The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for managing a portfolio of complex projects in a technical environment. It involves managing/leading key programs and projects required to achieve our business and IT goals. This role requires a high level of ownership collaborating with key stakeholders, skilled in organizational change management and assume full accountability for managing and delivering projects and programs.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Plans and manages a portfolio of IT programs that are comprised of highly visible, high-profile projects that span the organization and have significant enterprise impact.
• Develops overall program strategy to ensure proper sequencing and integration of large/complex projects within the portfolio and adjusts project scope, timing, and budgets as necessary, based upon the needs of the business.
• Actively work with all involved to mitigate risks by maintaining a project plan.
• Communicates with IT leadership and senior business leadership to review program strategy, direction, and changes.
• Experienced quantifying impacts of risks and issues to scope, schedule, budget and prioritizing and driving resolution.
• Continually evaluates and maintains efficiency in managing the portfolio of programs through planning, scheduling, and budget assessment.
• Lead and support the vision and strategy for assigned area of the program, including project investments, associated business, and functional requirements necessary to achieve defined business needs.
• Develop a deep knowledge of the assigned program technology and business unit, build positive relationships both horizontally and vertically.
• Coordinate the delivery and execution of all projects within the area of the program and prepare the team for the execution of projects.
• Help support the project prioritization process (e.g., ensure proposals get scored, get decision makers the data they need, etc.).
• Support the development of new programs to help achieve the strategic goals of the organization.
• Help support the intake of new project ideas to ensure they are properly vetted and triaged.
• Coordinate cross-project dependencies within a program.
• Help foster project manager compliance around project status reports and ensure portfolio dashboards/reports are current and accurate.
• Perform project QA to ensure required features and function shave been enabled and optimized.
• Gather project requirements (initial and detailed) from project stakeholders.
• Organize and coordinate programs and provide strategic guidance to teams and project managers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement PMO process improvements.
• Recommend changes that streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance the quality of services or products.

Organizational Change Management

• Support and drive knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Apply a change management process and tools to create a strategy to help optimize or facilitate a change initiative.
• Support the development and maintenance of a Project Change Strategy (Communications, Alignment, Training, Reinforcement and Resistance) and detailed plans.

Quality Assurance

• Implement quality assurance measures to ensure that process changes meet the desired objectives and deliver value.

Education & Experience:

• 10+ years of IT project management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Management, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Business Process Management) are a plus.
• Proven experience in business process analysis and improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication (written and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in process mapping and analysis tools (e.g., BPMN, Six Sigma)
• Knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Familiarity with process modeling and automation software.
• Experience in digital transformation or using technology to drive customer business outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

• Project management skills to plan and execute process improvement initiatives.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with teams and across the organization.
• Methodical approach, with a firm understanding in Agile/Waterfall/other project management methodology principles.
• Familiarity with MS Dynamics 365 business applications (features, functionalities, and integrations).
• Experience implementing AEC360 solutions supporting project management, execution, and associated project accounting functions.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, and other project management tools.
• Strong data analysis skills, including proficiency in data visualization and analysis tools.
• Proficiency in process modeling and diagramming software (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart)
• Excellent documentation and reporting skills, with a demonstrated ability to prepare and present detailed project reports.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Critical thinking and the ability to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Change management and training abilities to drive process adoption.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills.
• Understanding and experience within the end-to-end ERP implementation project life cycle.

Compensation

The approximate compensation range for this position $115, 000 - $150, 000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.