HR Projects Manager
Cape Canaveral, FL · Palo Alto - 1450 · 4+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 29, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 4+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Cape Canaveral, FL · Palo Alto - 1450
About the role
- As a Human Resources Projects Manager at SpaceX, you’ll be responsible for leading critical projects that improve how we operate, grow, and support our teams.
- This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is deeply curious about how things work, and enjoys solving complex problems across people, process, and data.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and execution of HR projects and initiatives across functions, geographies, and teams
- Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to understand challenges and identify opportunities to improve tools, processes, and programs
- Support and collaborate with HR Business Partners on projects/initiatives they are leading
- Drive projects from planning through implementation—scoping goals, building timelines, identifying key milestones, and managing communications
- Use data to define success metrics, monitor project progress, and inform recommendations
- Collaborate with the HR Data team to surface and analyze trends that inform decision-making
- Help develop and implement solutions that make HR processes more scalable, consistent, and aligned with company priorities
- Support organizational change efforts, including restructuring, realignments, and other transformation work
- Ensure projects align with company culture, business strategy, and compliance expectations
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of experience in HR or program management
- 6+ years of experience managing or leading cross-functional projects involving HR systems, processes, or policy implementation
- Willing to travel up to 10%, based on project needs
- Able to work extended hours or weekends when required
- Must be able to pass an Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
- Conform to U.S. Government export regulations through citizenship, permanent residency, refugee, or asylee status, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations
Preferred qualifications
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills across all levels of the business, including senior leadership
- Experience using HRIS systems and people data to inform project decisions
- Track record of improving HR programs or processes that supported business growth or transformation
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics
- Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities in a dynamic environment
- High attention to detail, organization, and follow-through
- Training or certification in project management
Workplace
- This is a full-time onsite role based in Cape Canaveral, FL or Palo Alto
- Remote work will not be considered
- Willing to travel up to 10%, based on project needs
Skills
- Workday
- Tableau
- Excel
- SQL
- Power Automate
- PMP
- Lean
- Six Sigma