Senior IT Project Manager, ERP (Hybrid - Houston or Dallas, TX)

$150,000 - $200,000/Yr

AECOM - Houston, TX

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Houston, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

AECOM is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide technology projects within the Corporate IT/Applications team. This role involves planning, executing, and delivering projects while ensuring alignment with business processes and successful transitions. The Senior IT Project Manager will also support the development of the Applications ERP roadmap and manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing project management and business analysis tasks.

Responsibilities

• Identifies new innovative solutions to optimize business processes, reduce costs, and enhance customer experience.
• Gathers and documents requirements for technology initiatives.
• Prepares detailed Project Plans/schedules to meet project delivery goals.
• Prepares and maintains the project budget.
• Assembles and manages the project team to ensure deliverables remain on schedule, within scope, and within budget.
• Manages vendors supporting or executing the project.
• Works with technical management and other IT and business resources on project planning, solution design, and technical architecture.
• Prepares and maintains all project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manages project scope by enforcing change control procedures.
• Manages project issues and risks with necessary mitigation, escalation, and backup plans.
• Prepares project status reports and executive presentations to present process improvement solutions, business case, and project progress.
• Defines and presents business cases for proposed projects.
• Follows industry standard SDLC processes in alignment with company SDLC policy including waterfall and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Assesses impact of projects/systems on business processes and facilitates a smooth transition of system and process changes.
• Ensures compliance of projects/solutions with key company controls (e.g., Sarbanes Oxley).
• Works with IT leadership to define the support model for new systems and facilitates transition of the new system from project resources to support resources.
• May perform business analysis tasks on some projects including process mapping, requirements definition, IT testing, oversight of user testing, and end user training.
• May lead evaluation and selection of vendors/solutions including management of proposal/RFP process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field plus at least 10 years of hands-on, progressively challenging, IT project management experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including at least 2 years of leadership experience.
• Experience with implementing Oracle ERP solutions, preferably the latest Oracle Cloud technologies.
• Well-rounded technical experience with solid understanding of common technologies and solutions, both infrastructure and applications.
• Significant experience in all aspects of IT project management from hardware infrastructure through application development and deployment.
• Applications/software experience, including management of custom software development and implementation of configured or off-the-shelf solutions.
• Experience with IT procurement and vendor relationship management.
• Knowledge of PMI's Project Management methodology and best practices.
• Experience managing projects using a variety of SDLC methodologies including Agile/Scrum and waterfall.
• Business Analysis experience including process mapping, requirements definition, IT testing, coordination of user testing, and training.
• Proficiency in using the full Microsoft Office suite - Project, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Hands-on experience in Project Planning and Management using various tools and techniques.
• Experience implementing significant process improvement initiatives.
• Proven experience managing enterprise-scale projects of sizeable scope and complexity.

Nice-to-haves

• Masters Degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent certification.
• Experience managing a portfolio of projects preferred.
• Experience within a consulting or professional services environment.
• Experience working in similarly large, complex, global organizations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits
• Paid time off
• Leaves of absence
• Voluntary benefits
• Perks
• U.S. and global well-being programs
• Employee assistance program
• Business travel insurance
• Service recognition awards
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee stock purchase plan