Senior Project Manager - PMO

September 15

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10,000+

Description

• The Sr. Project Manager independently drives the complete life cycle of complex projects including approvals, planning, execution and maintenance to ensure results are achieved on time. • Develops budgets, timelines, and ensures progress to plan as well as tracking critical project achievements. • Works with necessary stakeholders to establish and achieve goals. • Acts as the driving contributor in an evolving environment. • Will need to influence across all levels of the organization. • Works closely with the Manager of EPMO to create and improve process workflows and acts as a mentor to less senior members of the team. • Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team. • Through utilization of best practices and standard tools deliver projects on time, on budget and within scope. • Prioritize project resources, contractors, cost, and timelines of projects according to plan to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery. • Manage the work plan and track progress for multiple large projects and initiatives, as needed. • Act as a cultural ambassador for Mars Veterinary Health IT and be a change management guide to peers as they join the Mars Veterinary Health family. • Create and deliver appropriate and customized Change Management Plans within the MVH EPMO standards for each assigned project. • Champion changes, including changes in the technical environment. • Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility. • Provide project/program management oversight, training and improvements through the application of change management, continuous improvement, implementation, influencing and communication methodologies. • Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques. • Make appropriate recommendations based on results. • Ensure identification, logging and resolution of project/program risks, issues, actions and decisions, assessing their impact and elevating to key stakeholders and leadership to guarantee project/program deliverables are met. • Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders. • Establish and maintain relationships with North America and International Business Units and third parties/vendors. • Build and maintain positive cross-functional relationships to efficiently deliver high-quality products. • Continuously identify project/program risk through assessment and risk reduction/mitigation plans to ensure team members are driving toward mitigation of risks. • Create and present project communication visuals to sponsors, leaders and other key stakeholders for each phase of the project, as well as, weekly status reports. • Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation. • Translate business needs into appropriate technical actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Services, Business, or Project Management, or the equivalent experience and knowledge is preferred. • Health care background (veterinary or human healthcare, pharmaceutical, etc.) is preferred. • Experience managing multiple tasks and large, complex projects simultaneously within a fast-paced and entrepreneurial-type work environment. • Multi-unit and/or global IT project management experience. • Solid understanding of the Change Management philosophy. • Senior Project Manager experience delivering projects through Hybrid Project Management (including Sprint Delivery Model). • Sound working knowledge of Smartsheet, ServiceNow and Microsoft Office Tools (specifically Excel and PowerPoint). • Quick-learning and people agility; comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, able to methodically work through complex problems, set priorities and execute on commitments. • Effective communicator and presenter with the ability to lead and influence colleagues, cross-functional teams and leaders. • Multi-unit and/or global project management experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with paid time off & holidays so you can spend time with the people you love. • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your loved ones. • Fertility and family-building assistance. • Paid Parental leave. • Practice Paid Basic Life Insurance. • Practice Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability. • Competitive referral program – join our team, bring your friends, and get paid. • Automatic enrollment 401(k) Savings Plan after 60 days of employment with generous company match. • Commuter Benefits. • Legal Plan. • Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Account. • Mental health support and resources. • Paid Volunteering. • Optimum Wellness Plans® for up to three pets. • Continuing Education allowance & MED hours for eligible positions. • Student Debt Relief (for full-time DVMs). • A Variety of discounts including Mars, PetSmart, Royal Canin, fitness, cellular and so much more.