IT Project Manager

Job Description

Role Overview:

This role will drive the IT Project Management function. This is a multi-year portfolio of work, taking place across several manufacturing sites in Asia, Ireland and the Americas. The role requires a person skilled in project delivery within global, matrixed organisations, is who highly experienced at leading multiple workstreams and comfortable working across cultures and time zones. The preferred candidate is one with prior technical experience of infrastructure, SAP based warehouse management systems and history of working in a manufacturing environment.

 

PM role:

· Onboard new projects / Global IT Initiatives in Proposal pipelines, socialize projects with leadership

· Create projects, drive planning, design & execution phases, manage Stage Gates

· Manage project risks, stakeholder management, escalations, presenting to steering teams

· Consulting support across sites to other project managers, or staff performing a PM function through project lifecycle

· Manage CTO portfolio, project pipelines and inter-dependencies at IT PMO/portfolio forums

· Engagement with Global Project Management Office and Planning/Strategy teams on new initiatives, policies and procedures, socializing and integrating those

· Supporting Project Management Audit Controls

 

Essential Criteria:

· 7+ years of related IT Project Management experience, leading projects

· Strong experience in Waterfall Project Management Methodology and Agile Project Management Methodology

· Strong experienced in managing multiple projects, stakeholder management, presenting to leadership teams

· Experience in Project Management tools (MS Project, Office 365 applications, Project & Portfolio tools)

· Knowledge and technical understanding of IT Delivery projects, including Compute, Network, Software Solutions

· Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

· Excellent verbal, written communication skills, presentation skills

· Proven ability to manage business complexity and manage multiple priorities.

· Possess a proactive and self-motivated learning style.

· Ability to influence and align teams in a matrix and virtual environment.

· Project Management qualification required (PMI, PMP)

· A tenacious executor with a proven track record of managing change and achieving strong results.

· Experience with leading and mentoring both project and business validation phases of work.

· An ability to extract or identify IT related asks / risks through discussions with cross functional or site-based teams (remote and local) without prior knowledge of full scope or specific technical expertise.

Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.

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