Werner Co

Senior IT Project Manager - Business Analyst

Werner Co • $90K — $120K *
Appleton, WI 54915In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
2 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field OR 7-10 years of experience in an IT PM/BA role
  • Experience in environments with third-party systems and low-code or configuration-based solutions
  • Strong analytical skills for integration impacts and system dependencies
  • Exemplary stakeholder management and process analysis skills
  • Proven track record in managing vendor-led implementations and accountability

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the main IT liaison for business units, translating demand into actionable initiatives
  • Maintain a prioritized IT portfolio, facilitating discussions around value and urgency
  • Plan and oversee delivery of integration-focused projects, managing timelines and dependencies
  • Document business and functional requirements for various integration solutions
  • Map current and future business process workflows, ensuring system interactions are clear
  • Collaborate with vendors to define integration and delivery expectations
  • Apply appropriate project governance to streamline execution
  • Coordinate testing and stabilization efforts to ensure business continuity

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
  • Paid holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Annual bonuses and merit increases based on performance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Wellness Programs
  • Career Development & Leadership Training
Full Job Description
Summary:

The Senior IT Project Manager / Business Analyst (PM/BA) serves as a bridge between business stakeholders and IT, translating priorities into delivery plans in an integration-centric, vendor-driven environment. This role owns demand intake and maintains the prioritized IT portfolio under the direction of the IT Director, balancing value, urgency, dependencies, and capacity. The PM/BA leads outcome-focused initiatives centered on system integrations, platform enhancements, and low-code or third-party solutions, coordinating internal teams and vendors to ensure end-to-end process and data-flow alignment.

Essential Functions
  • Serve as the primary IT relationship partner for assigned business functions, shaping demand into clear, actionable initiatives.
  • Own demand intake and maintain a prioritized IT portfolio under the direction of the Director of IT; facilitate transparent tradeoff discussions across value, urgency, risk, dependencies, and capacity.
  • Plan and lead delivery of integration-centric initiatives, coordinating timelines, dependencies, and outcomes across multiple systems and stakeholders.
  • Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements appropriate for vendor-provided, configuration-based, low-code, and integration solutions.
  • Map and document end-to-end business processes across applications, including current-state and future-state workflows, data handoffs, and system interactions.
  • Partner with vendors and internal technical teams to define integration expectations, clarify responsibilities, validate assumptions, and coordinate delivery handoffs.
  • Apply right-sized project governance (status, decisions, issues/risks, and action tracking) to drive execution without unnecessary ceremony.
  • Coordinate end-to-end testing, cutover planning, and post-implementation stabilization for integration and vendor-delivered changes to ensure business continuity.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, or related field Or/And 7-10 years in a blended IT PM / BA role
  • Strong experience working in environments dominated by third party systems, integrations and configuration based or low code solutions
  • Proven ability to reason through integration impacts and system dependencies
  • Strong requirements, process analysis, and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to lead vendor-led implementations, including scope alignment, milestone tracking, issue escalation, and holding partners accountable to commitments

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting integration-heavy or digital transformation initiatives
  • Exposure to ERP, CRM, EDI, data integration, or middleware platforms
  • Experience leading digital automation initiatives, leveraging AI technologies and low-code development
  • PMP certification a plus
  • Practical experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models

Employee Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Life and AD&D Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
  • Paid holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days
  • Pet Insurance
  • Identity Theft Protection
  • Accident Insurance & Critical Illness Coverage
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Annual bonuses and merit increases based on performance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Wellness Programs
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
  • Career Development & Leadership Training
  • Paid Parental Leave

About Werner Co

WernerCo is a privately owned, fully-integrated, international manufacturer and distributor of climbing products, access systems, fall protection equipment and jobsite truck and van storage equipment. WernerCo has manufacturing, warehousing, sales and distribution facilities and offices in the United States, Mexico, Canada, China, the United Kingdom and Australia. WernerCo is the leading manufacturer of climbing products in North America and its products are considered the standard of the industry.

Our willingness to explore new markets, capitalize on opportunities and always look to the future has enabled WernerCo to transform into a world leader in climbing and access products.

Learn more about Werner Co
Size
13,525 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$169 million
Founded
1922
5 Year Trend
+6.4%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
NASDAQ
WERN
* Ladders Estimates

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