Must be WI Resident only || Certified Project Manager || Hybrid work schedule must be onsite at least once per quarter at Madison, WI

VLS Systems Inc; Madison (WI); Híbrido; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

VLS Systems Inc. seeks an experienced Project Manager in Madison, WI, with a hybrid schedule requiring onsite presence at least once per quarter. You will guide senior leadership to translate strategy into initiative, and lead business-focused projects across multiple stakeholders.

The role emphasizes communication, EQ, and collaboration with executive teams, IT leadership, and business sponsors to drive enterprise-wide initiatives and successful outcomes.

Formación

• 10+ years of project management experience with PMP or similar certification.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing budgets.
• Ability to work with executive leadership and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with developing strategic initiatives and business cases.
• Experience with hybrid/adaptive project management methodologies.

Responsabilidades

• Help the executive leadership team develop a departmental strategy and define strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrate exceptional communication skills and high EQ to work with business leaders.
• Lead a business-focused project management effort, not a technical role.
• Partner with the Executive team, sponsors, IT senior management, and others to align priorities.
• Facilitate business group discussions in a professional, decision-making environment.

Conocimientos

Project management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

PMP

Budget management

Team leadership

Educación

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Descripción del empleo

Location: Hybrid work schedule must be onsite at least once per quarter at Madison, WI

Description:

As a Project Manager you will "help make it happen" by bringing initiative, imagination, and problem-solving skills to a large organization in Madison, WI. To be successful in this role, an ideal individual typically has 10+ years of project management experience with business acumen and a professional Project Manager certification.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for helping the executive leadership team develop a departmental strategy and then help define strategic initiatives from that strategy
• Exceptional communication skills and a high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ) to work with a broad spectrum of business leaders effectively
• This project is a business-focused project manager position and not a technical position
• Partner with the Executive team, business sponsors, IT Senior Management, and other team leaders to ensure priorities of the project are understood and managed accordingly for complex technical and non-technical problems are solved.
• Must be able to facilitate business group discussions professionally in a decision-making environment
• Responsible for assembling and managing business-focused working teams
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and resources to meet customers' needs
• Research new technology and develop business cases to support enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions
• Additional duties, as needed

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of Project Management experience along with a Project Management certification, such as the PMP
• Successful experience in team building, managing project timelines and budgets, and producing high-quality project artifacts, such as charter, project plans, and more
• Expert knowledge of business objectives to work with multiple stakeholders to ensure complex problems are solved
• Capable of managing a project or subset of a project with up to ten (10) staff members
• Ideal candidates for this position will be required to have experience in one or (preferably) more of the following areas:
• Strategy Development at the Organizational Level
• Development of Strategic Initiatives
• Business Process Reengineering
• Organizational Change Management
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Program Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with advanced analytics

Top Skills & Years of Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience

• Increasing levels of project management accountability and assignment complexity, demonstrating the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with business, vendor, organizational change management, and technology workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects successfully with adaptive, hybrid, and predictive project management methodologies, including expertise with stage gate governance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and complete projects with measurable success against key performance indicators (KPIs) as defined with the business or program areas at the project outset, demonstrating the project met or surpassed the desired outcomes.
• Successfully led at least two (2), large ($1M budget with a duration of 18 months or longer) projects, in a project manager role, through the entire project management life cycle: initiation through project closeout.

Nice to Have:

• Demonstrated experience using the critical path method in project delivery.