Wilmington, DE - Senior Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The Wave Project Manager manages the program delivery for the North American wave of countries implementing the HR outsourcing program
• The role has oversight of the program ensuring each element of the projects is on-time, on-budget and in adherence with quality and compliance standards
• The role has responsibility to coordinate with a global team items such as UAT planning, knowledge transfer workshops, cutover process and key user identification and training
• This wave of implementation includes all SET areas across Canada and US including R&D, Operations and Commercial segments 
• The Wave  Project Manager shapes the wave project plan and acts as a liaison between the global program team, local functions, third party outsourced vendor and business stakeholders to ensure that the global business blueprint is effectively translated into the an effective program
• The Wave Project Manager will partner with the Wave s team members including SMEs from finance, HR and IT to track key deliverables and milestones across country plans
• The role is accountable to manage the project environment and ensure the third party is following established contractual project management methods including ISPDM methodology

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the CTL and lead country project teams to deliver improvement, working in line with the Project Management Framework
• At any point in time the job holder may be accountable for the delivery of a number of sub- projects which may be connected to form an integrated programme of work 
• Proactively propose project opportunities having identified opportunities for improvement and innovation
• Be accountable to the Country Transition Lead for the delivery of assigned project activities based on the agreed scope, deliverables, value proposition and benefits of the project through to adoption as business as usual
• Build trust based relationships with key customers and suppliers
• Secure resources for relevant sub-projects ensuring that the plan is optimal and competitive in terms of time, quality and costs.
• Provide expert advice on the use of project management tools and methods to the CTL
• Drive the identification of potential areas of risk relating to the project and ensure implementation of contingency/mitigation activities, working with the NGA project manager to ensure risks are appropriately logged and managed
• Drive the evolution of project plans and other key documents ensuring that project data are up to date and accurately reflect the agreed plan, in particular quality assuring the project plan developed by the NGA project manager

REQUIREMENTS:

• College/university degree
• Demonstrated skills in multi-disciplinary project management
• Experience of effective working in a multi-cultural team
• Planning experience with globally working teams, with virtual outsourcing arrangements including all phases of the project lifecycle including design, build, test and cutover
• Proven experience working with 3rd party suppliers; strong negotiation skills
• Proven ability to learn new information effectively

PREFERED EXPERIENCE:

• HR experience with Work Force Planning, Organizational Mapping and Payroll (ideally in PeopleSoft and SAP)
• Extensive project management experience with a history of delivering significant activities
• Solutioning experience; able to have a thorough understanding of a product and skillful in facilitating teams to solve related challenges
• Demonstrated good team leadership

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