Atrilogy's direct client is seeking an PMO Lead to join their team on a Full Time Direct Hire in Cypress, CA

Must be able to work onsite in Cypress, CA 90630. This is an onsite role Monday – Thursday and Remote on Friday

The client is open for either IT project coordinator OR Junior – Mid level Project Manager experience and have worked in a PMO and SAP projects.

Job Details:

• Official Position: PMO Lead - (Planning and Governance)
• Location: Cypress, CA 90630
• Salary Range: $85k - $145k plus bonus and benefits | DOE | IF offer the selected candidate-based pay dependent on job-related experience
• Salary plus bonus and great benefits
• Type: Full Time - Direct Hire | permanent
• Onsite role Monday – Thursday and Remote on Friday
• Light travel to Atlanta GA, 2 - 3 times year

Best Fit | Must Have

• MUST have SAP Project experience
• Experience with SAP Projects; SAP ECC 6 or SAP S/4 HANA
• Must have experience working in PMO
• Enterprise large scale projects
• Either: 5 years of IT project coordinator OR 4 – 5 years of Junior – Mid level Project Manager experience.

Min Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or 3-5 years equivalent work experience.
• 3 years of experience in IT and business/industry. Leading, guiding, and coaching technical professional staff.
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in large, cross-functional teams influencing senior management and key stakeholders effectively across the organization.
• Leadership experience in Project/Program management a plus.
• Certifications preferred include Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Project Manager (CPM) or Certified Scrum Master (PMI ACP, or CSM). Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

PMO Assistant Lead will be working in the “Planning & Governance, PMO Department.”

Responsibilities

• The PMO Assistant will work closely with cross-functional ISD senior management teams and business partners supporting Applications, Infrastructure and Cyber Security groups in North America to define, develop and drive key business priorities to support divisional operational goals.
• Assist the Project Manager in managing all stages of the project life cycle including project initiation, scope definition, project schedule/cost, roadmaps, defining program ROIs & ensure ability to measure risk and issue management project status reporting, implementation planning, and project closure activities using appropriate methodologies.
• Assist the Project Manager supporting Program and Change management for new construction and modernization projects supporting the operations from small to large scale projects for Yamaha’s enterprise.
• Provide IT ‘Customer Centric based project management’- for IT Planning and PMO management of various programs and project management methodologies which include tracking disciplines, KPI measurement/dashboards, and related technology products.
• Assist the Project Manager and align processes, identify project priorities and objectives, resource planning by ensuring effective and efficient allocation of staff resources to the portfolio of projects and departmental goals with Yamaha US overall strategy.
• Assist the Project Manager in monitoring and controlling the projects assigned to them. Assist in ensuring that all projects achieve the planned objective/goals and meet customers’ expectations. Assist the Project Manager in closely monitoring costs on each project and keep the Project Managers informed of any financial issues.
• Ensure that estimates at completion are forecasted accurately on a monthly basis for all projects.
• Scrutinize each completed project, identify the lessons learned or overlooked, then incorporate the new knowledge into day-to-day operations, and future projects of similar stature.
• Collaborate with and persuade across, multiple areas with ISD leaders, and Business Unit stakeholders about the benefits of leveraging enterprise data, platforms, tools, learnings, to benefit the entire organization.
• Develop collaborative relationships/partnerships with key technical/non-technical stakeholders to gain concurrence, input, and execution of process improvement and business automation initiatives.
• SAP enterprise scale end-to-end ERP program management experience desired (Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Legal, ISD) and other web applications B2B, B2C, CRM, Warranty, and Analytics (BI).
• Assist with training and development of new process improvements and advancements in the IT Program Management Office:
• Collaborates, advises and Leads the IT Program Management team
• Guides the PMO team to keep projects on track and in scope
• Partner with the functional teams on project demand and schedules
• Provide management reporting & analytics services for the IT Leadership Team
• Establish and ensure appropriate Planning & Governance functions for the group or program, in accordance with enterprise policies, processes and practices. Manage to the success of the “IT Project & Program Portfolio” allowing the operating model and governance practices to deliver strategic & operational initiatives and evolve further to meet higher business value outcomes against evolving business requirements.
• Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant industry standards, best practices, business process and technology used withing the department to ensure compliance with regulations, policies, vendor contractual requirements procedures, processes, and standards.
• Responsible for evaluating IT suppliers and overseeing regular interaction and long-term relationships with vendors toward the aim of optimizing spend, service excellence and risk.
• Collaborate with IT and business functions to assure vendors are effectively managed and contracts are completely, and efficiency leverage. Monitor contractual agreements for all IT vendors ensuring compliance and optimizing timing for renewals and renegotiations.
• Performs other duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated success in providing project management leadership, oversight, and guidance to meet corporate policies, practices, and standards.
• The ability to concurrently manage multiple, complex projects and prioritize workloads while working independently within a cross-functional team.
• Full project/program lifecycle experience required SDLC (Waterfall, Agile).
• Review ideas, suggestions, and recommendations for merit and project consideration.
• Cross-functional knowledge of IT technologies applied across modern applications, infrastructure, cyber security, and management.
• Oversee the collection, correlation, and detailed analysis of data to drive business decisions and mitigate risk/loss.
• Proven ability to collaborate with all IT groups including management, applications, infrastructure, cyber security, executive leadership, and business groups/departments.
• Expertise developing actionable plans to achieve strategic goals.
• Identify and resolve operational and process performance gaps and obstacles; implement changes and improvements.
• Expertise identifying areas of significant concern or opportunity and initiating research to identify critical problems.
• Provide forward thinking, technical expertise in current and emerging technologies, trends, and practices.
• Leadership level perform supervisory/managerial responsibilities.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Excellent partnering and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated organization and team building skills.
• Exceptional communication, both written & verbal; that includes very good listening skills and an open attitude and acceptance to coaching and being coached.
• Ability to evangelize and educate on process, strategy, and investments to achieve the enterprise business and application strategy.
• Negotiation skills and ability to manage to tight budgets.
• Ability to multi-task in an ever-changing environment.
• Superior leadership, team building, and team motivation skills.
• Ability to identify and solve problems creatively without guidance.
• Budget planning and forecasting and managing expenses to plan.
• ServiceNow experience desired ITSM & SPM, and Project Planning tools.
• Office 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, MS Visio, MS Project Mgmt
• Analytics skills

* Eligible Candidates will be subject to drug screening and a background check prior to starting.

U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship are encouraged to apply

For immediate consideration please submit your resume in Word format, along with daytime contact information. LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus pay

Experience level:

• 10 years
• 11 years
• 5 years
• 6 years
• 7 years
• 9 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Cypress, CA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• SAP ERP projects: 2 years (Required)
• IT project management: 4 years (Preferred)
• IT project coordinato: 5 years (Preferred)
• PMO: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• PMP (Preferred)

Work Location: One location