JOB DESCRIPTION
We currently have a career opportunity for IT Project Manager to join our team remotely.
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing the initiation, planning, and execution of waterfall/agile projects. You will provide expertise in managing vendor deliverables, integration, data, and reporting. You will be responsible for building relationships between IT, Vendor, & Business , engender a positive environment and ensure your projects are successfully executed.
Responsibilities
• Applies experience and seasoned knowledge, skills, and practices to perform a variety of assignments.
• Planning and monitoring project development to ensure that quality standards and goals are achieved.
• Serving as a liaison and building bridges among team members within the project, including vendors.
• Develop and manage the detailed schedule, identify early warning indicators, provide direction for early resolution of risks, issues and clear escalation path for project committees.
• Oversee financials and staffing levels to efficiently meet project delivery requirements, complete risk assessments, and tracks value for effective decision-making.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners (e.g. Vendors, IT teams, Product)
• Build / present for Senior Director & VP level presentations & project communications.
• Initiates process improvements and promotes agile enablement within the team.
• Completion of post-project reviews/retrospectives and closure.
Qualifications
• 8+ Years of end-to-end Agile Project Management experience; spanning small projects and large projects with high level of value (benefit/cost), and ability to influence decisions.
• Ability to manage highly visible projects with third party vendors and significant technology components
• Previous experience representing the business and technology on projects with a proven ability to build relationships and trust with their business partners.
• Ability to be a driver on issues and challenges and follow up on assigned action items.
• Advanced communication, presentation and facilitation skills to drive success.
• Advanced knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies, change, issue, and risk management and working knowledge of Software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Nice to Haves
• Undergraduate degree (preferred) – Preferably in Business, Technology.
• Project/Program Management certifications (e.g. PMP and/or CSM)
• IT experience, ideally in eCommerce
