Senior Project Manager – Tampa, FL

Essential Functions:

• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, finance, and operations, to ensure seamless integration and alignment with business goals
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and transparent fashion
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Track project milestones and deliverables
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project life cycle
• Conduct project postmortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
• Ensure adherence to project management best practices and methodologies, including agile and waterfall
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Draft and submit budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary
• Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company
• Determine and assess the need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments, if necessary, during the project cycle
• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project
• Perform Enterprise or Organizational Change Management tasks to drive user adoption

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience
• PMI PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project management certification is preferred
• Training or certification on IIBA BABOK a plus
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) training and certification are a plus
• Technical certifications in the following areas are a plus: Microsoft O365, SharePoint, Power Automate, PowerApps, Power BI, D365 CE, D365 ERP, etc.

Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the information technology field
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a project management role
• Proven experience as a Project Manager
• Demonstrated experience in personnel management
• Experience in a global multi-site manufacturing company is a plus
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential

Functional Success Drivers: These competencies are what we require for an individual to be successful in this role.

• Communication (Oral & Written)
• Organization / Planning
• Change Management
• Track Record
• Tenacity
• Negotiation Skills