Job Description:
Position OverviewThe primary responsibility of the Sr Project Manager - IT is to lead diverse teams across the global organization to deliver projects that meet business customer expectations and align with enterprise technology strategies. A strong understanding of the technology landscape and industry acumen is necessary to effectively analyze business requirements, workflows, and best practices in collaboration with enterprise architects, application developers, consultants, and vendors. Proficient and concurrent management of diverse projects, ranging from system implementations to organizational efficiency initiatives to business development opportunities, is required. The Sr Project Manager - IT must be able to develop comprehensive requirements documents, define scope in the form of project charters, create detailed project plans / schedules, identify, and mitigate risks / issues and lead a cross-functional team to deliver the project scope. The ability to professionally engage and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, including C-level executives, is a fundamental requirement for this position.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities- Own the project through its lifecycle from identification of business need through project closure.
- Lead project teams to deliver successful projects by effectively managing budget, scope, schedule, and stakeholder communications.
- Create and maintain project artifacts including but not limited to charter, funding requests, business requirements, schedules, and status updates.
- Identify, manage, control, and communicate scope changes through established change management processes.
- Evaluate commercial products against business, technical and resource requirements; determine investment feasibility.
- Proactively detect, mitigate, and resolve issues and risks; escalate when necessary.
- Execute multiple projects simultaneously without compromise to standards and excellence.
- Communicate effectively in a multi-cultural, multi-national environment with technical and non-technical teams and executives to drive IT strategy and achieve organizational objectives.
- Validate deliverables meet organizational and customer scope and quality expectations.
- Identify opportunities for execution and process improvement, including policy, standard, and guideline recommendations.
- Create and maintain reporting information in graphical forms including using modeling languages, process flows, and topology diagrams, etc.
- Facilitate resolution of audit findings and monitor cyber risk assessment plans.
- Build strong relationships across all levels of the organization and commercial partners.
- Commit to excellence, insisting on the highest professional standards, personally and from others.
Minimum Qualifications- At least 21 years of age.
- Authorized to work in the United States.
- 8 years of IT industry or equivalent technical experience (e.g., engineering, software development, networking, etc.).
- 8-10 years of project management experience, including a minimum of 5 years managing technology projects.
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Advanced understanding of project management tools and methodologies (e.g., MS Project, SharePoint; Waterfall, Agile, Project Success, etc.).
- Experienced with technology infrastructure including servers, storage, networking, Wi-Fi, telephony as well as end user computing technologies.
- Familiar with cyber security technologies and solutions.
- Familiar with end user solutions including identity management and user authentication.
- Familiar with cloud platform services and their orchestration including, but not limited to, Alibaba, Amazon Web Services, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience implementing identity strategies and application integrations including LDAP, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect.
- Familiar with compliance and privacy regulations such as: PCI, GLBA, SOX, GDPR, Basel III, HIPPA, COPPA, FCRA.
- Professional certification (e.g., PMP, ITIL) beneficial.
- Work varied shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Able to travel to international locations for extended periods.
- Maintain composure under pressure.
- Consistently meet deadlines with internal and external customers and contacts.
Physical RequirementsMust be able to:
- Physically access assigned workspace areas with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Work remotely as necessary.
- Work indoors and be exposed to various environmental factors such as, but not limited to, CRT, noise, and dust.
- Utilize laptop and standard keyboard to perform essential functions of the job.
