Project Lead

Macy's Inc. - Johns Creek, Georgia

• Project Execution: Manages all project related activities on a daily basis and has responsibility for execution and final delivery and release of the product.
• Manage Project Work: Ensures deadlines are met by participating in resource planning, effectively planning, organizing, prioritizing, and delegating assignments to project team members and following up on their individual progress. Conducts regular project status/quality meetings and reports. Keeps management and key stakeholders well informed on a timely basis on project progress, status and/or concerns for each assignment. Develops project metrics and facilitates project scorecard development and progress.
• Manage Project Scope: Obtain project plan approval from the customer in order to formalize the project management approach. Develops and manages project schedules status, resources, deliverables, issues, and timelines throughout the project with input from the application managers, business partners and project team.
• Mitigate Risks: Owns and updates risk and issue process. Identifies major project risks and action plans, and escalates as required to appropriate level of management.
• Project Leadership: As the designated Project Manager, conducts Q4M toll gates and provides input into project performance reviews for each team member. This includes, responsibility for the project team conforming to Q4M standards and processes throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Communication Facilitation: Facilitates communication and negotiation within and across the project team(s). Ensure a common understanding by setting expectations in accordance with the Project Plan, in order to align the stakeholders and team members.
• Define Requirements: Works closely with Product Manager to define and manage business partner requirements.
• Develop Resources Plan: Provides input to ensure adequate project staffing, budgeting and resource management. Create the work breakdown structure with the team using appropriate tools and techniques in order to develop the schedule, resource, and quality.

• Organizational Navigation – Adaptive to the management team assigned as the project sponsor.
• Leverages informal communication channels and established company relationships to weaken or eliminate barriers to project success.
• Ability to garner trust among project team and stakeholders.
• Drives corrective actions to mitigate project risks.
• Two to three years experience in successful project management, with a progression in responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple small to medium simultaneous projects involving cross-functional project teams within budgetary and schedule constraints
• Full understanding of Project Management principles, methods and techniques.
• Proficient analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid documentation, organization, time management, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to build consensus within MST and the business community and to work through others in achieving desired results and objectives.
• Flexibility in response to change.
• A detailed understanding of the business. Retail background a plus.
• Proficient negotiation, diplomacy and conflict resolution skills.
• Sound team building and interpersonal skills required to effectively manage a multi-skilled project team.
• Prior industry experience in information technology is highly desired – experience can be in another discipline outside of project management.
• Intermediate in Excel, Word, Power Point, Project, and Visio.
• Advanced in Lotus Notes.
• Position should be able to quickly acclimate to the requirements prescribed by Q4M related to the project management discipline.
• Able to support Type 1 and Type 2 project types.
• Microsoft Team Sites – Able to support administration of this tool. Intermediate skills required for effective support of project activity.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred and 2-4 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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Posted: 30+ days ago

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