EPMO Sr Project Leader

Milwaukee Tool•Menomonee Falls, MT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The EPMO Senior Project Leader defines, develops, and deploys key strategic business initiatives. The EPMO frames and delivers large, complex, cross-functional initiatives, and this role leads cross-functional team members and manages multiple workstreams while communicating progress and challenges to Executive Leadership. The position is based in the corporate office in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, in a fast-paced transactional environment. It will initially support a strategic global product sustainability initiative and is expected to transition to other enterprise priorities. The role leads complex work involving business-process redesign, product-data governance, enterprise technology, systems integration, organizational change, and implementation-partner delivery. Periodic travel may be required, up to 15%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, or equivalent years of directly related professional experience.
Minimum 3–5 years of related project-management experience.
Previous facilitation and coaching experience using problem-solving, process-development, and/or behavior-change methods and tools.
Strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills in an executive setting.
Ability to solve complex business and technical problems with practical solutions.
Ability to drive issue resolution with urgency and ownership.
Ability to make timely decisions and overcome obstacles in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Ability to establish project governance mechanisms, identify and manage interdependent schedules and project risks, and drive cross-functional accountability.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including MS Project or similar.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree pertinent to cross-functional business interactions.
Success managing multiple complex projects and changing priorities, making sound decisions, and working effectively in a matrix environment.
Working knowledge of product lifecycle management, product information management, master data management, and product data governance processes.
Experience with PLM, ERP, PIM, WMS, or other enterprise data and technology platforms.
Prosci Certified Change Practitioner.
PMP or PMI certification.
Six Sigma certification or training.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute project plans, charters, and governance documents.
Lead cross-functional team members and manage multiple program workstreams, driving accountability for timely completion of tasks.
Build credibility and trust across business units and functions, influence project teams, and persuade professionals at all levels.
Provide strategic leadership by challenging the status quo and pursuing sustainable solutions with long-term business value.
Maintain a broad view of project scope and evaluate it against business priorities and interdependencies with adjacent programs and initiatives.
Translate project issues into clear, concise business impacts for leadership.
Inspire project teams and stakeholders to align with and deliver the future-state vision; ask questions and constructively challenge experts and leaders to establish clarity and alignment.
Schedule, prepare agendas for, and facilitate project meetings; document discussions and promptly share action items.
Track project schedules and maintain visibility for team members and stakeholders to support adherence to timelines.
Establish metrics and report progress, achievements, and results through executive reporting, management updates, and organizational best-practice sharing.
Develop multiple what-if scenarios to identify solutions for achieving the future state and understand their financial impacts.
Determine appropriate testing or stress testing for improvement initiatives, and work with the business to develop test plans and methodologies.
Ensure changes are integrated through follow-up communication, perseverance, and consistency.
Identify and escalate project hurdles or roadblocks as needed.
Develop and deliver project-management training across organizational levels and advocate for project-management methodologies.
Build functional leaders’ and associates’ skills through hands-on interaction and mentoring.