Project Manager (Remote)

The Home Depot, Inc.; Georgia; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot, Inc. in United States (Georgia) is seeking a Project Manager responsible for planning and delivering projects within timeline and budget, with emphasis on stakeholder communication and risk mitigation.

You will manage resources and financial forecasting, including labor and capital spend, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and third-party partners using Agile or Waterfall methodologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of project management experience.
• Experience with planning, execution and risk mitigation.
• Experience with modern software delivery projects.

Responsibilities

• Delivery & execution of projects within scope, time, and budget.
• Manage resources and financial forecasting including labor and capital spend.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Risk mitigation

Leadership

Agile & Waterfall

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Tableau

GBQ

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Project Manager is responsible for a combination of planning and execution of activities related to delivery of projects and/or financial/budgeting activity for their teams. When executing on project delivery, Project Managers are responsible for the success of one or more projects within a given timeline and budget, creation and maintenance of status reports, proactively managing issues and risks, and can work with 3rd party partners. When performing financial/budgeting activities they monitor and adjust to given budgets, track labor, capital spend, and support variance root cause analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

• 75% - Delivery & Execution - Establishes and executes effective communication with Project Stakeholders; Partners with stakeholders to lead the project planning effort, including the formulation of the project scope, definition of the project deliverables and the required delivery dates, creation of a logical work breakdown structure, and definition of major project milestones; Understands organizational/initiative goals and success criteria to apply to project work. Ability and understanding of project plans and development, risk identification & mitigation. Applies lessons learned to inform future initiatives; Creates, monitors, tracks, and adjusts project plans based on critical milestones for a project of group of initiatives; Assists in development, then executes change management process and activities within Technology organization; Works with stakeholders to determine and align dependencies, then proactively risk and issues via identification and mitigation plans.
• 25% - Resource & Financial Management - Executes fiscal management and reporting for operational, product/business, technology, and vendor stakeholders; includes gross labor, capital spend, and non-labor forecasting for tracking, reporting, and variance analysis.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

Position Reports to Senior Director, Pro Paint.Position has 0 direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficient knowledge of Tableau.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to draw accurate conclusions from financial documentation.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with the planning and execution of projects and risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience with project management execution in a modern software environment; experience managing technical projects.
• Proficient knowledge of GBQ.
• Experience in Agile, Waterfall or other project delivery methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project/program management experience leading multiple technology, AI, automation, or emerging-technology initiatives simultaneously.
• Proven ability to manage roadmaps, milestones, timelines, risks, dependencies, and deliverables across complex projects.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, partnering with engineering, AI/ML, ServiceNow, cybersecurity, telephony, operations, and business teams.
• Ability to translate between technical and business teams, clarify priorities, and drive execution when requirements evolve.
• Strong stakeholder communication and executive-level reporting, including project status, risks, decisions, and escalations.
• Experience driving technology adoption and organizational change from planning through implementation.
• Familiarity with AI/ML, Microsoft Copilot/Copilot Studio, ServiceNow, conversational AI, contact-center technology, or similar automation platforms.
• Experience in contact-center, IT support, or Technology Support Center environments, with an understanding of operational outcomes such as productivity, first-contact resolution, and cost per ticket.

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

No additional education.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

2

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

No previous leadership experience

Preferred Leadership Experience:

2+ years of previous leadership experience

Certifications:

• PMP Certified

Competencies:

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