Delivery of the PLM outcomes as defined by sponsor and program manager.
Plan and track to these PLM outcomes.
Manage all aspects of project engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks, and issues.
Manage multiple projects within a program that spans multiple business teams.
Full project life cycle ownership from definition by the program sponsor and managers to planning to deployment to operations support.
Following a planned cadence, manage and communicate appropriate level of status to executive level including sponsor and program managers as well as key stakeholders and teams. Include milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
Provide leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project outcomes, adhering to their responsibilities and project deliverables/milestones.
Resource coordination with functional teams, systems integrator, and software vendor
Manage the day-to-day project activities and chairs project management team meetings.
Including management and reporting of decisions, actions, issues, assumptions, risks, and changes to increase probability of a successful and on-time project delivery of outcomes.
Manage vendor's SOW (Statement of Works) and track progress.
Create and manage project plans and schedules.
Align Vendors schedules to overall project schedule aligned to the program.
Budget responsibility for external spend and internal hours that are planned, tracked, and reviewed with program managers and resource managers.
Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving the IT Strategic Delivery process and playbook.
As subject matter expert of delivering IT projects, coach and mentor project teams as needed to increase IT Strategic Delivery maturity.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Your skills and abilities (required qualifications)
Education: Bachelor's degree in appropriate field or equivalent work experience
Experience:
10+ years of enterprise level project management experience, including tracking and planning projects.
Implemented new enterprise level business solutions.
Implemented new solutions across multiple functional teams.
Implemented Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) application a plus.
Implemented a PLM solution delivering an agile approach.
Delivering applications following an agile/scrum delivery approach a plus.
PMP certification a plus
Skills:
Outstanding organizational and time-management skills.
Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs.
Proficiency with MS Project (or other project management platform), Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint with experience presenting to stakeholders and/or Senior Leadership.
Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas to achieve a common business objective.
Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.
Demonstrate decisiveness in problem resolution, decision-making, and identifying priorities.
Proven track record of being a strong team player with a results-oriented, outcome driven attitude.
Proactive mentality with strong skills in following up and following through with action items and dependencies.
Be self-motivated, self-aware, self-disciplined, and self-improving.