A - MAIN MISSION:
The Sr Project Manager will lead or manage cross-functional strategic IT initiatives in North American or globally. These will be medium to large scale, high impact projects with moderate risk and complexity. The assignments will require a broad range of experience/knowledge and utilize Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid delivery methodologies. Proficiency in all stages of the project lifecycle including requirements gathering, scope, risk management, change management, budget & resource management and the delivery phases & ongoing application of lessons learnt are required.
B - MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES, STANDARDS, REPORTING:
Responsibilities:
- Work with the business to identify a prioritized backlog of demand.
- Apply thorough planning and business analysis skills to document requirements and identify the budget and resources required to deliver these.
- Establish and maintain RACI matrices to drive stakeholder engagement throughout the delivery cycle.
- Pro-active management of risks to ensure controlled, predictable project delivery.
- Create detailed, well thought out project plans and ensure adherence from all stakeholders to their respective objectives and deliverables.
- Organize and lead periodic communication sessions with all concerned, to provide status and receive feedback
- Enforce strict control processes to manage scope, quality, schedule, risk and issues, contingency plans, budget, resources, success metrics, and benefits.
- Application of rigorous change control to all project baselines.
- Build detailed project budgets and own the process for project approval.
- Validate financial forecasts and provide ongoing reconciliation of resources and related project expenditures
- Ensure results are of the highest caliber with a clearly articulated scope and quantifiable business benefit.
- Provide guidance and support to subject matter experts and other team members assigned to run projects.
Standards:
- Membership in the global Formica Project Management community
- Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
- Ensure projects adhere to methodology and compliance standards set by the company
- Ongoing development and uplift of project management skills throughout the business
- Ensure that all projects are closed correctly and BAU support models are established and understood
Reporting:
- Interface with Global IT Leadership team to assign, co-ordinate, and report on projects across the regions
- Portfolio reporting to demonstrate status and progress of all in flight projects
- Management of demand pipeline to ensure that project demand is captured, prioritized, planned and executed
- Ongoing development of methodology to incorporate internal feedback, lessons learned and wider best practice techniques
- Ongoing project health checks to drive continuous improvement
C - SKILLS:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in appropriate discipline
- 3-5+ years’ experience of working in project management
- Appropriate project management certification or progress towards (PMI/ITIL)
- Proven ability to manage projects in Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid methodologies
- Experience managing at least 3-4 projects concurrently
- Strong time management, organization, verbal and written communication skills
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Ability to manage competing, sometimes conflicting demands.
- Approachable, relatable, exhibits high level of emotional intelligence and self-awareness
- Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to remove barriers and enable teams to complete their objectives.
- Comfortable communicating at different levels within a large organization.
- Able to manage the needs of diverse stakeholders.
- Strong focus on delivering quality business outcomes.
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to navigate in a matrixed organization effectively
- Flexible and willing to travel up to 10%
To apply, please visit our Career Center at http://www.formica.com/en-us/careers.
An Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/Disability/Vets
Only qualified individuals (those who meet the fundamental qualifications) will be considered as applicants for this position. Applications will be accepted for a minimum of 3 business days from the date of the initial posting.
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