Digital Early Engagement Project Manager – Human Resources and Payroll

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project initiation, definition, planning, and coordination of key strategic initiatives, in partnership with the Business Relationship Manager (BRM) and VMO Portfolio Manager.
• Coordinates with BRM, senior leaders and executives to capture business requirements used to define scope and funding needs; establish business case outlining project investments
• Identify and leverage appropriate technical and business resources needed for successful project planning and to accomplish project initiation objectives
• Follow established processes and procedures and influence policy, practice and procedure
• Define and assess project risk
• Lead regular reviews with customers and stakeholders, including senior DT and business leaders, during the project initiation phase
• Actively manage internal/external suppliers in decision and planning process for solution definition
• Travel up to 5%

Qualification & Requirements

Qualifications You Must Have:

Typically a minimum of 10+ years’ in the digital project management arena and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or related discipline or equivalent combination of related work experience and schooling in lieu of degree; Advanced degree and 7+ years’ related work experience.

• 3+ years’ knowledge of Human Resource and Payroll functional areas including experience with applications and business processes used by the functions to deliver value to their customers.
• 3+ years’ experience developing business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for DT spending and initiatives, including use of Portfolio and Solution Epics
• Current U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Solution Delivery experience with Agile frameworks like SAFe and DevOps
• Familiarity with phase gating processes and bridging to agile execution
• Demonstrated skill working with technical teams to define and implement DT solution architectures, including software development, software configuration and integration, and DT infrastructure implementations
• Project Management certification (PMP)
• Project Portfolio Management (PPfM)
• SAFe or similar certifications
• Lean certifications
• Familiarity with Planview, Jira, & Confluence

Benefits

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.