Project Manager

The primary objective of the establishment of the Business Project Manager is to ensure that initiatives core to our growth strategy are approached in a standard, coordinated manner to reduce risk and improve delivery performance through the application of industry standard program and project management processes and disciplines. Reporting to the VP of Information Technology, the Business Project Manager provides leadership, organization and coordination adhering to all PMO established standards to support the key initiatives, accomplished by way of program/project planning, governance and project management disciplines. The Business Project Manager ensures all projects adhere to best practices and standard PMO approaches for program and project management. He / she will manage change and will promote the continuous improvement of project management-related processes. The Business Project Manager requires excellent communication and organization skills and will guide project stakeholders in defining project scope and ensuring the effective utilization of resources. Finally, the Business Project Manager oversees all aspects of project planning, requirements gathering, scheduling, work planning, communications, issue resolution, cost tracking, forecasting, financial reporting and change management.

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, technology or related field required and a Master's degree preferred.
• Project Management Institute PMP certification is required.
• Fluent in Agile Methodologies, Scrum with experience using Confluence, JIRA Tools, Smartsheets preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to develop project delivery credibility through planning, coordination, execution and reporting on time / on budget project delivery.
• Excellent management skills, including the ability to supervise multiple disparate project teams.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a complex environment.
• Fluent in project budgeting, tracking and reporting.
• Strong collaboration with Finance and IT to establish budgets and affordability targets.
• Ability to track and report project delivery performance and performance to budget.