Manages the planning and execution of large, complex, and or strategically significant projects supporting improvements and change across business processes, teams and functions. Provides project leadership, managing project team members and partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure projects deliver the expected scope and business value, complete on budget and on schedule, and deliver with quality.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Oversees development of all project deliverables (charter, requirements, detailed design, test plan, etc.). Ensures execution of all activities to meet the defined scope, schedule, budget and resources.
- Coordinates with people managers, partners, vendors and project sponsorship to ensure project is appropriately resourced and resources and/or tools are effectively managed to achieve project objectives.
- Anticipates project specific risks and minimizes impact of change on project delivery.
- Compares actual performance with planned performance and implement appropriate corrective action if needed.
- Responsible for ensuring project complies with established enterprise project portfolio management governance processes including intake, quarterly reviews, and annual planning.
- Manages the efforts of other project managers and sub-team leads, contractors and support staff making assignments and monitoring progress.
- Demonstrates thought leadership in terms of approach and objectives and risk and issues management with personal contributions to identifying and strategizing on mitigation and devising solutions.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s or other advanced degree with 7+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
Skills/Experience:
- 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 (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) for successful project delivery across the full project lifecycle.
- Oral and written communication techniques, channels and applications.
- Proven ability to mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; coach performance; deliver tough messages with grace; execute with limited information and ambiguity.
- Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; empathetic and creative manager able to listen to and understand partner interests and concerns and proactively plan to address them.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 17 2018
Active Until:
Oct 17 2018
Hiring Organization:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
industry:
Nonprofit