Sr. IT Project Manager

A company with a pioneering past and a purposeful future.

At ACCO Brands, we are united by a common purpose, to empower our consumers to feel good when they work, learn, and play. For more than a century we have developed and nurtured brands that enable people to work with more productivity, learn with more confidence, and play with more enjoyment. We are passionate about a winning culture where we grow together, driving business, professional growth, and success. We invite you to be part of a team that is grounded in a history of category-leading brands and products and focused on positioning our company for the future.

Job Summary

ACCO Brands is seeking a  Senior IT Project Manager who will report to the Sr Director, Global Portfolio and Project Management and Data Management as part of the Global Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) organization. The Senior Project Manager will lead multiple enterprise-level initiatives, working closely with business stakeholders, IT leaders, project sponsors, subject matter experts, and external vendor/system integrator partners across functional and technical teams. This role requires strong stakeholder management, disciplined project governance, proactive risk and issue escalation, tight scope control, and the ability to manage project financials, budgets, forecasts, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and tasks to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide full lifecycle management of projects, from concept through delivery and benefits realization.
• Deliver projects on time, within budget, and within resource constraints, following the ACCO Brands global project methodology and reporting requirements.
• Ensure delivery meets defined business, technical, and operational requirements with a focus on quality and sustainability.
• Actively partner with business stakeholders, IT leaders, project sponsors, and external vendor/system integrator partners to manage expectations, align priorities, resolve issues, and gain consensus on go-forward approach/plans.
• Provide recommendations and decision support to senior leadership regarding scope, prioritization, and trade-offs impacting project outcomes.
• Identify, document, and raise project risks and issues in a timely manner, ensuring appropriate visibility, escalation, mitigation planning, and decision support for project sponsors and senior leadership.
• Maintain tight control over project scope, manage scope changes through formal change request processes where required, and ensure impacts to timeline, cost, resources, and benefits are clearly assessed and approved.
• Creates and manages resource plans by providing strategic and tactical resource forecasting, providing predictive analysis of resource demands, and requests appropriate resources for project needs.
• Develop and manage project budgets, track actual costs and variances against the approved budget, maintain accurate financial forecasts, and ensure project finances are monitored and reported in alignment with budget expectations.
• Ensure projects follow established project governance, methodologies, communication channels, milestone reviews, decision forums, and reporting requirements.
• Communicate project progress by producing targeted project reports to provide timely and accurate status and decision support information to project teams, project stakeholders and senior leadership. Uses subject matter expertise to articulate high-level technical status and provide status reports to the appropriate audience.
• Identifies and resolves problems, often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow; develops and evaluates options and implements solutions.
• Leads stakeholder/team meetings and demonstrates confidence, control, and public speaking proficiency.
• Identifies opportunities for streamlining and increasing effectiveness through continuous process improvement.
• Adherence to SOX & ITGC compliance standards is expected.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of progressive project management experience, including planning and executing complex projects across multiple locations and geographies.
• Formal training and a recognized qualification in a recognized project management methodology such as Six Sigma, PMP, PRINCE2, MSP.
• Proven and demonstrable experience delivering multiple complex enterprise projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven organization.
• Experience managing external vendors and system integrator partners, including oversight of deliverables, timelines, dependencies, risks, and performance against project commitments.
• Deep understanding of business processes and applications/tools.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and facilitation skills including presentations to C-Suite executives, senior leadership, peer groups, and associates.
• Ability to create and manage detailed project plans and report critical path.
• Strong financial discipline with the ability to track project budgets, monitor spending, manage forecasts, explain variances, and support financial decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
• Must be flexible in diving into project detail, when necessary, while keeping the overall picture in mind.
• Adept at assessing project issues and variance, responding appropriately, and driving toward the next steps for resolution.
• Demonstrated mastery as a project manager, delivering successful enterprise projects and/or operational excellence initiatives.

Salary Range : $150,000 - $180,000

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About Us:

You know our brands. You love our brands. You just may not know they are ours.

If you have touched a PowerA® gaming controller, a Five Star® notebook, a Swingline® stapler, a Quartet® dry erase board, or a Kensington® computer mouse, you have touched part of ACCO Brands Corporation. With annual revenues of more than $1.5 Billion, ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO) designs, markets, manufactures, and sells branded academic, consumer, and business products globally. The power of our brands, our unmatched global customer reach, and our strategic market strengths put us in a position to achieve global leadership and growth. We're proud of our long history of industry leadership and innovation and are focused on delivering exceptional value to our customers by providing unique, cutting-edge, branded products.

What we offer:

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision plans
• 4% 401(k) match with immediate eligibility and vesting
• Competitive time off, available from the first day of employment 
• Parental leave
• Company-paid life and disability benefits
• Critical illness, accident, and long-term care insurance options
• Employee and family assistance programs

Growing together is how we win.

With trusted brands, strong leadership, and a clear purpose, you’ll find opportunities to grow in your career, contribute to meaningful work, and be a part of a culture that values creativity and putting our consumers and customers first.

Apply now and build a successful future with ACCO Brands.

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ACCO Brands has developed and maintains a written Affirmative Action Program (“AAP”) for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. A copy can be requested from Human Resources. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ACCO Brands is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The company strives to create a winning culture with a leadership promise to provide equal access and opportunity for all to grow, succeed, and contribute to their full potential.

AODA

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities will be provided in all parts of the recruiting process as required under the ACCO Brands Canada AODA policy. Applicants are asked to make their needs known in advance.