Strategic Program Analyst - Project Leadership

Paychex; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 64,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Paychex is seeking a program/project professional to manage the definition of project concepts and ensure alignment of initiatives across the company. You will act as a consultant and provide guidance to initiative owner.

The role involves aligning projects with objectives, coordinating with Product Management, Operations, and IT to size initiatives, assess impacts, and prepare the business case for Gate 2 approval. Collaboration and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understands the business objectives, focus, and strategy in order to better align projects, resources, and initiatives within the assigned program.
• Understands and explains complex issues including cross program impacts.
• Generates, gathers, and disseminates information to facilitate accurate decisions, negotiations, prioritization, and scheduling regarding work efforts.
• Oversees and directs the concept definition stage of the Paychex project process.
• Supports Product Management and Operations managers in identifying preliminary direction for design solutions.
• Determines high level impacts/risks of project initiatives.
• Partners with IT to scope and size potential initiatives for Product Management and Operations and ensure completion of IT assessment.
• Coordinates cross program impact/needs. Maintains knowledge of all project activity within the assigned program to ensure design solutions do not introduce conflicts and/or obstacles to existing projects.
• Creates project definition.
• Assists Product Management and Operations managers in developing the appropriate business case to obtain Gate 2 approval.
• Facilitates pre-kickoff management meetings for confirming project process approach (methodology, requirements, testing, etc.), project definition, operational impacts, and expectations.
• Works with Project Manager to ensure smooth transition.
• Works with IT to identify appropriate vendor solutions for initiatives. Negotiates vendor statements of work and contracts.
• Initiates necessary improvements to ensure a consistent but flexible concept definition process that ensures project success.
• Provides project direction as needed to clear obstacles and/or resolve identified issues.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Paychex is seeking a program/project professional to manage the definition of project concepts and ensure alignment of initiatives across the company. You will act as a consultant and provide guidance to initiative owner.

The role involves aligning projects with objectives, coordinating with Product Management, Operations, and IT to size initiatives, assess impacts, and prepare the business case for Gate 2 approval. Collaboration and stakeholder management are essential.