Senior Project Manager

PRI Technology • Full-time • West Orange, New Jersey, US • 2d ago

Senior Project Manager
Parsippany, NJ (Onsite)
Full Time (No 3rd party resumes please)

The Senior Project Manager will work heavily with business leaders and cross functional teams across the enterprise including finance, marketing, sales, IT, resource planning, and HR and the business units to project manage the enhancement of various systems and processes to improve business performance.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Project Plan Development and Management - Develop and manage project plans to ensure alignment with business goals and objectives. Oversee the project timeline, scope, and milestones to ensure successful completion on time, within budget and following quality standards. Identify, anticipate, and mitigate risks to the project goals, timeline, and budget. Develop strategies to address potential issues before they impact the project's success.

Stakeholder Requirements Analysis and System Optimization - Assist in identifying process and data access improvements and opportunities for automation with foundational technologies (i.e. CRM systems). Support the planning of the redesign of integrations, modifications, and workflows.

Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building - Build and maintain relationships with senior business leaders, including C-level management to serve as an agent of positive change. Facilitate meetings with leaders, project teams, and stakeholders to negotiate decisions affecting the project scope, timeline, and budget. Schedule functional and technical resources, both internal and external.

Project Documentation and Reporting - Document project progress, decisions, risks, tasks, and costs. Communicate the project plan, goals, status, and issues through various means, including a widely shared project dashboard.

Budget Management - Manage the project budget, ensuring financial resources are allocated appropriately and effectively to meet project goals and constraints. Continually audit project plans versus real-time spend to maintain budget responsibilities.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree
Specialized Knowledge: Significant knowledge of complex project management principles associated with the implementation and enhancements of CRM and ERP products.
Analytical: Ability to solve problems and analyze complex data to make informed decisions to formulate appropriate action plans.
Project/Process Management: Ability to collaborate with a cross-functional team of diverse individuals to complete broad goals and objectives.
Knowledge of modern project management tools (i.e. Smartsheets, MS Project)
Experience in various project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.
Written Communications: Must be able to clearly articulate a problem, goal or objective with the intent to garner broad support. Must be able to document the current status of a project including goals, outstanding and completed tasks, issues and budget considerations.
Oral Communications: Must be able to clearly present to both small and large audiences to report activities of a project, present an issue that needs a resolution, or a concept/theory being presented.