Sr Business Project Manager

Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Mooresville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe's Companies, Inc. in Mooresville, NC is seeking a senior Project Manager to own end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large business projects within the PMO framework. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, drive schedules, budgets, and resources, and report progress to executives.

Collaborate across IT, Finance, Stores, and Digital to ensure alignment, manage risks, and achieve strategic objectives. Excellent communication and change-management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience managing operational, program, and/or project budgets.
• 6 years experience developing project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) / User Stories used to create project schedules and estimates
• 4 years leadership experience with direct report responsibility, comfortable managing teams with 5+ people. Expert in project life cycle methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.), stakeholder management, conflict resolution, executive communication (written, verbal, etc.)
• 6 years of experience in program and project management

Responsibilities

• Delivers multiple Business projects/programs of medium to large size that are highly complex from planning to minimum realization with full responsibility and accountability for the outcomes; includes organizing and tracking project details and communicating consistently with project stakeholders and personnel.
• Develops, analyzes, and manages all touch points of the project plan, including responsibility for scheduling, global resource forecasting, managing project financials, and providing input and justification for costs and budget impact.
• Owns the overall performance (timeline, budget, and resource utilization) of large projects against plan and works through the project team to implement adjustments when issues/risks are identified and require resolution.
• Partners with IT/Business for requests for information (RFI) and requests for proposal (RFP) processes from 3rd parties.
• Drives the work for complex and large project teams by recommending or requesting resources to support project demands, communicating a clear vision of project goals and objectives, and providing technical knowledge and input for deliverables worked on by the team
• Holds project teams accountable for meeting or exceeding expectations by coordinating team activities and managing milestones and deliverables
• Controls and mitigates project risks/issues by performing the qualitative and quantitative analysis of scenarios and trigger events, planning responses, establishing contingency plans, anticipating dependencies affected by ongoing project changes, and recommending ways to mitigate future risks
• Manages and ensures the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships with internal customers, third‑party vendors, and senior/executive management.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting on key metrics (i.e., deliverables, measures of success, financials, duration, benefits) and communicating findings to program managers and senior/executive management. Facilitates necessary executive governance processes (i.e., SteerCos)
• Owns the project execution plan (i.e., work breakdown structures) and business objectives (e.g., process design/re‑design, change management, deployment approach, management and end user readiness), partnering with IT and/or Functional teams to translate business plans into tactical action items.
• Participates in formal and informal training to continuously develop technical capabilities and project management skillset
• Ensures approved business cases exist for executive-sponsored programs. Manages risks, issues, decisions, and scope changes.
• Applies deep functional knowledge (e.g., business objectives, operating model, cross‑functional macro processes, etc.) in HR, IT, Finance, Stores, Pro, Supply Chain, Merchandising, and Digital to ensure the alignment, buy‑in, and support of diverse project stakeholders such as internal customers, third‑party vendors, and senior/executive management
• Partners with cross‑functional Business leaders to identify and manage program interdependencies.
• Provides leadership to the team by attracting and hiring talented individuals, setting goals and communicating clear expectations, providing timely and constructive feedback as well as meaningful developmental opportunities, managing performance, providing resources and support as needed, and sponsoring and leading team members through change
• Manages expenses for initiatives within scope of responsibility

Skills

Budgets

WBS/User Stories

Leadership (5+)

Waterfall/Agile

Stakeholder mgmt

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor degree

Job description

Do your Best Work in Mooresville

This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up – we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.

Your Impact

The primary purpose of this role is to have single-threaded ownership of delivering Business projects that are medium to large in size, highly complex, and that typically involve multiple work streams/functional groups. This includes responsibility for managing projects end-to-end through the planning, development, execution, and implementation stages, while adhering to the PMO framework. This role may also have people leadership responsibility for more junior project management staff and contractors. Overall, this role contributes to an organizational function that plays an important role in moving the organization forward by providing large-scale improvements across the business.

This role applies human-centered and design-led approaches to problem definition, ensuring root causes are identified before solutions are prescribed. The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the ability to establish program structures, governance frameworks, and ways of working in environments where standardized processes do not yet exist. Partners cross-functionally to challenge assumptions, co-design new approaches, and drive adoption of innovative ways of delivering work.

What You Will Do

• Delivers multiple Business projects/programs of medium to large size that are highly complex from planning to minimum realization with full responsibility and accountability for the outcomes; includes organizing and tracking project details and communicating consistently with project stakeholders and personnel.
• Develops, analyzes, and manages all touch points of the project plan, including responsibility for scheduling, global resource forecasting, managing project financials, and providing input and justification for costs and budget impact.
• Owns the overall performance (timeline, budget, and resource utilization) of large projects against plan and works through the project team to implement adjustments when issues/risks are identified and require resolution.
• Partners with IT/Business for requests for information (RFI) and requests for proposal (RFP) processes from 3rd parties.
• Drives the work for complex and large project teams by recommending or requesting resources to support project demands, communicating a clear vision of project goals and objectives, and providing technical knowledge and input for deliverables worked on by the team
• Holds project teams accountable for meeting or exceeding expectations by coordinating team activities and managing milestones and deliverables
• Controls and mitigates project risks/issues by performing the qualitative and quantitative analysis of scenarios and trigger events, planning responses, establishing contingency plans, anticipating dependencies affected by ongoing project changes, and recommending ways to mitigate future risks
• Manages and ensures the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships with internal customers, third‑party vendors, and senior/executive management.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting on key metrics (i.e., deliverables, measures of success, financials, duration, benefits) and communicating findings to program managers and senior/executive management. Facilitates necessary executive governance processes (i.e., SteerCos)
• Owns the project execution plan (i.e., work breakdown structures) and business objectives (e.g., process design/re‑design, change management, deployment approach, management and end user readiness), partnering with IT and/or Functional teams to translate business plans into tactical action items.
• Participates in formal and informal training to continuously develop technical capabilities and project management skillset
• Ensures approved business cases exist for executive-sponsored programs. Manages risks, issues, decisions, and scope changes.
• Applies deep functional knowledge (e.g., business objectives, operating model, cross‑functional macro processes, etc.) in HR, IT, Finance, Stores, Pro, Supply Chain, Merchandising, and Digital to ensure the alignment, buy‑in, and support of diverse project stakeholders such as internal customers, third‑party vendors, and senior/executive management
• Partners with cross‑functional Business leaders to identify and manage program interdependencies.
• Provides leadership to the team by attracting and hiring talented individuals, setting goals and communicating clear expectations, providing timely and constructive feedback as well as meaningful developmental opportunities, managing performance, providing resources and support as needed, and sponsoring and leading team members through change
• Manages expenses for initiatives within scope of responsibility

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience managing operational, program, and/or project financial budgets
• 6 years experience developing project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) / User Stories used to create project schedules and estimates
• 4 years leadership experience with direct report responsibility, comfortable managing teams with 5+ people. Expert in project life cycle methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.), stakeholder management, conflict resolution, executive communication (written, verbal, etc.)
• 6 years of experience in program and project management

Preferred Skills/Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, Finance, Computer Science, or related field
• 6 years of experience in enterprise project planning and coordination and working on projects or programs requiring the integration of cross-functional solutions
• 4 years of experience using formal business process improvement methodologies
• 4 years of change management experience
• 4 years of corporate experience; retail a plus.
• or other project/program management certification
• Agile/Scrum/SAFe

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.