Project Manager II
About The Position
ADP is hiring a Project Manager II in Miami to plan, coordinate, and implement projects within My Life Advisor, ensuring business goals are accomplished within designated timeframes and budgets. The role manages the deployment of new or enhanced ADP products and releases, using project management standards aligned with PMP or other professional standards. It coordinates organizational readiness across functions, forms and monitors project teams, and directs pilot and rollout activities to ensure quality and HRO acceptance. The position receives minimal supervision and works independently within established parameters, generally under deadlines and heavy workloads. Project errors, poor judgment, leadership issues, or delays can cause expense, disruption, and delays to project status. Regional, client, and satellite-office travel, including overnight travel to other ADP locations, is expected twice a year.
Requirements
- At least 3–5 years of Project Management experience.
- 1–2 years of experience in progressive structured analysis.
- Expertise with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and Visio.
- Experience with project management tools and structured methodologies.
- Excellent organizational, planning, and time-management skills for handling multiple and conflicting activities.
- Ability to think independently and make decisions.
- Strong presentation and communication skills to support Senior Leadership.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and tolerate stress while managing multiple, diverse, and conflicting activities.
Nice To Haves
- Good working knowledge of Project Management software.
- PMP or equivalent professional project management certification.
- Knowledge of the functional area and related company products.
- Ability to build relationships internally and externally.
- Strong focus on client service.
- Capacity to effectively manage a team.
Responsibilities
- Manage the deployment of new ADP products and subsequent versions and releases, including project scope, requirements, quality, plans, estimates, milestones, and changes.
- Lead cross-functional project teams across areas such as Implementation, Service, Training, Documentation, Marketing, and Sales to ensure organizational readiness.
- Coordinate and communicate with Regions through assigned Product Champions, ensure Sales receives communications through Marketing, and communicate with Senior Management as appropriate.
- Identify, document, publish, and mitigate risks to project scope, quality, and schedule.
- Clarify project priorities with the Project Sponsor and make project decisions in accordance with scope, quality, and schedule priorities.
- Develop and communicate project tasks using MS Project, Excel, or other agreed tools; assign and track tasks, and escalate actual or anticipated milestone misses.
- Facilitate regular project meetings, collect team updates, track and resolve issues, and escalate issues when necessary; hold additional working sessions as needed.
- Define QA, Field Test, and/or Pilot strategies and resource needs; recruit Pilot regions and clients, obtain signed Pilot agreements, and monitor quality through each stage.
- Assist the Product Manager with rollout strategy and scheduling, and facilitate management overviews to prepare Regions and other organizations to sell, train, implement, and support releases.
- Gather feedback from Regions, Divisions, and clients after rollout to improve deliverables.
- Manage future project phases and releases as needed.
- Perform Business Analyst duties as required.
- Travel regionally to client and satellite office locations, including overnight travel to other ADP locations, twice a year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
