Talent Acquisition best practices.
• Support business teams in evolving their working methods.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of recruitment tools and processes.
• HR Data and Power BI reporting
• Manage the production and improvement of recruitment dashboards.
• Monitor and ensure the reliability of Talent Acquisition performance indicators.
• Identify data quality and consistency issues.
• Gather user needs for HR reporting.
• Participate in the evolution of Power BI dashboards.
• Ensure the relevance of indicators used for managing recruitment activities.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Paris, France, FR
• Languages: French