McKesson - Intermediate Project Manager (Skyhive/LXP Implementation)

Intermediate Project Manager (Skyhive/LXP Implementation)

The Project Manager will be managing a Skyline/LXP Implementation for our client's HR organization. The project is focused around HR skills mapping, skills optimization, and career mapping. This is a waterfall project so no agile is needed.

Role Description – Intermediate PM

The Project Manager (PM) will be providing leadership with reporting around this project. The PM will be accountable for traditional PM artifacts and responsibilities including scope, schedule, risk/issue management, and project dependencies; including rolling up of sprints and sprint objectives into larger reportable milestones.

Project Management Duties

Support the Delivery Leader through all duties to support the overall execution of the project/initiative. This includes driving collaboration, alignment and integrated delivery for a given project/initiative. Document scope, timeline, resource plan, and stakeholders. Identify and manage all issues and risks on the project; escalate items timely. Ensure that all the project tasks and deliverables remain on track and within cost. Manage the project folder and related documentation, ensuring decisions and status updates are captured timely. Communicate and maintain project progress and decisions via meetings and status reports on a regular basis and on demand based on stakeholder need. Establish and manage realistic and committed project schedules; taking into consideration deadlines, dependencies, resources, and costs when making changes and decisions to schedule. Ensure that the Project Team shares a common understanding of the project, that adequate resources are being applied consistent with the set timeframe. Establish a project site and organize and maintain project documentation to support needs. Maintain stakeholder list, develop communication plans, and assist with creating communications deliverables as needed. Use the following technologies: Microsoft: Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint; Jira, Planview, and Smartsheet. Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement. Adjust project management approaches as needed, based on shifting stakeholder priorities, industry best practices, and professional judgement. Facilitate discussions to drive decision making, share information and collect information, as required by the project. Proactively manage change control and communicate impact in project scope, identify risks/issues, and devising contingency plans.

Must Have Skills / Experience

6-8 years of IT project management, especially with creating deliverables outlined above. Candidates must have some sort of LMS tool experience. Ideally, Cornerstone LMS and Cornerstone Experience, but other LMS technologies will suffice/Technical project management, Executive presentation (written and verbal), Senior stakeholder management, Execution oriented with a track record of getting things done under tight deadlines and limited resources. Ability to manage committed deadlines / implementation commitments. Ability to hold business and technical team members accountable for commitments. Ability to gain alignment and consensus regarding management of competing priorities. Experience at communicating at all levels (team to executive). Understanding Waterfall methodologies. Experience managing projects in a hybrid methodology project execution environment. Proven working experience in project management through all facets of project lifecycle. Proven track record to drive results and navigating challenges successfully. Intermediate should have experience coordinating/working in a matrix environment, able to provide roll up of status and metric reporting, have strong issue management skills, and have experience defining roles and responsibilities on projects to bring clarity on the accountability of work across team members.

Standard Deliverables

Business Case and or Charter. High level Gantt chart, including milestones, and detailed project workplan/Schedule. Manage Project entry in Planview, including schedule, resources, etc. Stakeholder List. Communications Plan. Resource Schedule. Weekly Status Updates. Executive Updates (e.g. PPTs) as needed (frequency TBD). Issue/Risk Log and or RAID. Project budget/forecast.

Key Preferred Skills / Experience

Cornerstone LMS experience or other LMS technology. AI Skyhive experience is NOT a must but is nice to have. Smartsheets experience. Ability to lead teams through planned schedules and proactively address issues/risks. Proficient in creating effective PowerPoint presentations. Detail Oriented but also able to provide high level and summarized communication. Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices; such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Teams, O365, Planview. Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills. Effective resource estimating skills. Self-starter with a strong work ethic, who sets high standards for self and others and demonstrates enthusiasm for the mission of the team.