Full time
AR, LA
Posted 1 year ago
Location: Little Rock, AR/ New Orleans, LA
Responsibilities:
- Manage high visible, large and complex projects in the range of $25-$50M that are applications related projects such as ERP Implementations/Enhancements/upgrades.
- Manage projects from business case-to-implementation.
- Project Management includes: budget management, resource allocation, kick off meetings, project planning, project execution and control, communication, risk analysis, quality assurance, team and vendor management, and project implementation.
- Perform actual vs. planned analysis at the project level and forecast cost of the project.
- Develop project plans/scope/schedule and track progress, milestones, and deliverables.
- Manage projects using Hybrid (waterfall/agile) methodology, standards and tools.
- Lead end-to-end technical implementation, including hardware installation, environment setup, production certification, software deployment, integration development, testing and deployment, data management, and vendor technical activities.
- Perform actual vs. planned analysis at the project level and forecast cost of the project.
- Develop project plans/scope/schedule and track progress, milestones, and deliverables.
- Facilitate and attend meetings with various technical and non-technical resources to capture project requirements, identify project milestones, communicate project timelines, track action items, and monitor project status.
- Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
- Prepare presentations for steering committee meetings and present them.
Required Skills:
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in large-scale IT Project Management environment.
- Must have experience managing complex $25M-$50M IT projects in a PMO environment.
- Must have experience managing SAP Implementation projects.
- Must have experience managing projects in a Hybrid (Agile/Waterfall) methodology.
- Must have hands-on experience developing resource loaded schedules.
- Must have experience managing budget/cost of the project and projecting monthly forecasts.
- Experience working with electric utilities.
- Ability to manage multiple high visibility projects simultaneously.
- Ability to manage multiple projects with internal resources and external vendors.
- Must have good experience identifying and managing risks.
- Expert understanding of the Program Management processes and methodologies.
- Familiarity with the Stage Gate Process is a plus.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.