Project Manager II (non-IT)

Job Title : Project Manager II (non-IT) ( Remote Opportunity)

Location : North Chicago Illinois USA 60085

Duration : 6 Months Contract (with possible extension)

Job Description

Onsite/Remote/Hybrid: Remote; some preference for local to be able to collaborate with team, but space may not be readily available so fully remote is fine.

6 months Contract

Position Title and Level: Employee Listening Project Manager
Length of Contract: ASAP through August 29, 2025
Location/Site: US
Onsite/Remote/Hybrid: Remote; some preference for local to be able to collaborate with team, but space may not be readily available so fully remote is fine.

Top 3 5 Skills you will be looking for in candidates:
1. Perceptyx experience This is the platform we use
2. Project management
3. HR
4. Survey administration Employee surveys
5. Reporting Pulling reports AND pulling data into PowerPoints

We need someone with a very unique skillset and someone with only 1-3 years experience will not be effective in this role.

While this role needs to manage the survey lifecycle, we cannot just hire someone who is a good project manager. They need HR and survey expertise as well.

Manager, Organizational Research
Organizational Research is an internal applied research consulting team focused on AbbVie s strategic priorities. We are seeking a proactive and technically adept Employee Listening Program Manager to take charge of our employee survey program. This role involves managing the full survey cycle, from vendor management to data reporting, and requires a strategic thinker who can drive process improvements and automation. The ideal candidate will have a blend of project management expertise, technical skills, and thought leadership to support the Organizational Research team at AbbVie.

Primary Responsibilities
Survey Administration
Partner with vendor PM and SMEs on the project timeline
Set-up and configure surveys in the global employee listening platform, including but not limited to:
- Adding questions
- Acquiring and assigning demographics
- Populating/verifying communications
- Configuring dates/deadlines in the system
- Setting up reporting for each individual survey
- Enabling appropriate translations and assisting in updating translated items as needed
- Applying appropriate threshold requirements
Manage the creation of all results decks (look into options to automate or streamline the process); find opportunities for automation as needed.
Respond to ad-hoc survey requests for updates to an existing report/new system-delivered report
System Administration
Main technical POC with the vendor (e.g., system issues, SSO, testing of new features/releases)
Respond to email inquiries and system access requests
Configure user roles and permissions.
Employee data acquisition and cleansing
Manage translation and localization verification process; coordinate with survey admin to add to the survey in the platform
Troubleshoot access to the platform
Testing for all surveys and survey reports

Project Management
Outline project phases, milestones, and deadlines
Create a detailed timeline for the overall project with key dates for design, deployment, data collection, analysis, and reporting
Ensure adherence to the timeline through regular checkins and updates
Create and maintain survey process documentation (e.g., mapping of items to dimensions, population definition criteria)
Manage the day-to-day tasks for the AbbVie system administrator who supports Perceptyx

Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of the Perceptyx system (recent)
- Technical skills
- Project management experience
- Managed at least one global survey
- High attention to detail
- Comfortable figuring things out independently
- Proactive and takes initiative to solve problems and improve processes
- High proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel

Nice to Have
- HR background (experience or degree)
- Knowledge of HRIS and data management in these systems (Workday would be a bonus)
- 5 plus years' experience

Select Source International (SSI) is an IT, Health Care, and Engineering Services consulting firm that has been in business since 1998. SSI consultants have provided exceptional services that have been appreciated by clients, customers, and users alike at several large Fortune 500 companies, mid-size enterprises, and consulting companies.