Job Summary:
O'Reilly Auto Parts is a company with a proven track record of growth and stability, and they are seeking a Sr. Project Manager-IT to contribute to their success by planning, executing, and managing medium to large projects. The role requires a business and technology focus to deliver new or enhanced capabilities across multiple functional areas.
Responsibilities:
• Elicit, accurately characterize, and document project goals, scope, stakeholders, risks, issues, success measures, effort and resource estimates
• Ensure that all required subprojects and activities are identified, planned, and managed
• Create communication plans and deliver project status updates
• Create and maintain project charters, plans, schedules and budgets
• Proactively manage projects to deliver them in-scope, on-time and on-budget
• Set an example to the project team of the O'Reilly culture
• Maintain an objective, fact-based perspective on the project's status, risk, and issues
• Encourage the project team to display transparency about project status and risk, and influence them to proactively recommend solutions for issues
• Facilitate and manage project change-control
• Monitor the project's progression through its lifecycle and enforce checkpoints and phase gates
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 5+ Years IT project management experience
• Knowledge of project management tools, techniques, and processes
• Knowledge of software application development concepts and practices
• Familiarity with different types of SDLC methodologies including Waterfall and Agile
• Knowledge of information technology concepts and practices including networking, hardware, and infrastructure
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, negotiation, escalation, and influencing skills
• Strong business and organizational acumen and leadership abilities
• Good judgment, appropriateness, and courage
• Advanced planning abilities, organizational skills, and problem solving abilities
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical individuals
• Ability to manage by influence
Preferred:
• PMP Certification
• ITIL Certification
Company:
O’Reilly Auto parts is a specialty retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment and accessories. Founded in 1957, the company is headquartered in Springfield, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.