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JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for leading teams to deliver IT project(s) that impact retail technology and span across one or more business units. Manage resources, schedules, and financials and adhere to stage gate quality and SDLC control guidelines throughout the full systems development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery. Has overall responsibility and authority for planning,
directing, and coordinating activities pertaining to the companies most critical IT technology projects.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Manage a selection of projects within the Retail technology portfolio
· Provide on-site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
· Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously
· Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities
· Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
· Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
· Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project
· Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings
· Lead and provide solutions that address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
· Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders
· Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks, issues and status reporting.
· Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
· Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
· Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, CIO and key company executives.
· Identify and develop trusted adviser relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and stakeholders
· Ensure projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards
· Other duties as assigned
SCOPE & IMPACT: This position is responsible for leading critical projects that impact retail technology.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or related field with 4-6 years of relevant experience, or equivalent.
· PMP Certificate
· Extensive experience in SDLC Methodologies, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall
· Experience with retail software
· Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal
skills
· Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations
· Proficient in the use of MS Office especially Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
· Highly competent in estimating, planning, tracking and reporting project status, while managing change requests and project scope
· Track record of establishing priorities and meeting deadlines
· Excellent facilitation skills in a team setting
· Strong attention to detail
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
· Master’s Degree
· Ability to effectively work with both technical staff and business process owners
· Strong oral and written communication skills
· Ability to manage multiple complex tasks simultaneously and independently