Senior Technical Project Manager

Compensation: 105000 USD – 140000 USD / Year

***We are unable to work with 3rd-party or corp-to-corp candidates for this position***

Overview:
Our client will be hiring a Senior Technical Project Manager with experience implementing corporate service software. This role will join their Project Delivery Services team in Vancouver, WA. The Project Manager is responsible for managing the scope, requirements, schedules, resources, risk, and strategic communication of cross-functional corporate technology projects. A successful individual manages project deadlines and drives projects at a pace that will energize the team, assuring overall project continuity and efficiency in accordance with project delivery standards, strategic vision, and Core Values. We're ideally looking for experience with accounting or HR software implementations, stakeholder management, and a PMP or Six Sigma certification would be a bonus.

This role is HYBRID, 1 day per week onsite in Vancouver, WA.

Responsibilities:

• Manages cross-functional projects and teams by aligning business objectives with value-add project delivery.

• Designs and plans project goals based on a solid understanding of Project Management techniques and business technology priorities.

• Drives results through effective facilitation and clear direction, resulting in timely and effective solutions that are delivered within budget and approved resources.

• Convenes business stakeholders and external partners to proactively determine project requirements, overall scope, critical milestones, and deliverables.

• Develops, manages, and maintains source of truth project plans, scope and approach statements, end-to-end schedules, and implementation and technical integration plans using standard project management methodologies and the Microsoft suite of tools.

• Identifies, evaluates, and offers big picture recommendations using tact and diplomacy to resolve disputes, priority misalignment, and determine scalable alternatives based on business technology goals.

• Communicates regularly within the Business Technology team and project leadership, escalating issues as appropriate.

• Publishes team status reports to inform stakeholders of key accomplishments, risks, decisions, and overall project progress.

• Creates and communicates final project report, solicits feedback from project team members, and measures stakeholder satisfaction upon project completion.

• Understands and applies knowledge of the project delivery life cycle and organizational change management process.

• Creates an inclusive and empowering culture for project management teams and Business Technology staff.

Qualifications:

• 10 years of software project management experience.

• Experience leading and implementing 3^rd party SaaS solutions (primary), internal development teams (secondary)

• Advanced proficiency with strategic vendor management and global project plan oversight (full project oversight with multiple external vendors (SaaS, IT), API integrations, and internal business teams)

• Tactical project management skills come naturally and easily, for greater strategic focus on business and vendor relationship management

• Ability to function effectively in the absence of formal PM standards and tools (embrace build your own tools or evolve current tools); we’re not a formal PMO and run lean SaaS projects based on the unique needs and deliverables of the project

Preferred:

• Experience working with external/outsourced IT vendors (vs in-house IT)

• Experience with BI/EDW project delivery

• Experience building and implementing a SaaS RFP/RFI and vendor selection process