Senior Project Manager - Corporate Functions

Amick Brown is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager - Corporate Functions for our direct client.

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Duration: 6 months -1 year

Estimated pay range: 71.11 88.88 per client contract and candidate skills, experience and work location.

Job Description

• IT Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning and execution of complex cross-functional projects associated with driving scalability in Corporate Applications.
• Projects will span across a broad range from ideation, evaluation to implementation of new software systems, scale up for product launches, integration of acquisitions, system upgrades, facility expansions.

Primary Function of Position:

• Our client is seeking a motivated Senior Project Manager to provide program management and leadership for multi- functional product development teams in the Corporate Ops Portfolio.
• As a Senior Project Manager, you will develop a complete plan of record and lead the team to implement the plan, responsible for meeting the project dates, ensure effective testing and product performance, project budgeted cost.
• Knowledge of Financial Processes (Record to Report, Financial Close, Asset Management, Sales planning, Expense Management) and HR processes (Talent Acquisition, Payroll) and other beneficials.
• Ways of working: Set Schedule (3 days) and Onsite in Sunnyvale Campus

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Gain cross-functional alignment on strategies, goals, resources, and timelines.
• Cross-functional teams include Finance, HR, Manufacturing, Operations, Security, Applications, Infrastructure, IT, Regulatory, Compliance, Field Service, Customer Service, and other Business Units.
• Partner with business PM and leverage Organization Change Management - stakeholder analysis, communication plans, training material and end user training, solution adoption.
• Provide input for budgets and monitor performance to budgets.
• Ensure compliance to internal business and quality system requirements and to external regulatory standards.
• Perform audits and oversee project/program governance.
• Organize and lead core team and executive steering committee meetings.
• Provide clear communication to the organization on project status, critical path, as well as potential areas of risk.
• Drive resolution of constraints, conflicts and other challenges that could impact timely and successful execution of projects.
• Create, manage project plan, and assign tasks to team members.
• Track and manage project budget.
• Ensure effective communication methods/mediums.
• Manage coordination of the working groups engaged in project work.
• Record, manage project issues and escalate when necessary, ensuring resolution on a timely basis.
• Manage resource requirements.
• Manage project scope and adhere to IT change control.
• Monitor project progress and performance.
• Provide status reports to the project sponsor and steering committee.
• Work with project owners to ensure business needs are met
• Work with the team facilitating meetings, assisting in tasks, etc.
• Define and manage the Test plan.
• Ensure adherence to the Project Management methodology.
• Act as Test/Validation Lead, Training Lead, Cutover Lead, OCM lead and Project Coordinator
• except where the size of the project justifies a separate resource for one or more of these roles.
• Has Workday Integration experience
• Has Workday Application knowledge

Manage (including ensuring the quality of) project deliverables in line with the project plan:

• Kick Off Presentation
• Detailed Project Schedule in MS Project/Smartsheet
• Project Budget vs. Actuals
• Business Blueprint
• Test Plan
• Training Plan
• Cutover Schedule in MS Project/Smartsheet

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Proven ability to lead, influence and work well at all levels of an organization and in a cross functional team environment.
• Ability to handle ambiguity effectively and oversee multiple projects at once.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize data, set actionable goals and drive metrics and execution.
• Minimum 8 years of experience involved in leading major cross-functional projects in Manufacturing Operations
• Medical device experience is a plus
• BS or equivalent work experience

Amick Brown is an Information Technology consulting company specializing in ERP, Data Analytics, Information Security, Application Development, Networking, and Cloud Computing. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.