EPMO Senior Project Leader: Strategy, Change & Delivery

MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORP; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan

Education assistance

On-site wellness & coffee service

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool in Wisconsin seeks an EPMO Senior Project Leader to guide definition, development, and deployment of strategic initiatives across functions in a fast-paced corporate setting. Lead cross-functional teams, manage multiple workstreams, and deliver status to Executive Leadership.

The role spans business-process redesign, product data governance, systems integration, organizational change, and delivery with external partners; initially supports a global product sustainability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 3-5 years related project management experience
• Previous facilitator and coaching experiences where problem solving, process development and/or behavior change methods and tools have been used
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills in an executive setting
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex business and technical problems through practical solutions
• Proven ability to drive issue resolution with a strong sense of urgency and ownership
• Proven ability to make timely decisions and overcome obstacles in fast paced, ambiguous environments
• Demonstrated ability to establish project governance mechanisms, identify and manage interdependent schedules, identify and manage project risks, and drive cross-functional accountability
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software including MS Project or similar

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute project plans using strong project management skills.
• Develop project charters and governance documents.
• Drive accountability for team to successfully complete tasks.
• Capability to quickly establish credibility and trust with different business units and functions, influence project teams and persuade professionals at all levels.
• Strategic leadership to continually challenge status quo and strive for solutions that are sustainable and provide long‑term value for the business.
• Consistently visualizes entire scope of a project with very little guidance.
• At times, taking step back to evaluate against business and departmental big picture paying particular attention to interdependencies with adjacent programs and initiatives in the business.
• Ability to translate issues into business impact in clear and concise manner for leadership’s visibility and understanding.
• Inspire and drive project team and stakeholders to transform our business in alignment with established future‑state vision.
• Confidence to ask questions and constructively challenge subject matter experts and other leaders to drive clarity and alignment within the project team.
• Schedules, develops agendas for, and facilitates project meetings.
• Documentation of discussion with action items effectively captured is shared shortly thereafter.
• Track project schedules keeping visibility to team members and stakeholders, to ensure adherence to timelines.
• Establish appropriate metrics and report on progress, achievements, and results.
• This includes executive level reporting, management updates, and best practice sharing throughout the organization.
• Provide multiple “what‑if” scenarios to find best solution to achieve future state.
• Well‑rounded understanding of financial impacts of these scenarios.
• Determines appropriate level of stress/ testing to place on project improvement initiative to prove reliability of improvement or change.
• Works with business to develop these test plans and methodologies.
• Ensure changes are fully integrated through follow‑up communication, perseverance, and consistency.
• Identify and elevate (when needed) key project hurdles or roadblocks.
• Develop and deliver project fundamental training to all levels of organization as needed (advocate of project management methodologies).
• Build the skills of all functional leaders and associates through hands‑on interactions and personal mentoring.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Change management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Milwaukee Tool in Wisconsin seeks an EPMO Senior Project Leader to guide definition, development, and deployment of strategic initiatives across functions in a fast-paced corporate setting. Lead cross-functional teams, manage multiple workstreams, and deliver status to Executive Leadership.

The role spans business-process redesign, product data governance, systems integration, organizational change, and delivery with external partners; initially supports a global product sustainability