Company Overview

alphabroder products build brands, champion causes, acknowledge achievements and offer limitless solutions. Our more than 6,500 styles from 60 brands of classic and trending apparel and products like drinkware, bags, and journals work hard for our customers. alphabroder’s customers include promotional product distributors, athletic team dealers, screen printers, embroiderers, online retailers, and thousands of other businesses. They work hard and fast, which is why we have positioned our 10 distribution and production facilities to reach 99% of the US population with a one- to two-day shipment. Our primary focus is earning the trust of our customers; our vision supports that focus:

Be the Most Trusted & Valued Partner

For Branded Products & Services

Position Summary

alphabroder is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead a combination of small and medium projects across all IT disciplines and business areas. This resource will work with internal resources and external vendors to define and manage project scope, budget, and timeline. Candidate will report to PMO Director and help evolve PMO best practices, templates, and procedures. This is a high visibility role and an opportunity to work for an established, dynamic organization and help define its technical future.

Responsibilities

• Manage the project lifecycle from conception to closeout:
  • Establish project scope, budget, and timeline with input from business, IT, and external vendor(s)
  • Define project goals and requirements in consensus with project team
  • Implement strategies to deliver project on schedule and within budget
  • Assist in development of work breakdown structure
  • Organize and lead project team meetings to review progress and resolve issues
  • Help craft solutions to complex business problems
  • Work cross-functionally to identify and manage risks/dependencies throughout project
  • Succinctly communicate status – verbal and written
  • Foster and manage relationships with executive level project sponsors
  • Coordinate business and QA resources in UAT/project signoff
  • Share lessons learned with PMO and project team
• Manage multiple small to medium scale projects
• Work with PM Team to evolve PMO best practices, templates, and procedures
• Utilize experience and judgement to:
  • Facilitate, plan, and accomplish project and business goals
  • Address technical and project/process issues and inefficiencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering, Operations Management, or similar discipline
• 4 years of IT-related project management experience
• Successful management and delivery of projects consisting of a combination of business, IT, and external vendor resources
• Ability to work with diverse set of resources, personalities, and skill sets
• Open style of communication to build team consensus
• Self-motivated and well organized; able to respond to shifting priorities
• Comfortable leading remote/distributed project teams
• Ability to influence behaviors and actions through listening, persuasion, and diplomacy
• PMP Certification

Previous Experience Necessary:

• Required Experience:
  • Applying both predictive and adaptive project management methodologies
  • Adapting SDLC best practices to corporate/project culture
  • In-depth knowledge of software development and adoption
• Plus Experience:
  • eCommerce, payment, order management and warehouse management systems
  • Atlassian toolset (Confluence, Jira)
  • Program management experience (multiple projects)

Dimensions:

• Number of Direct Reports: 0
• Total Number of Employees Supervised: 0
• Budget Responsibilities: Project Specific

Disclaimer and Required Notices

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

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