Company Overview

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company ignites the passions of global sports fans and maximizes the presence and reach for hundreds of sports partners globally by offering innovative products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans, a global partner network with over 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, teams, players associations, athletes, celebrities, colleges, and college conferences, and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail business stores. 

As a market leader with more than 18,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.

The Senior IT Project Manager will be responsible for the overall project management, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and closure of the complete life cycle of information technology initiatives, from business requirements, through executive approval, program execution, and delivery. This position is considered a key member of the IT PMO team.

What you'll be doing

• Project management for complex IT projects, including the ability to coordinate multiple teams in various locations and time zones.
• Manage multiple projects, prepare impact analysis against scope, schedules and budget.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of Project Management methodologies and tools.
• Help build/improve PMO standards.
• Comply with all PMO policies, standards, procedures and processes.
• Work with business stakeholders on Organizational Change Management (OCM) to implement changes.
• Ensure all changes are communicated to project stakeholders and lead procedural training on every new capability delivered.
• Lead projects through strong planning, project management skills, and delegating work
• Identify, own and drive all project risk, action, issue and dependency.
• Follow PMO standards in line with Business Owner and Project Sponsor
• Effectively manage work with multiple stakeholders and manage competing priorities with internal clients.
• Establish strong working relationships with both technical and non-technical members of the organization at all levels.

• 7 years’ experience in a project manager role
• 5 years of experience working in IT
• Experience in Retail/Fashion and manufacturing is strongly preferred
• Experience running Oracle projects is strongly preferred
• Experience with Organizational Change Management is strongly preferred
• Experience with JIRA for project management is preferred
• Project Management experience across IT and business functions
• Experience in creating and improving Project Management methods and standards.
• Experience leading large cross-functional projects
• Strong problem solving, decision making, issue analysis, and resolution skills.
• Strong people management skills
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management Methodology
• Experienced communicating with executives and stakeholders
• Experience leading IT initiatives across various methodologies
• Passion for leading and implementing change
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced multicultural global work environment
• Must be able to manage time, work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines
• The ability to work collaboratively across several IT and business functions to gain buy-in to new processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects
• Bachelor's degree required
• PMP certification is a Big Plus

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Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.

Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.

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