Manages the planning and execution of projects and activities supporting improvements and change for business processes, teams and functions. Provides project leadership to project team members and partners with cross-functional teams to ensure projects deliver expected scope, quality and business value and are completed on budget and on schedule.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Provide tactical and team leadership throughout project lifecycle. Oversee development of all project deliverables (charter, requirements, detailed design, test plan, etc.).
- Ensure execution of all activities to meet the defined scope, schedule, budget and resources.
- Define change and change management approach, including identification of interdependencies with other planned work efforts.
- Responsible for ensuring reporting project complies with established enterprise project portfolio management governance and processes including intake, quarterly reviews, and annual planning.
- Ensure effective convening and communication with project team members, stakeholders and senior leadership. Includes status, solutioning, risk/issue management and key decisions.
- Facilitate meetings and communications throughout the project lifecycle to build project momentum and ensure transparency of relevant project information to appropriate audiences.
- Establish and nurture relationships with customers and project stakeholders/sponsors.
- Lead and facilitate functional and business impact analysis of solution options and facilitate trade-off analysis to achieve project objectives and manage risk.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s or other advanced degree and 3-5 years of experience, or equivalent experience. Project Management Professional certification is desired.
Skills/Experience:
- Leverage project methodologies and best practices (internal and external) to ensure quality, consistent, effective delivery.
- Understands the business benefits of the project and the linkage between project/program goals and organizational strategy and drivers.
- Solid knowledge and expertise utilizing standard project management and change management frameworks (PMI, Agile, Waterfall, etc.) for successful project delivery across the full project lifecycle.
- Oral and written communication techniques, channels and applications.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jan 4 2018
Active Until:
Feb 4 2018
Hiring Organization:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
industry:
Nonprofit