This position supports the Applications Engineering team within a large enterprise digital organization. The role will support a multi-year engineering program currently managing 50+ workstreams across multiple applications and departments. This resource will partner closely with a Senior Program Manager to support the Analytics & Data workstream. The ideal candidate is early-to-mid career in project/program management, has experience supporting software engineering teams, and is highly effective at communication, stakeholder alignment, and relationship building.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure successful completion of projects, on-time, within budget, and error-free.
- Manage the planning and execution of project team members.
- Manage the project charter, communications, metrics, reporting, and the overall project plan and budget.
- Support various project teams and obtain/provide a variety of information starting at concept stage and continuing through prototype, pilot, implementation and follow-up stages of various projects.
- Develop and produce project management schedules.
- Use professional project management tools and techniques to manage reporting, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately.
- Manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making.
- Manage schedules that reflect detailed information related to the changes, including effected components and functions, timelines for various stages of project completion, cost, etc.
- Will work with the individual team members from multiple functional disciplines and customers to establish completion dates.
- Monitor progress of projects, discusses problems with affected areas, assures appropriate personnel are informed of problem and steps are in place to meet schedules.
- Depending on nature of problems, expected to recommend possible solutions and alternatives.
RequirementsEDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- 4-year college or university degree AND 2-4 years of experience
- OR Master's degree in relevant field (i.e. Engineering, business, etc.) AND 2+ years of experience
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- 2+ years exp with Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS) and Confluence
- 2+ years' experience in managing a project from inception/beginning. Must have someone who can lead the team to alignment.
- 2+ years of direct project management experience working with software engineering teams in Agile Software Development methodology, Business partners and product managers.
- Proven experience with project management concepts including project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion - needs to have the ability to walk teams through the creation of project charters, including aligning team to determine the scope, ways of working etc.
- Experience in large organizational change management
- Experience in strategic thinking, alignment and direction.
DESIRED SKILLS:
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMP certification, SAFe certification, Change Management Certification, Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
- Experience with Power BI
- Advanced knowledge of Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Project
- Some Scrum Master exp in addition to the required project management exp.
- Experience having worked with large enterprise level organizations.
- Experience with Ecommerce applications/projects.
SOFT SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Excellent interpersonal skills are required in order to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions.
- Should have strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
BenefitsBENEFITS:- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid Holidays
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