The Sr. Project Manager is responsible for standardizing the methodology for implementation and management of large GBS and Corporate initiatives. This includes developing standard tools, templates, methodologies and documentation of initiatives, from ideation to timely conclusion, including the control phase. This individual will be responsible to discuss with different business units and teams to ensure the inclusion of the right participants to ensure implementation success. This role will be held accountable for financial achievement and/or justification for projects implemented.
Job Functions
- Ensure consistency as well as drive standardization and best practices across the organization by collaborating with Operations Leaders, GBS Leadership, SMEs and project team members
- Develop recommendations and implementing enhancements to the GBS including methodology, training, tools and redesign to improve processes
- Perform root cause analysis to create scalable, lasting solutions to operational problems
- Contribute to the development of a repeatable model for operational issue resolution
- Lead Enterprise scale initiatives from concept refinement, introduction and buy-in, achieving executive sponsorship, project scoping, phasing and implementation, milestone development, success measurement and control plans
- Develop business process management playbooks and documentation to ensure understanding of processes by stakeholder and end users
- Develop relationships with internal stakeholders and resources to collaborate and influence desired outcomes that benefit the organization
Key Job Responsibilities
- Align different players of the organization on the vision and scoping of large initiatives to achieve support and buy-in from stakeholders and affected departments
- Collaborates with departments to develop performance targets to evaluate their outcomes
- Ensures that department projects and initiatives are aligned with Company, Senior Leadership, Functional Departments and Strategic Initiatives
- Identify process inefficiencies and recommend appropriate solutions
- Guide teams in creating, designing, and formatting improvements needed to describe system changes
- Compile monthly/required statistical and narrative reports
- Lead the implementation of operational strategies and objectives across multiple departments/centers
- Lead cross-functional team to design and implement new processes
- Collaborate with business leaders to develop comprehensive and functional strategic plans aimed at attaining optimum performance while maintaining an aggressive approach to cost/maintenance
- Facilitates sessions with users, SME’s, and/or business owners to extract key business requirements
- Develop (if needed), assess and utilize analysis opportunities based on all available data to support the strategy development of opportunities for project performance and efficiency improvements
- Evaluate process documentation, applications used, application dependencies, other process interdependencies to develop “current state and optimal process design
- Document project/initiative journey to ensure consistency and sustainability
- Perform other duties as assigned
Job Requirements
- 5+ Years of experience in Project Management and large initiatives implementation
- 5+ Years on a leadership role ideal
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or any related field
- PMI or similar certification highly desirable
- Six Sigma/Lean or PMO Certification desirable
- Strong analytical skills
- Transformational change experience
- Strong presentation skills (Clients and Executives)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Working Conditions
- Problem solving where development of new solutions, methods and systems will result in a major impact on department's overall success
- Implement own recommendations and see projects through to completion
- Analyze current methods and procedures, recommend and implement improvements
- Ability to communicate effectively remotely and in group meetings and discussions
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