Project Manager - Digital Transformation

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is seeking a Project Manager for Digital Transformation in Durham, NC. This hybrid role requires in-office presence two days per week and a track record of leading complex projects from initiation to close.

You will manage scope, budgets, and schedules, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive improvements using Lean, Agile, and Six Sigma principles. Strong communication with sponsors and stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience managing complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with important company partners and project sponsor(s) to understand, define, and document scope of work, budget, and resources needed.
• Manage, distribute, and archive project scope documents, project plans, schedules, project scorecards, and other critical and essential project documentation.
• Guide delivery of projects by ensuring you meet deliverable due dates, and by navigating schedule changes, resource challenges, enforcing milestones/deadlines, tracking risks and escalating them.
• Convene, facilitate, and document project meetings, ensuring communication of critical information to project team, partners, and sponsor(s).
• Contribute to culture of operational improvement by conducting retrospectives or lessons-learned meetings.
• Promote continuous improvement by project management of multiple teams and other efforts. These efforts include those focused on effectiveness of business activities and processes. They use process optimization methodologies and concepts such as Lean, Agile, and Six Sigma.
• In collaboration with functional team, lead, coordinate and assign resources or third parties/vendors for projects.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Budgeting

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Job Description - Project Manager - Digital Transformation (26000036)

Job Description

Description

Please note this is a hybrid role and needs to be in the office 2 days week at a minimum as such the successful candidate will have to be North Carolina based.

About the Role:

You will project manage Association transformation projects from end-to-end. you will provide critical partner and project team management and communication to accomplish goals with efficiency and efficacy. You will report to the Senior Program Manager - Transformation as an individual contributor and use a hybrid work schedule.

You Will:

• Collaborate with important company partners and project sponsor(s) to understand, define, and document scope of work, budget, and resources needed.
• Manage, distribute, and archive project scope documents, project plans, schedules, project scorecards, and other critical and essential project documentation.
• Guide delivery of projects by ensuring you meet deliverable due dates, and by navigating schedule changes, resource challenges, enforcing milestones/deadlines, tracking risks and escalating them.
• Convene, facilitate, and document project meetings, ensuring communication of critical information to project team, partners, and sponsor(s).
• Contribute to culture of operational improvement by conducting retrospectives or lessons-learned meetings.
• Promote continuous improvement by project management of multiple teams and other efforts. These efforts include those focused on effectiveness of business activities and processes. They use process optimization methodologies and concepts such as Lean, Agile, and Six Sigma.
• In collaboration with functional team, lead, coordinate and assign resources or third parties/vendors for projects.

Qualifications

You Have:

• 5+ years experience managing complex projects

How We Support You:

We provide flexibility to help you achieve a good work-life balance. You'll be part of a global, diverse team who foster an environment of inclusion and belonging where you are valued for who you are and where you come from.

We offer benefit options in and out of the workplace, including healthcare, retirement, paid time-off, parental leave, an employee assistance program. We provide resources that support your mental health, and evolve our offerings to meet your needs. We care about our employees' welfare and focus our benefits package on the benefits which support your wellbeing. We also recognize that everyone has different priorities, so in addition to our core benefits to support your health we offer flexible options for you to choose benefits that are right for you, your family and your lifestyle.

We believe in non-stop learning and are committed to investing in learning opportunities that help you reach your full potential and support your continued development.

About Us:

At The Association, a Great Place to Work-Certified company, we are transforming the accounting and finance profession. We are future-focused, empowering the world's most accomplished accountants to stay relevant, meet today's demands, and prepare for tomorrow's challenges through quality education, resources, and training.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

The Annual Salary Range for this role is: $73,000 - $94,500

Please note, this is a standard range and exact compensation may vary based on experience and location. If you'd like to understand more on the salary range, please contact the recruiter listed on this posting.