Project Manager - Retail Space

•             Proactively co-leads with the Project Lead to ensure project objectives and goals are clear and aligned with the broader working teams. When needed, you may also proxy for the Project team lead and represent the respective work you PM.  

•             Facilitates creation of foundational documents with Project lead and as needed, along with the core working team: project charters, scope statements, status reports, cross functional project plans, governance and communication plans, risk register and mitigation, etc.

•             Creates and maintains documents such as project schedules/roadmap, stakeholder register, budget management, project governance, regular communications out to working team and cross functional partners.

•             Sets the organizing principles for the Project team - Slack channel(s), Box folders, Boxnotes, etc. Proactively directs teams to these and keeps these maintained.

•             Ensure a standardized approach across the Stores Initiatives PMs (ways of working, tools, etc.)

•             Coordinates project team working sessions and cross functional meetings (workshops, milestones, checkpoints, IBAs, team alignments, etc)

REQUIREMENTS:

•             5 years in Functional Retail or Retail Program Management

o             Experience in Concept Development, Stores Marketing, Retail Brand, Retail Design or Design Studio Management or equivalent experience desired

o             Thorough understanding of common construction, architectural, and fixture vendor roles & responsibilities desired

o             Technical background and experience in management of engineering or design, fabrication or installation of retail elements desired.

•             Detail-oriented, organized, critical thinker comfortable supporting complex teams and workstreams

•             Proven ability to create and operate effective processes that enable a function to achieve its goals.

•             Proven ability to access, identify and understand risks and dependencies in a project across workstreams that are highly cross-functional and resolve as needed.