Senior IT Project Manager

Position Title

Senior IT Project Manager

Salary Range

Senior Project Manager (Grade 16, Exempt). Annual salary range: $99,200 – $124,000. This range reflects the minimum to midpoint of the grade. Salary may exceed the midpoint and will commensurate with experience.

Job Description Summary

As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will partner with senior leadership and key leaders to deliver enterprise-scale, large projects on time and on budget. This individual must have strong communication and relationship-building skills and thrive in a fast-paced environment where cross-functional leadership is key to solving complex problems.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Project lifecycle management and delivery
• Responsible for the end-to-end management of medium and large projects and is accountable for the project scope, schedule, budget, resources, change management, and overall quality of project delivery.
• Guides project sponsor and stakeholders across all phases of the project lifecycle including initiation, planning, execution, risk mitigation, monitoring and control, and closure.
• Identify and structure work streams for key initiatives, works with project team to organize solution roadmaps and reach critical milestones.
• Effectively collaborates with team to mitigate risks and proactively supports planned and/or unplanned needs.
• Manages ongoing deliverables and determines appropriate priority of day-to-day tasks.
• Partners with business leaders to provide training for implemented projects.
• Serves as primary resource to project team to remove obstacles, provide solutions, and coach team members to achieve project objectives.
• Manages and maintains strong relationships with vendor partners.
• Oversee dependencies across assigned projects.
• Manages multiple projects concurrently.
• Mentors less experienced project managers.
• Documentation and communication
• Manages and communicates all project work streams to ensure project meets delivery requirements, timeframes, and budget.
• Communicates and presents information effectively to a wide variety of audiences.
• Adheres to PMO project methodology including all proper documentation, status reports, meeting minutes, issue logs and any other documentation related to the management of projects.
• Establishes and manages cross-functional relationships between all areas of the business.
• Leads utilization of project management software tools to manage project documentation, communication, and progress tracking.
• Continuous Improvement
• Provide input on improvement opportunities to optimize time and efficiency of project teams.
• Stays informed and educated on changing technologies, frameworks, and project management best practices.
• Participates in releases as necessary, including outside of traditional work hours.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field AND a minimum of four years’ experience managing technical projects in an e-commerce, web development, or other complex mission critical business system OR
• A combination of IT related post-secondary and/or professional education and demonstrated relevant work experience managing technical projects in an e-commerce, web development, or other complex mission critical business system equivalent to a total of eight years.
• Four years’ experience with some the following project management tools: Azure DevOps, JIRA, and Smartsheets.
• Two years’ experience with various software development approaches including agile and waterfall.
• Strong business process/operational knowledge (e.g., customer service, inventory management, procurement, accounting)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field and eight years’ experience managing technical projects in an e-commerce, web development, or other complex mission critical business system.
• Six years’ experience with some the following project management tools: Azure DevOps, JIRA, and Smartsheets.
• Four years’ experience with various software development approaches including agile and waterfall.
• PMP or CAPM certification.
  
  

Location:

• This is a remote position, and is subject to Sourcewell's telecommuting policies and procedures.
• On occasion, may be asked to travel to Staples, MN for meetings, professional development or team activities. Potentially twice per year. Notice will be given ahead of time.
  
  

Full Time/Part Time

Full time

Position Type

Regular

Scheduled Hours

40