Senior HR Operational Excellence Manager, Process & Projects

Job type: Full-Time

Type of role: Hybrid

This person can be based at our Wickliffe, OH or Deer Park, TX site.

About Lubrizol
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit .

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as a Senior HR Operational Excellence Manager, Process & Projects

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol, we're transforming the specialty chemical industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You'll Do:

As a Senior HR Operational Excellence Manager, Process & Projects , you'll be at the forefront of our innovation, responsible for overseeing the strategic planning, execution, and delivery of core HR Op Ex and HR Technology projects including our HR Digital Transformation to the cloud. You'll collaborate with a diverse group of passionate individuals to deliver sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life.

This role requires a blend of strong leadership, end-to-end process HR process design, project management skills, and the ability to influence key stakeholders. Drive efficiency, collaboration, innovation, and process vision within the HR function ensuring we define the right processes for Lubrizol for moments that matter in the employee lifecycle.

• Lead workshops to define global future processes (e.g., talent acquisition, onboarding, performance, payroll) in preparation for our HCM journey to the cloud. Understand nuances for local variation while establishing guardrails for flexibility.
• Partner across COEs, Shared Services, and Regional HR to ensure alignment with the business and IT building credibility and influencing across functions.
• Act as a change champion to shift mindsets and reinforce the value of standardization and employee/manager self-service.
• Own business requirements, support testing and training, and serve as the decision-making point on HR process issues.
• Collaborate closely with IT and the system implementor to ensure design aligns with SuccessFactors capabilities. Define clear, intuitive user journeys for Employee Self Service (ESS) and Manager Self Service (MSS).
• Lead the end-to-end management of HR projects and the HR Technology portfolio, in partnership with product owners, from initiation to closure, ensuring deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement within the HR project portfolio by conducting listening sessions, ensuring processes land as intended, and refining processes to optimize efficiency and effectiveness. Monitor performance to industry benchmarks for a best in class HR division.

Skills That Make a Difference:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, IT, Project Management, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in process and project management, with at least 3 years of experience managing HR projects or portfolios, including HR Technology projects and system implementations where processes were standardized and designed prior to implementation.
• Working knowledge of SAP HCM and SuccessFactors preferred.
• Proven track record of successfully implementing Agile methodologies in HR or related functions.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, or other relevant certifications are a plus.

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today.

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.