Project Manager

| South Bay
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The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing new and existing projects within the overall company portfolio for the Medium Segment. The Project Manager will be involved in virtually every aspect of the implementations and will work cross-functionally with Business Systems, lines of business, key stakeholders, and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts). This role is in a key position to ensure projects are effectively executed and teams are kept focused, energized and on track to meet the objectives of the strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as lead and conduit between Business Systems, Business Transformation, Operations, Product, and GTM functions to drive deployments and integration of solutions ensuring technology, people, and process come together cohesively
  • Develop overall project timelines and key milestones; ensure teams meet critical dates leveraging established Project Management software
  • Manage all phases of projects: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closure
  • Weekly/regular updates via the project management system and weekly meetings with Project Teams
  • Partner with teams cross-functionally to promote seamless integration of new technologies within a mixed computing environment
  • Assist team through regressions testing and lead effort to identify potential impacts and bugs, including risk management and mitigation efforts
  • Facilitate decision-making, arbitrate impasses, remove barriers and ultimately drive projects to completion
  • Closely monitor implementations, track deployment issues and formulate fallback strategies
  • Recognize and address shifts in project complexity, scope, and risks
  • Ensure project risks are managed and communicate risks and implications to management as appropriate
  • Analyze the feasibility and cost of technology deployments to lead the team to go/no-go decisions
  • Work with team to identify and execute cost-saving opportunities

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of project management experience in the technology sector (IT, ERP, Engineering, R&D, etc.)
  • 5+ years of experience leading projects that involved business process change and multiple medium to large scale technology components across multiple lines of business
  • Strong preference for enterprise applications, CRM, ERP, etc…
  • Strong understanding of project governance, software development, and testing life cycles
  • Firm understanding and knowledge of IT infrastructure, protocols, and vendor management
  • Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management and other functional departments
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic working environment
  • Ability to scope projects that have a degree of uncertainty at the start
  • Proven experience leading project teams from ambiguity to clarity in a highly dynamic business environment
  • Experience leading large-scale enterprise-wide projects that bring transformation and change to the organization
  • Ability to work on multiple and often unrelated projects simultaneously
  • Ability to understand and adjust for projects of varying size and scale – from 'micro-projects' that span a few weeks to enterprise projects that may be part of an overall program
  • Ability to drive and meet deadlines
  • Experience in SDLC management, scrum, Agile, and waterfall methodologies including a deep understanding of choosing the right one for the given project
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills, including an understanding of the audience
  • Outstanding technical skills: background and a strong interest in process development, MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, web and other required computer applications
  • Required – Bachelor's degree (computer science, business administration, communications) or equivalent.
  • Preferred - Experience leading projects across multiple time zones and teams
  • Preferred – PMP or CAPM Certification
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