Project Manager

Project Manager

Sonoma Consulting is one of the fastest growing Global IT Consulting and Executive Search providers with offices in Naperville IL; Chicago IL; Tyson's Corner VA and Hyderabad India.

Our clients range from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies throughout the world. We look to our large recruiting team to continue to build upon the high standards we have set and ways to continually improve our recruiting process around the speed and quality of the resources we deliver. The Sonoma team prides itself on best model for delivery of IT Resources in a 24/7 model, our high level of professionalism and integrity which enables us to create long-term, meaningful relationships with our clients.

Job Description

Position Title(s): Project Manager

Position Description: Mid-level experienced PM; accountable for standard PM accountabilities & activities: strong communication & facilitation skills, project scoping, planning, facilitation, risk & issue management; project financials, etc

Responsibilities:

• Managing business teams, guiding them through the requirements gathering and system configuration efforts. Additionally, there are change management, training and other components to be developed and executed.
• Managing the external vendor tasks including detailed requirements, system configuration, integrations with LE systems, testing, training, and post-implementation support.
• Managing the internal Lands' End IT team. There will be a Technical Lead assigned to help identify integration tasks for the software tool. The PM will be responsible for guiding this person and the developers to ensure clean data integrations are completed in a timely manner.

Skills and Requirements:

• Proven success in a fast-paced environment. Nice to have: Retail/Consumer Goods industry experience
• Prior experience with package solution implementation upgrades & vendor engagement
• Proven ability to effectively lead projects from inception through to implementation
• Experience with executive communications and interactions
• Excellent listening, verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate groups/teams to include planning, presentations and moderation
• Effectively able to solicit information for appropriate sources
• Demonstrated ability to analyze information, solve problems and adapt to different work environments
• Demonstrated effective planning and organizational skills through previous work assignments
• Ability to negotiate for resources, budget dollars and contracts for projects
• Expert use of widely used office & project based software tools

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.