Sr Technical Project Manager IT

DEXTER TECHNOLOGIES INC; Columbia City (IN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Dexter Technologies Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager – Applications to oversee multiple strategic IT initiatives within the Project and Portfolio Management organization.

You will manage milestones, risks, and budgets while coordinating with IT and business stakeholders to align objectives with the company roadmap. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in digital project management, experience with traditional and Agile frameworks, and strong leadership capabilities to drive cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field or relevant experience.
• 10+ years of managing initiatives in a digital environment, preferably manufacturing.
• PMP and/or CSM certifications are highly desirable.
• Experience applying traditional and agile frameworks to deliver value.
• Strong experience managing large, complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple strategic efforts across departments within the Project and Portfolio Management organization.
• Lead with both traditional and Agile project management practices to ensure on-time delivery.
• Identify, track, and manage milestones, issues, and risks; drive teams to meet goals.
• Create visibility into project activities and milestones while balancing agile iteration goals.
• Coordinate with IT and business stakeholders to align objectives with IT strategy and roadmap.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and vendor coordination including contracting.
• Support leadership in governance and cross-team coordination to prevent scope/cost/timeline impacts.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile & traditional PM

Budget & forecasting

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Problem solving

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IS/related

PMP/CSM desirable

Tools

Salesforce

CRM software

PM tools (e.g., MS Project/Jira)

Job description

Dexter Technologies Inc., is a leading provider of Staffing and Recruiting Services. For over two decades, we have put countless professionals to work at exciting opportunities. We are proud of the fact that many of them have been promoted to more senior roles: management, senior management, and senior executive leadership positions.

We are actively seeking qualified candidates for the following position for our client, who is an industry leader:

Senior Project Manager – Applications

Role Summary:

Senior Project Manager will be responsible for delivering multiple strategic efforts across various departments. This role will be a part of the Project and Portfolio Management organization and reports to the Director - Project and Portfolio Management.

Key responsibilities include:

• Understand process and challenges in Software Projects and/or implementing and integrating best in class COTS solutions.
• Expert in traditional project management techniques with good understanding of Agile frameworks.
• Using hands-on and a proactive approach to ensure that value is delivered - with full responsibility for all aspects of a project including managing milestones, identifying and tracking issues and risks, and driving the team to meet project goals.
• Creating visibility into the project activities and milestones while balancing the desire to follow an agile and iterative software development process.
• Partnering with other digital delivery groups to align ongoing efforts.
• Contributing to the team by participating in solution definition and removing roadblocks
• Attaining full knowledge of the functional area and helps the project teams to focus on achieving desired business outcomes.
• Surfacing challenges that require cross team coordination or leadership intervention prior to them impacting scope, cost or the timeline.
• Establishing a good cadence for communicating outside the team including conducting effective meetings for the given audience by managing the agenda, running the meeting and communicating/tracking follow-ups.
• Establishing strong relationships with IT and business stakeholders.
• Helping the team in identifying development opportunities and challenging the team to actively work on improving their performance
• Managing budgets, forecasts and vendor teams; Coordinates vendor selection and contracting.
• Ensuring alignment of project objectives with the overall IT strategy and roadmap.
• Ensures project or framework specific governance is implemented
• Experience in leading complex, crossfunctional technology initiatives that support mergers, acquisitions, and organizational integrations is preferred
• Experience with CRM implementation is a plus
• Experience with Salesforce implementation is a plus
• Experience in managing infrastructure project is a plus

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• 80% Project delivery Management
• 10% Coaching and managing other PLs/PMs
• 10% Perform other duties as assigned including organizational improvement activities

Technical knowledge/skills

• Advanced knowledge of IT standards, policies and procedures
• Advanced knowledge of Traditional and Agile frameworks
• Advanced knowledge of Tools for Managing and Reporting team progress
• Proficient working with technology platforms

LEVEL BASED COMPETENCIES

Level Based Competencies are to be designated based on job level and content.

• Strong Decision Making, Collaboration, conflict management, facilitation and delegation skills
• Excellent experience in dealing with C-level executives
• Can coach other project managers and business team members in applying right methodology
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities with competing deadlines
• Ability to drive deliverables through completion and hold team members accountable for their work
• Ability to identify potential risks and provide proactive mitigations

Job / General knowledge/skills

• Positive can-do attitude, solutions-oriented and willingness to extend beyond day-to-day project manager responsibilities
• Strong ability in Interpersonal Communication, Problem Solving, Forward Thinking, Influencing Stakeholders
• Strong Adaptability and Sense of ownership
• Strong ability to Build Relationships and Credibility with Management
• Strong Ability to Influence and Drive Cross Functional Decisions and Initiatives

Leadership/Supervision

• Minimal to no Supervision and Oversight required
• Ability to present to the executive leadership team including the CEO
• Adherence to Performance review and Goal setting process
• Strong ability to provide feedback and apply feedback received to improve performance.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or relevant experience
• 10+ years of managing initiatives in digital environment preferably in manufacturing area
• PMP and / or CSM certifications are highly desirable
• Must have experience in applying traditional and agile frameworks that are best suited to the needs of the project to deliver value.
• Must have strong experience in managing large, complex projects
• Training and certifications in traditional project management and/or agile methodologies is preferred

Flexible work from home options available.