Technical Project Manager

Penske • Beachwood, OH

10h

About The Position

This position is responsible for the overall direction, monitoring execution,
completion, and budget of a project. This individual will be responsible for the
project planning and to coordinate all project activities to ensure that the
goals or objectives of a project are accomplished on schedule, within budget,
and with quality results that meet or exceed the customer expectation. The
project activities will include but are not limited to requirements definition,
solution design, quality assurance testing, solution implementation, issue and
risk management, managing effective relationships with the customer, IT and
third-party vendors and project closure. This position requires the management
of multiple minor to major enterprise projects or teams simultaneously while
coordinating resources across the company and third-party vendors to effectively
deliver the solution. This position will be the liaison between the customer and
IT when delivering the solution.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple Minor and Major project simultaneously starting from Initiation through Plan, Execution and Close.
• Develop and maintain a project plan, which includes the project requirements, technical solution, resource plan, work plan, and estimated project duration/effort.
• Monitor all project activity, budget and resources to ensure the project remains on schedule, within budget, and that no rework will be required.
• Effectively communicate the project status, scope changes, issues and risks to the Executive Sponsor, Project Sponsor, IT Manager and all project participants.
• Understand, support, apply, and maintain the Penske Project Management Methodology, documentation and tools.
• Provide training and mentor both IT and business associates on the Penske Project Management methodology and tools.
• Identify process improvement opportunities that will eliminate defective processes and introduce better control inputs and changes.
• Facilitate cross-functional and multi-process improvement teams to address process improvement opportunities.
• Use quality tools to measure improvement implementations.
• Other projects as assigned by the supervisor

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed