Senior Project Manager

Overview

We're looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to join our IT PMO team. You'll serve as a trusted advisor and work with a diverse team of IT Managers, Product Managers, Developers, Testers, and UX to help define and deliver IT projects. You’ll collaborate closely with Business Stakeholders to monitor project execution and performance metrics to ensure delivery of strategic and tactical priorities.

The role will be focused on planning, organizing and managing activities to achieve successful completion of agile projects while reinforcing commitments to quality, scope, time and budget. You’ll work with a diverse team of stakeholders from IT, Product, and various business units to define a shared vision and keep the team accountable for success.

• Provide project management oversight for complex application development initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Resource Managers, and the PMO to drive effective capacity planning and resource allocation across multiple projects
• Ensure project artifacts are complete, accurate and contribute to ongoing process improvements and organizational learning
• Deliver clear, timely and actionable transparency into project status for stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making
• Proactively identify, escalate, and mitigate project risks and issues, maintaining momentum and minimizing disruption
• Lead Project Closures and Retrospectives to identify Best Practices
• Manage customer expectations and partner with project stakeholders to effectively negotiate priorities, release planning, and delivery schedules
• Work closely with related Scrum Masters and Product Managers to ensure scrum artifacts support the overall project delivery

The ideal candidate should be an accomplished senior project management professional who has a track record of building and leading large and sophisticated IT projects.

• 5+ years minimum of project management experience, independently leading IT projects from definition through deployment
• 5+ years minimum of experience working in a large global environment
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills enabling you to manage cross functional projects in a resource matrix environment
• Ability to proactively manage change by assessing project impacts and creating plans to address resistance to change
• Experience with Agile (specifically Scrum) and Project Management tools
• Deep understanding of Project Management Methodologies and ability to navigate between Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid projects
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented, cross-functional environment
• Strong process and methodology knowledge and experience for software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Ability to quickly assimilate knowledge of technologies and products (highly technical)
• BS degree in an IT related field; MBA or Computer Science is a plus
• Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment
• Competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company

Base salary range for this role is 94, USD annually. This role may also be eligible for annual bonus OR commission, as well as benefits and other incentives. The final compensation will be determined during the offer process based on the candidate's education, experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as market conditions and may vary from the posted range. We will share information on benefits, bonus/commission, and other pay components for this role at the relevant recruitment stage.

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