Position Title:

Principal IT Project Manager

Salary Range:

Principal IT Project Manager (Grade 17, Exempt). Annual salary range: $114,320 – $142,900. This range reflects the minimum to midpoint of the grade. Salary may exceed the midpoint and will commensurate with experience.

Job Description Summary:

As a Principal IT Project Manager, you will partner with senior leadership and key leaders to deliver enterprise-scale, mission critical projects on time and on budget. This individual must have excellent communication and relationship-building skills and thrive in a fast-paced environment where cross-functional leadership is key to solving complex problems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Project lifecycle management and delivery.

• Responsible for the end-to-end management of large, organization wide projects and is accountable for the project scope, schedule, budget, resources, change management, and overall quality of project delivery.

• Leads project sponsor and stakeholders across all phases of the project lifecycle including initiation, planning, execution, risk mitigation, monitoring and control, and closure.

• Identify and structure work streams for key initiatives, works with project team to organize solution roadmaps and reach critical milestones.

• Effectively collaborates with team to mitigate risks and proactively supports planned and/or unplanned needs.

• Manages ongoing deliverables and determines appropriate priority of day-to-day tasks.

• Partners with business leaders to provide training for implemented projects.

• Serves as primary resource to project team to remove obstacles, provide solutions, and coach team members to achieve project objectives.

• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with vendor partners.

• Oversees dependencies across all active projects.

• Manages multiple projects concurrently.

2. Documentation and communication

• Manages and communicates all project work streams to ensure project meets delivery requirements, timeframes, and budget.

• Communicates and presents information effectively to a wide variety of audiences.

• Adheres to PMO project methodology including all proper documentation, status reports, meeting minutes, issue logs and any other documentation related to the management of projects.

• Works with PMO to create and maintain standards for Sourcewell’s software development life cycle.

• Establishes and manages cross-functional relationships between all areas of the business.

• Establish and maintain project management software tool standards to manage project documentation, communication, and progress tracking.

3. Continuous Improvement

• Provide input on improvement opportunities to optimize time and efficiency of project teams.

• Stays informed and educated on changing technologies, frameworks, and project management best practices.

4. Act as a mentor/lead/role model.

• Serve as a mentor to other project managers, supporting growth and development.

• Be an ambassador for PMO lifecycle best practices, educating others, serving as a role model, and encouraging practices to follow.

• Provide guidance on complex issues, unique situations, and project challenges.

5. Participates in releases as necessary, including outside of traditional work hours.

6. Other duties as assigned.

Additional Job Description:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field AND a minimum of ten years’ experience managing technical projects in an e-commerce, web development, or other complex mission critical business system OR

• A combination of IT related post-secondary and/or professional education and demonstrated relevant work experience managing technical projects in an e-commerce, web development, or other complex mission critical business system equivalent to a total of fourteen years.

• Ten years’ experience with some the following project management tools: Azure DevOps, JIRA, and Smartsheets.

• Seven years’ experience with various software development approaches including agile and waterfall.

• Three years’ experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.

• Strong business process/operational knowledge (e.g., customer service, inventory management, procurement, accounting)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in information technology or related field and fourteen years’ experience managing technical projects in an e-commerce, web development, or other complex mission critical business system.

• Twelve years’ experience with some the following project management tools: Azure DevOps, JIRA, and Smartsheets.

• Nine years’ experience with various software development approaches including agile and waterfall.

• PMP or CAPM Certification.

Location:

• This is a remote position, and is subject to Sourcewell's telecommuting policies and procedures.

• On occasion, may be asked to travel to Staples, MN for meetings, professional development or team activities. Potentially twice per year. Notice will be given ahead of time.

Full Time/Part Time:

Full time

Position Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

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