Includes the planning and tracking of projects both (tactical and strategic), cost effectiveness, communication, risk analysis, quality assurance, team and vendor management, and implementation of highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Identifies and resolves issues related to projects. Ensures assigned projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget and quality levels are consistent with partner/customer expectations.
Essential Functions:
- Manages large complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity
- Provides consulting for business partners for business case development
- Demonstrates understanding of and knowledge in methods and project management, and applies this in all stages of project
- Applies the risk management process
- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during projects
- Demonstrates knowledge of and provides continuous feedback for improvement of approved project management methods and business methods to projects
- Determines the impact of current/existing technologies on the project
- Works on significant and unique assignments of diverse and complex scope
- Addresses opportunities for process improvements and influencing change
- Requires more complex planning and direction setting with diverse and multiple stakeholders
- Responsibilities impact the achievement of integrated functional and company objectives
- Influences the development of the functional and company objectives
- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in failure to achieve functional and company objectives and negatively affects expenditures and resources
- Total project budget typically up to $50 Million
- Project size typically multiple sites and/or multiple regions and/or up to 20 interdependent processes
- Involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of obscure or inconclusive data
- Requires a high level of judgment and risk taking to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated, and undefined issues
- Requires significantly complex decision-making
- Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives
- Requires in-depth analysis to develop and implement unprecedented solutions for more complex problems
- Recognized as an authority in project management across the department and across program offices
- Proactively communicates with enterprise-wide projects to plan and manage project interdependencies
- Communicates and creates enthusiasm for new initiatives or change efforts in order to gain their ownership
- Communicates purpose, priorities and goals of the group/unit of operation and connects to the larger picture
- Keeps stakeholders informed and asks for others' input in to key initiatives and change efforts
- Assignments are often self-initiated and virtually self-supervisory
- Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives
- Review and analysis of key events by senior management are critical to the completion and attainment of objectives and goals
- Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department/function
- Provides project management mentoring for team members
- Conducts team building and development activities
- Serves as a technical/professional mentor to team members
- Provides performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans and/or performance reviews
- Assume other duties as directed
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Seven (7) or more years project management experience
- Demonstrates knowledge, experience and use of change management process and impact on business
- Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience
- Manages all phases of the project delivery life cycle and consults for other projects
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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