Sr Project Manager - IT

O'Reilly Auto Parts • Headquarters, KY

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Project Manager-IT contribute to the company's success by planning, executing and managing medium to large projects using sound judgement, strong interpersonal skills, and effective tools and techniques. Projects typically require both a business and technology focus and may deliver new or enhanced capabilities to multiple functional areas; or may support a larger cross-functional program being managed by a program manager. This is an on-site position located in Springfield, MO.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 5+ Years IT project management experience
• Knowledge of project management tools, techniques, and processes
• Knowledge of software application development concepts and practices
• Familiarity with different types of SDLC methodologies including Waterfall and Agile
• Knowledge of information technology concepts and practices including networking, hardware, and infrastructure
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, negotiation, escalation, and influencing skills
• Strong business and organizational acumen and leadership abilities
• Good judgment, appropriateness, and courage
• Advanced planning abilities, organizational skills, and problem solving abilities
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical individuals
• Ability to manage by influence

Nice To Haves

• PMP Certification
• ITIL Certification

Responsibilities

• Elicit, accurately characterize, and document project goals, scope, stakeholders, risks, issues, success measures, effort and resource estimates
• Ensure that all required subprojects and activities are identified, planned, and managed
• Create communication plans and deliver project status updates
• Create and maintain project charters, plans, schedules and budgets
• Proactively manage projects to deliver them in-scope, on-time and on-budget
• Set an example to the project team of the O'Reilly culture
• Maintain an objective, fact-based perspective on the project's status, risk, and issues
• Encourage the project team to display transparency about project status and risk, and influence them to proactively recommend solutions for issues
• Facilitate and manage project change-control
• Monitor the project's progression through its lifecycle and enforce checkpoints and phase gates

Benefits

• Competitive Wages & Paid Time Off
• Stock Purchase Plan & 401k with Employer Contributions Starting Day One
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance with Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Team Member Health/Wellbeing Programs
• Tuition Educational Assistance Programs
• Opportunities for Career Growth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level