Sr Project Manager - IT
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 position can be worked remotely in the United States with some travel to Springfield, MO as requested.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
