Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: Riverwoods, IL/Minneapolis, MN/NYC, NY/Houston, TX (Hybrid)

Mode: Fulltime

Experience working on SAP Migrations/Consolidations (preferred experience migrating from Microsoft Dynamics AX to SAP S4 HANA)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing all aspects of diverse and complex IT projects, including project planning, execution, timing, functionality, quality, and cost.
• Utilizes expertise and leadership skills to direct staff and to resolve issues to ensure project goals and requirements are met.
• Communicate with end-users and stakeholders to provide timely and accurate information and status updates.
• Ensure all team members and stakeholders have what is needed to meet the deadlines and milestones set by the Program/Project Manager.
• Evaluate potential problems, process gaps, and help propose solutions.
• Supervise current project planning, schedule, and coordinate all team members to keep project deliverables on track.
• Manage project-related artifacts such as data reporting, dashboards, leadership report-outs, and process maps by ensuring all necessary materials are version-controlled, properly filed and are easily accessible.
• Capture and/or scribe project related support documents such as meeting minutes, call recordings, status updates and emails.
• Communicate with the teams to identify and define project requirements, scope, and objectives to support.
• Partner with WK application leader(s) to ensure budget management and alignment throughout the program
• Utilize a proactive approach by anticipating project needs, initiating necessary actions without waiting for directives, and engaging the appropriate stakeholders to address gaps or delays promptly.

Experience

• 10 to 15 years of experience managing technical programs/projects leveraging program/project management methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, Scrum etc.
• Experience working on SAP Migrations/Consolidations (preferred experience migrating from Microsoft Dynamics AX to SAP S4 HANA)
• Hands-on experience with project management tools like Jira, MS Project, or similar platforms.

Required Skills

• Effective leadership skills for decision making and delegating tasks based on team members' strengths to maximize productivity.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Clear and concise communication
• Active listening ability
• Stakeholder, cross functional team management
• Problem solving and critical thinking.