Job Description
Business Transformation - Project Manager
Position Overview:
The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for leading and coordinating ECLARO's corporate-wide organizational change and project initiatives to ensure that enterprise and department-level projects and organizational changes are implemented in an effective and sustainable manner. The PM will be required to interface with all levels of management and staff to ensure that it can proactively identify, manage and measure relevant project and change efforts within our global functional business processes.
The PM will focus on implementing enterprise and department-level projects and organizational changes using different best-practice project and change management methodologies, tools and techniques as needed. Working closely with the VP of Business Transformation, the PM will help lead project and change management-related activities to ensure that changes meet the company's strategic goals.
Responsibilities:
Lead, coordinate, and manage change and project management activities as necessary. This may require oversight and guidance for business units implementing their own changes and projects, or providing change and project management services for those business initiatives without a clear owner
Work within ECLARO's current project management process to help business units successfully implement approved business initiatives/projects. This includes, but is not limited to, assisting as needed with enterprise or department-level project requests and approvals, project planning (tasks, milestones, owners, dependencies, budgets, ROI, etc.), project implementation and project review (postmortem).
Create and implement best practice change and project management strategies to achieve organizational goals. These key focus areas include, but are not limited to, the following for the global enterprise:
o Project Management
o Change Management
o Process Development, Change, Improvement
o Financial Analysis (ROI)
o Risk Management
o Training and Development
o Communications
o Capacity Planning
o Work Prioritization
Ensure the development of, and support the implementation of, plans to manage changes and projects so that they are properly executed within the operation
Perform any Business transformation staff management responsibilities, including (but limited to) staff hiring, performance management/improvement, terminations and training and development
Work with the relevant Business Transformation team members to support the business as needed in developing sound change and project plans and follow the firm's documented change and project lifecycles.
Focus on communicating change management plans to key stakeholders and executive management to ensure their understanding and buy-in
Support the development of training programs to help employees understand and adapt to organizational changes
Measure and evaluate the success of change management initiatives
Develop and maintain policies, procedures, standards, and other documentation related to the Business Transformation function
Support the organization's overall work prioritization efforts through operational reviews based upon stated business units capacity and expected benefits of each initiative
Perform any other tasks as assigned
Qualifications/Skills:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is required
o Master's degree is desired but not required
5+ years in a project and/or change management role with a proven understanding of project and change management theories and methodologies to effectively carry out any change in a company
Ability to direct change and project initiatives, both independently and as part of a team
Strong verbal and written communication skills (English)
Strong presentation skills (internal and client-facing)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to solve complex issues
Ability to effectively deal with stakeholders at all levels within the organization with a focus on influencing others to support organizational change
Proficiency in the use of relevant business productivity tools (i.e. Microsoft Office products, change and project management software, etc.)
Organizing and managing multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously
Strong work ethic and ability to work in a high-volume, fast-paced, high-pressure environment
Positive and upbeat personality/demeanor
