IT Project Manager / Retail

$100,000 - $120,000/Yr

TEK Connexion - Tyler, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Tyler, TX

About the position

The IT Project Manager will oversee large-scale and high-impact enterprise projects within the retail sector, ensuring successful project delivery aligned with business objectives. This role requires expertise in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, as well as strong project budgeting and vendor management skills. The position involves managing multiple complex projects, leading cross-functional teams, and navigating intricate business and technology landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Manages and oversees large-scale and high-impact enterprise projects.
• Ensures project delivery is successful and aligned with business objectives by utilizing advanced project management methodologies and strategies.
• Develops comprehensive project plans and strategies to achieve business goals.
• Manages the scope of multiple large, complex, cross-functional projects.
• Partners with internal and external technology and business partners to align technology scope and business outcome.
• Ensures a change control process is followed for scope changes.
• Effectively handles intricate multi-vendor relationships, mitigating potential conflicts with numerous concurrent projects in the portfolio.
• Leads project teams of internal and external matrixed resources of 30+.
• Creates and maintains integrated project schedule.
• Understands schedule risks and drives contingency planning with the leadership team.
• Anticipates issues and risks implementing preventative measures to avoid them.
• Develops and manages project budgets, capital, expense, SaaS expense $5-10+M.
• Manages project financials according to Company processes.
• Leads project team meetings, prepares and communicates steering, governance, and stakeholder materials, and facilitates team member communications and alignment.
• Communicates project status with the appropriate sense of urgency.
• Ensures IT projects align with the overall strategic goals of the organization.
• Translates high-level strategy into actionable project initiatives.
• Accountable for oversight of the entire project portfolio including managing interdependencies, resource allocation, and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related field and seven or more years of information technology or business work experience required.
• Seven or more years of increasingly complex project management experience preferred.
• Master's Degree in related field preferred.
• Project management industry best practice certifications (e.g., Scaled Agile Scrum Master, PMI PMP, ACP) preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Agile and Waterfall SDLC.
• Intermediate knowledge of IT systems, emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices within the IT domain.
• Intermediate knowledge of regulatory compliance, governance standards, and industry-specific regulations related to IT projects.
• Intermediate knowledge of project management scheduling tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, etc. preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form with team members, stakeholders, and senior management.
• Ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines, and prioritize tasks.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and mitigate complex risks associated with high-impact projects.

Nice-to-haves

• Retail experience.
• Expertise with packaged software (i.e., ERP, Retail, etc.).
• Solid skills in managing vendors.
• Good project budgeting experience.
• Ability to help transition to the future.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance