Senior Project Manager

Axelon Services Corporation

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JOB DETAILS

LOCATION

Urbandale, IA

POSTED

5 days ago

Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: Urbandale – Meredith
Duration: 12 months

Reporting to the Project Lead: Responsible for managing and supporting work streams within a program and ensuring strategy and execution are performed to completion in accordance with the overall vision.
Accountable for Successful Transitions and Integration: Manage direct and indirect resources across geographically dispersed locations.
Stakeholder Interaction: Comfortable interacting with local and regional level senior stakeholders. Self-motivated individual who can drive objectives to conclusion with minimal oversight.
Workstreams: Involves people, process, technology, and real estate components to deliver the end state Target Operating Model for MMC Finance.
Experience: Must be experienced in major change initiatives with a proven record of delivering major projects.

Responsibilities

Communicate project activities to key management colleagues and team members across regions or functions.
Prioritize and manage multiple projects and programs.
Select and utilize project implementation documentation, including implementation toolkits and migration schedules.
Facilitate project by escalating risk and its impact on business initiatives to management within the organization.

Provide Strategic Support for the Portfolio of Work

Design and create strategic documents such as Project Business cases, Assessments, Communication plans, and detailed project plans.
Present project updates and make presentations to senior-level management within Finance.
Support and lead in the decision-making process required for progress on assigned programs/projects.
Facilitate problem-solving and decision-making on key project items.

Support of Work Stream Controls and Compliance

Proactively follow and adhere to project controls for assigned projects.
Identify and resolve issues; manage project/program deliverables, mitigate risk, escalate issues to management, and ensure change control processes for assigned projects and programs across functions are functioning and aligned.