IT PMO Project Manager

American Sugar Refining - Lake Clarke, FL

Full-time - Senior

Lake Clarke, FL

Food Manufacturing

About the position

The position involves leading and managing the successful delivery of transformational IT and business projects at Florida Crystals. The role requires expertise in project management and change management, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet quality standards. The candidate will work with multiple vendors and engage with key IT and business partners to drive successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects follow established IT PMO Governance and System Development Life Cycle standards.
• Build and track the Project Plan in collaboration with the project team.
• Drive the execution of project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts daily.
• Identify resource needs, perform quality reviews, and escalate functional, quality, and timeline issues appropriately.
• Track key project milestones and adjust project plans/resources as needed.
• Prepare status reports for key stakeholders regularly.
• Adhere to standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
• Drive communication for key stakeholders regarding project scope, budget, risk, and resources.
• Drive business process change activities for successful project implementation.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet high-quality standards.
• Coordinate requests for changes from original specifications and ensure proper change communication and impact analysis.
• Drive project scheduling, resource allocation, forecasting, time entry, and project controls.
• Track financials (actuals and forecast) of the projects.
• Lead project Steering Committee meetings with senior leadership and escalate issues as needed.
• Manage Risk, Issues, Escalation, Action, and Dependency logs.
• Maximize benefits realization through successful deployment.

Requirements

• BA/BS from College/University
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in IT
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Project Management in IT
• Prefer PMP certification

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge with SAP platform