Company: Experis
Location: Freeport, ME
Posted on: June 10
Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master
Portland Maine
6+ months to start
We have an immediate need for an IS Sr Project Manager & Scrum Master familiar with Marketing technologies to coordinate enablement activities for large-scale Marketing initiatives, starting with the Customer Data Platform (CDP) implementation. This roleworks under minimal supervision to plan, direct and coordinate activities of the assigned project to ensure goals and objectives of the project are accomplished within prescribed timeframe and budgetary parameters.
Communication and Presentation
oKeeps stakeholders, including management, informed of progress to goal; negotiate adjustments to the schedule and resources to ensure overall quality of completed project
oFunctions as central point for all project communications
oLeverages most effective means of communication based on situation/urgency
oDevelops and delivers presentation content to drive understanding and alignment across Team and Project Sponsors (Governance structure)
Establishes and Maintains Effective Project Governance
oIdentifies and facilitates acquiring a Sponsor role that is executed at the appropriate level of the organization
oIdentifies and facilitates acquiring a Steering Group that issupporting/influencingthe Sponsor while representing cross-functional perspective with common project goals
oIdentifies and facilitates acquiring a Stakeholder Group that represents and can influence project direction and deliverables
Vendor Management
oCollaborates to develop a positive relationship between L.L.Bean and vendor(s) to ensure successful project deliverables.
oNegotiates contracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements with vendors and monitors project deliverables. Transitions vendor contracts to internal support owner to ensure understanding and compliance with service level agreements.
oTracks and maintains vendor deliverable costs
Risk Management
oIdentifies & analyzes project risks to determine highest potential risk exposure that should be proactively managed
oIdentifies & focuses resolution of issues and risks using appropriate levels of escalation considering impact to scope, schedule, budget or quality.
Project Detail and Schedules
oDevelops a project work breakdown structure
oDevelops and manages a project schedule/timeline using approved Project Management tools (Prism PPM, Jira, SharePoint, etc.)
oDevelops, monitors, and manages the project staffing plan and resource allocations approved by resource managers
oDetermines Resource Assignments with task estimates (ETC's)
oUse negotiation skills to balance completing work with resources needed to achieve project success
Project Financials
oDevelops a project budget and track actual and forecasts weekly
oManage project budget in Excel and Work Otter for financials and resource allocation
oProvide weekly budget spend / status reporting
Skills & Qualifications:
Strong hands-on project management & Scrum Master skills - at least 5 years of experience managing complex IT efforts.
Management of large teams with members working in multiple locations.
Experience structuring work into various workstreams within a large project and managing multiple IT projects concurrently.
Strong applied use of PM & Scrum tools/techniques (planning, risk management, budgeting, cost control, assessment, software/SaaS acquisition/RFP, develop & management of Jira board, Scrum ceremonies, etc.).
Experience with vendor contracts and vendor management.
Excellent communication skills (oral and written), English-language skills, facilitation skills, etc. and ability to represent work at all levels of the organization (up to Executive levels).
Excellent people skills developing strong relationships, building a trusting team environment, and ability to listen & translate into actionable plans.
Experience with the following is desired, but not mandatory:
Cloud Data Platforms in support of Marketing, Customer Analytics & Personalization in an omni-channel retail environment.
Prism PPM, Jira, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint.
Understand business process transformation and change management practices.
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