Tasks

• Is looking for Senior IS SAP (FICO) Project Manager with experience managing IS projects in a global environment, utilizing both Agile and Waterfall methods.
• The senior IS Project Manager will primarily be responsible for running s larger and more complex IS projects (Oracle to SAP conversion); ensuring scope, schedule, cost and quality are met according to global KPI measurements.
• Key areas of accountability include:
  
• nsure successful delivery of the IS project; closely collaborating with the business project manager on overall project success and all required project documentation
  
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, and deliver the IS project outcomes to time, scope, cost and quality
  
• Monitor and control project financials, including oversight of budget consumption and project invoicing
  
• Provide external contractor/consultant engagement management in terms of ensuring execution of the agreed delivery proposal; inclusive of ensuring contract and claims management is in accordance with contractual agreements
  
• Ensure appropriate IS Project Management standards, methods and processes are followed
  
• Proactively work with IS and business leadership to establish project management plans (plan projects, objectives, value/benefits, scope, timeline, resources, cost, and risks) for assigned projects
  
• Ensure consistent project communications, including formal project status reporting on performance against plan and expected business outcomes
  
• Proactively manage project issues and scope changes to minimize the impact on the comprehensive portfolio execution plan
  
• Actively seek to find and manage interdependencies between projects, ensuring proactive collaboration between the projects as well as proactive engagement and management of global and local project participants and stakeholders
  
• Adeptly identify and manage project risks, ensuring appropriate risk mitigation plans are in place and schedules are managed according to the risk conditions
  
• In conjunction with global IS service delivery model, collaborate with Workforce and Service Managers to ensure successful delivery of assigned projects
  
• Liaison with the IS Run organization to ensure timely planning and engagement of hand over to operations as a part of the overall project plan
  
• Facilitate project close out, including value delivery assessments and capture of key lessons learned
  

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree and minimum of 15 years?? experience managing programs and projects OR;
• Master??s Degree and a minimum of 12 years?? experience managing programs and projects
  

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification or similar
  
• Experience leading transformation projects within a \"Global\" company.
  
• Experience within leading large complex business critical global or regional programs and projects.
  
• Experience within leading large complex business critical global or regional programs and projects
  
• Experience developing funding proposals for potential projects, including formal business cases and executive presentations to summarize proposals
  
• Experience with SAP, FI/CO focus
  
• IS Project Manager III Certification
  
• Good organization, time management and decision making skills
  
• Strong negotiation, facilitation and consensus building skills; ability to negotiate resolution of controversial issues with businesses and 3rd party suppliers
  
• Demonstrated customer focus with the ability to build effective working relationships with all stakeholders
  
• Dmonstrated leadership/management competencies
  
• Knowledge on application development processes, including thorough knowledge of IT service management concepts
  
• Strong ability to communication effectively with local, global and cross-divisional virtual teams
  

• Consistently acknowledges and appreciates each project team member\'s contributions at the local and global level
  
• Serves as a role model for each project team member
  
• Effectively utilizes each project team member to his/her fullest potential
  
• Motivates team to work together in the most efficient manner
  
• Keeps track of lessons learned and shares those lessons with team members
  
• Mitigates project team conflict
  
• Ability to delegate to team and manage them to achieve desired output
  
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail / detail-oriented
  
• Experience working in technical or testing roles within IS
  
• Experience in environments that leverage formal software development methodologies
  
• Strong understanding of how to drive organizational change management
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  
• Experience using Microsoft Project, Planview or similar project management tools
  
• Fluent spoken and written English
  
• Project related travel may be required during certain project phases; up to 30%