KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Assists executive leadership team with communicating strategy to business units, and intake/prioritization of enterprise projects and programs against those strategic imperatives
•Creates effective presentations that tell the story and clearly articulate project alignment to strategic imperatives and associated risks
•Oversees and directs the project schedule and calendar; tracks overall project health against milestones
•Engages with the appropriate resources to lead and deliver the initiatives
•Keeps project and executive leaders apprised of overall health of projects and assists in removal of roadblocks
•Conducts cost analysis, estimating expected costs for the project(s)
•Prepares and implements a budget based on estimates and works with Finance on detailed tracking and management against the budget
•Conducts risk assessments; reports identified risks to stakeholders; provides recommendations for mitigation of risk across the managed portfolio of initiatives (including termination of a project if appropriate).
•Acts as a liaison and assists in managing vendor relationships.
•Delegates work and assignments to business and project team members based on expertise, work experience and time constraints.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES :
•Ability to influence with or without formal authority.
•Demonstrated ability to define, influence, refine, and implement processes, procedures and policies
Demonstrated ability to define business goals in an ambiguous, matrixed organization, use informal influence to align multiple stakeholders to the core business goals, and measure the realization of the benefits of those business goals
•Strong financial acumen
•Ability to successfully operationalize new processes with high adoption and transition to an operational support environment after an initiative is complete Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
•Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
•Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
•Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
•Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
•Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
•Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn about the project being developed.
•Strong team member, ‘jumps in’ and helps other team members when necessary.