Sr Project Manager

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Our client, a leading performance apparel brand, is looking for a Sr. Project Manager to manage technology initiatives from strategic projects to functional enhancements to operational maintenance and upgrades. You will work closely with and take direction from Tech PMO program managers and cross-functional teams across Regional Technology Teams, SAP Applications, Global Product, Supply Chain Planning and Finance (GSCP&F), Cyber Security, Legal, Ecommerce, QA, associated vendor partnerships and other business stakeholders to plan, organize, lead and control assigned projects and/or tasks efficiently and effectively. This role will require someone who is flexible and comfortable with dynamic and evolving assignments and rolling up their sleeves at times to be plugged into efforts to ensure the team, project, and business outcomes are successful.

This includes coordinating integrations, change management, training, resourcing, and dependencies for the delivery of successful outcomes for the GSCP&F Tower. We need someone who is detail-oriented, excellent at team motivation & accountability, and committed to delivering on time, with a high-quality bar. It also doesn’t hurt if you are passionate about health and fitness.

Primary Responsibilities

  • You will support the Global Product, Supply Chain, Planning, and Finance (GSCP&F) Technology teams responsible for supporting the technology needs of these Core Business services.
  • You will be aligned to prioritized waterfall and/or iterative and incremental technology initiatives for the GSCP&F organization and are no stranger to hitting hard deadlines in an evolving environment.
  • You may also need to help guide/facilitate the intake, prioritization, and planning of tech initiatives in one or more business functional areas.
  • Direct activities across cross-functional global teams (Operations, OCM, HR, Enterprise Architecture, Digital Product, QA, etc.), and proactively identify and manage dependencies across them
  • Inspire teamwork without direct reporting authority and maximize the value created by your project team.
  • Conduct Waterfall and/or Agile ceremonies in alignment with our selected ways of working and defined frameworks.
  • Own and manage project plans, RAID (risk, action item, issue, decision) log, Communications plan, and Stakeholder RACI, ensuring relevant project repositories are all created and effectively formatted for use.
  • Guide and coach teams in their applicable ways of working, within the constraints of existing technology frameworks.
  • Work closely with Business Project Manager and Vendor Project Managers when applicable to support overall project management, communication, status reporting, and stakeholder management.
  • Support Business PM and Initiative owner to prepare presentations for Executive Steering Committee meetings (scheduled by Transformation Mgt Office)
  • Prepare and facilitate functional stakeholder steering committee/project/initiative meetings.
  • Coordinate keeping all project artifacts up to date in business systems like Confluence, JIRA, Service Now, Smartsheet, and Sharepoint and are also responsible for creating project monitoring tools like Dashboards and Risk logs to avoid project pitfalls
  • Liaison with teammates outside the primary project or technology team in which you’re engaged and help them interact with your project teams.
  • Lessons Learned – Recommend doing throughout the project – Identify reasonable increments to perform retro-style lessons learned focused on how the project way of working is performing and if the project outcomes are looking good. That way we can improve or pivot ASAP to ensure their success.
  • Resource Plans – All resource plans maintained
  • Monitor and manage project budget
  • Vendor management
  • Manage enhancements and projects (projects could be small, medium, or large)

Required Experience

  • You are assertive and proactive in actively managing project risk identification and mitigation and know when to escalate potential issues and impacts to delivery timelines and work proactively with teams to remove barriers to project execution.
  • Continuous Improvement/Lessons Learned – You obsess over learning and improving ways of working – throughout the project – Identify reasonable increments to perform retro-style lessons learned focused on how the project way of working is performing and if the project outcomes are looking good. That way we can improve or pivot ASAP to ensure their success.
  • You over-communicate and radiate information to the stakeholder vertical teams to ensure dependencies are clear and there’s general alignment across the teams
  • 7+ years of experience working in a matrixed global team environment with a track record of being a part of software projects and delivery teams in a fast-paced environment
  • Assertive, strong, and firm leadership ability to drive progress in a highly matrixed environment
  • Ability to communicate well across all levels of the organization
  • Excellent organizational skills and high attention to detail
  • Experience with large and small technology project management and successful delivery
  • Experience with highly matrixed project teams spanning multiple time zones
  • Experience with SAP FMS as a user or project manager is highly preferred
  • Practical experience and success with both waterfall and agile project delivery
  • Experience with vendor management and collaborating with them on project delivery