Project Manager, Automotive - Full-time

JOB SCOPE:
Responsible for the delivery of projects that provide functional change to existing processes and support the creation of new processes. Provides leadership for planning, development, implementation, maintenance and documentation of projects supporting various functions and crossing organizational lines. Serves as the lead on assigned projects, with responsibility for overall coordination and integration of complex projects and deliverables in accordance with project requirements.

JOB SUMMARY:
The Project Manager, is responsible for the planning, coordination and status reporting of projects from initiation through implementation. This position is responsible for managing project costs, resources, change requests, risk and issues to ensure that maximum business benefit is maintained. This position provides regular project status updates and follows standardized SDLC processes and SHC MT processes when applicable.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops project plans and ensures the scope and approach are fully understood by all stakeholders.
• Identifies and tracks key project milestones.
• Baselines number of resources, time spend and expenditures
• Ensures all systems of record for project reporting are kept current; directs and monitors work efforts on a regular basis
• Ensures accurate reflection of project budgets, forecasts and actuals within the PPM tool (JIRA).
• Monitors and communicates progress of project delivery in terms of cost, forecast, schedule and assessment of risks/issues.
• Ensures effective change control procedures and processes are efficiently used to maintain control on scope, schedule, quality and cost.
• Facilitates post implementation reviews and ensures lessons learned are carried forward appropriately.
• Participates in developing and maintaining processes, best practices, and templates relating to business systems analysis, communication standards, and general project management practices.
• Seeks ways to build trust, understanding, and credibility as the key ingredients in building meaningful relationships and adding value with business partners
• Maintains up-to-date project management/application development knowledge by demonstrating strong motivation in continuous learning of latest methodologies and applications in improving project management practice
• Consults with and demonstrates success working across matrixed clients, supplier and geographically dispersed teams
• Ensures all project deliverables including contracts have been completed, deliverables are on schedule, and within specification and budget for a given project
• Participates throughout the project's quality assurance cycle to ensure that the final product meets project requirements

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5-10 years of related experience
• 18 years of age or olderREQUIRED SKILLS:
• Minimum five (5) years prior relevant IT and business work. Experience in a large Global IT organization strongly preferred.
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent project and program management skills
• Strong influencing skills and ability to constructively challenge ideas and positions
• Detail oriented management skill
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Experience in distributed networks
• Prior experience in using enterprise project management tool, such as JIRA, etc.
• Ability to understand project scope and requirement and to work with other parts of the organization to develop project plans to manage the required project efforts
• Ability to work with diverse teams and an aptitude to work through processes and controls
• Ability to facilitate discussion, drive consensus, and build cross-functional partnership
• Ability to stimulate creative thinking when approach new situations
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking
• Superior understanding of prioritizing business objectives
• Ability to construct an approach/plan for the execution of priorities
• Ability to prioritize multiple work streams
• Ability to work effectively with all roles within and external to IT
• Ability to align team member skills and strengths with project tasks

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