IT Project Management Lead at Koch Business Solutions, LP in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

Description

Georgia-Pacific's Corporate IT organization is looking for an IT Project Management Leader. The role will lead a team of Project Managers and will be primarily responsible for defining, enabling, and promoting project management excellence as a capability within the Corporate Data Delivery & Enterprise Intelligent Automation team. Collaborating throughout IT on project management processes will be required. This role will also work collaboratively across IT to identify, strategize, plan, design, execute, and track IT projects. It will require applying portfolio, program, project and change management principles and tools to ensure best practices are adopted, utilized, and continually improved. The position is expected to define and drive adoption of agile frameworks & methodologies.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Lead a team of 2+ Project Managers through all phases of the project execution lifecycle


• Maintain and recruit a team of skilled Project Management staff, internal and external to the company, to effectively deliver on projects


• Develop team members (Program/Project Managers) & drive MBM culture


• Work as a hands-on, end to end, project manager for strategic projects as needed


• Define and drive adoption of consistent agile project management principles, processes, and frameworks within the organization (Agile Coach)


• Work with IT and business leaders to collect, prioritize, resource, and manage projects across multiple areas 


• Work with project team to adequately scope, manage and monitor vendor engagements


• Effective engage and build relationships with IT, business stakeholders and our vendor partners to facilitate value-based project planning 


• Utilize project and financial methodologies and subjective feedback to monitor the health of projects and the portfolio 


• Leverage strong communicating skills across all levels of stakeholders and executives to keep the organization informed of project health


• Identify and work through issues and bottlenecks during all project phases and escalate when required


• Accept and apply constructive feedback and suggestions and professionally deal with the unexpected 


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  Leadership skills in interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level, leading cross-functional teams, on-shore/off-shore development /Vendors in a matrixed environment

  
  
  
  



• Motivate, mentor, and coach project teams that are dynamic, solution oriented, and delivery driven




• Proven ability to manage stakeholder expectations




• Ability to collaborate with customers and develop relationships, strategies, and solutions of high business value




• Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills




• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience


• At least 8 years of professional Project/Program Management experience working in a large, cross functional organization 


• Experience working on large ($1M+), complex (multi-system, multi-vendor) projects from charter to adoption 


• Experience leading projects using both agile and waterfall methodologies 


• Experience with Planview, MS Project or other project management software 

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience applying economic thinking, project and value realization metrics, and project costing and accounting


• Experience using Azure DevOps to manage teams and requirements 


• PMP Certification 


• Scrum Master Certification 


• Excellent skills in PowerPoint, Excel, and collaboration tools and technologies 


• Experience leading large multi-site, multi-year projects 


• Program/Project experience in a manufacturing environment