Senior Project Manager

  • Posted 8 days ago | Updated 8 days ago

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Able to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

Portfolio Management
ERP
SaaS
Manufacturing
Warranty management systems (WMS)
AWS
Salesforce
Project Manager
PMP

Job Details

Job Description:
The Senior Project Manager will simultaneously manage several high-profile and strategically important IT projects within the company. The projects will react to business demand and could be in several areas, e.g., customer-facing applications, digital operations, ERP implementations, etc. This position will be the day-to-day point person on several global projects at any time. Industry or manufacturing-specific expertise is desired and would be advantageous.

This position will represent the EPMO and IT as the Senior project manager. In this role, they will be required to work with 3rd party software providers and internal and external resources to deliver seamless solutions to our internal stakeholders teams. The candidate is a seasoned professional with manufacturing industry experience across multiple technologies and will provide advanced expertise in a complex project management environment along with experience in mentoring less-experienced staff. Responsible for overall coordination, status reporting, and stability of project-oriented work efforts. Responsible for risk identification, mitigation, and escalation through proper channels. Functions independently with limited work direction where work is reviewed periodically and on an exception basis.
Education & Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree, or equivalent business experience
  • 10+ years experience in leading complex IT projects/project management
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite and MS Project
  • 5+ yrs. Program/Portfolio Management Experience
  • 8 + yrs. experience in one or more areas of business or IT
  • 1+ yrs. experience with application platform migration
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite and MS Project Required

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated competency in the management of multiple & large projects
  • Experience with Agile Methodology/Teams and financial/status reporting specific to agile methodology
  • Strong leadership capabilities and the ability to effectively influence people
  • Delivery of complex projects across multiple geographies and time zones
  • Diligent in PM tracking system weekly updates so all TMs Know the Score
  • Vendor Management / effective liaison with Internal IT and Business teams
  • 1-3 Years Industry Experience
  • ERP (e.g., Oracle eBusiness) system interfaces experience
  • Cloud-hosted / SaaS systems
  • Business Analysis & Functional requirements definition
  • Proficient in Change Management
  • Expertise in Parts and Services or Customer applications projects

Responsibilities:

  • Remotely support the rollout of IT projects across geographies (e.g., US, UK, Germany, China, Australia) by Project Managing one or more sub-streams and acting as a liaison between the time zones when feasible
  • Managing the project plan in PPM Pro software
  • Proactive in managing project risk and issue resolution
  • Building effective relationships, particularly remotely
  • Ensuring the project is staffed for success and highlighting gaps
  • Self-sufficient, requiring minimal supervision, independent but good team player
  • Setting up and tracking project budgets
  • Uses Terex EPMO Framework to ensure all projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high-quality standards, and meet customer expectations.
  • Lead development and approval of project definition and scoping with stakeholders including clients, delivery teams, finance team, and senior management
  • Support the development of cost/benefit assessments and solution recommendations
  • Timely production of project deliverables: requests, SOW, finance worksheets, detailed requirements, resource planning, gate approvals, solution designs, change control, unit and regression test plans, training plans, project reviews, and status reports, reports out presentations, IRAD (issues, risks, actions, decisions), lessons learned to capture, project close out survey, etc.
  • Facilitate project meetings such as team status, project planning, issue resolution, and artifact review, and ensure conclusive results with published minutes including meeting decisions and follow-up action items
  • Ensure that project objectives, scope, cost, schedule, and benefits are agreed to by all stakeholders
  • Develop and maintain project schedule and resource plans including staffing and capital and expense forecast
  • Forecast and track actual resource expenditures and budget variances
  • Lead project teams to complete projects on time, on budget, and with the highest level of quality
  • Ensure that project risks are identified, communicated, and mitigated for successful project delivery
  • Provide succinct communication of project status, issues, risks, decisions, and responsibility assignments to the project team and management
  • Ensure project team compliance with program/project management and governance standard
  • May direct assigned project managers in cases where a high-complexity project or program has multiple work streams
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