Senior IT Project Manager

$110,000 - $125,000/Yr

Unclassified - Beachwood, OH

Full-time - Senior

Beachwood, OH

About the position

The Senior IT Project Manager will be responsible for scoping, documenting, testing, and deploying critical projects for Current Lighting. This role involves managing high-complexity projects that span multiple areas of IT. The projects may include changes to manufacturing or supply chain processes, integrations with third-party logistics companies, data and analytics initiatives, finance enhancements, intercompany and international process improvements, eCommerce platform improvements, and customer rollouts. Additionally, the role encompasses infrastructure hardware installation, property migration, and networking rollouts. The applications relevant to these projects include SAP S/4 HANA, Salesforce, Power BI, Snowflake, Vertex, Precisely/Winshuttle, OpenText, Oasis, Connect, EDI, and more. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent work experience and education. A minimum of 10 years of IT project management experience is required, with a proven track record of managing projects that have increased in size and complexity. The Senior IT Project Manager must be highly collaborative, capable of working with and guiding various business stakeholders, and able to delve into the details of current state processes to create comprehensive documentation. This role also requires the facilitation of decision-making among large groups and strong personalities, as well as prior success in implementing projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. The candidate should have familiarity with IT projects, including ERP, eCommerce, cloud networking, and infrastructure/hardware installation projects. Curiosity and tenacity are essential, as is the ability to translate between business and technical terminology. A high degree of empathy and a servant leadership style are crucial for success in this role, along with the ability to work with offshore technical resources across multiple time zones. Strong QA skills are necessary to lead the strategy and execution of IT testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Experience with Smartsheet and SharePoint is considered a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Scope, document, test, and deploy critical IT projects.
• Manage high-complexity projects covering multiple areas of IT.
• Implement changes to manufacturing or supply chain processes.
• Integrate with third-party logistics companies.
• Lead data and analytics projects.
• Enhance finance processes and systems.
• Improve intercompany and international processes.
• Oversee eCommerce platform improvements and customer rollouts.
• Manage infrastructure hardware installation and property migration.
• Coordinate networking rollouts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent work experience and education.
• Minimum of 10 years IT project management experience with increasing project size and complexity.
• Highly collaborative with the ability to work with and guide varying business stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze current state processes and create documentation.
• Facilitate decision-making among large groups and strong personalities.
• Prior success with implementing projects in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Familiarity with IT projects including ERP, eCommerce, Cloud networking, and infrastructure/hardware installation.
• Curiosity and tenacity to question and understand processes.
• Ability to translate between business and technical terminology.
• High degree of empathy and a servant leadership style.
• Experience working with offshore technical resources in multiple time zones.
• Strong QA skills to lead strategy and execution of IT testing and UAT.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Smartsheet and SharePoint.

Benefits

• Permissive Time Off Policy for flexibility in taking time off.
• Paid Company Holidays.
• Comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement program with a fully vested immediate company match.
• Flexible Spending Account options for pre-tax employee allocations.
• Access to top-notch learning courses through LinkedIn Learning.
• Management and Leadership development programs.
• Quarterly company all-employee meetings.
• Regular manager check-ins to drive performance and career growth.