Cedent Consulting - Palo Alto, CA
posted 2 months ago
The Sr IT Project Manager position at our Palo Alto, CA location is a full-time role focused on managing global IT projects from initiation to delivery. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing a diverse set of IT projects, including IT General and Administrative (G&A), Research and Development (R&D), Commercial applications, infrastructure, and cybersecurity. This role requires a proactive approach to managing project objectives, scope, time, quality, resources, costs, risks, and change management. The candidate will also assist in developing best practices for project management and the systems development life cycle (SDLC). In this role, the Sr IT Project Manager will develop project charters, comprehensive plans, budgets, success criteria, metrics, status reporting, communications, and other deliverables to ensure successful project delivery. The candidate will need to anticipate critical activities and risks, identify issues, and demonstrate initiative to escalate and resolve them appropriately. Effective communication with stakeholders regarding project progress, status, dependencies, and risks is essential to ensure necessary corrective actions are taken to keep projects on track. The position also involves establishing effective governance structures, creating project task plans, monitoring team member tasks, and ensuring timely completion of deliverables. The Sr IT Project Manager will partner with others to implement best practices for project management and maintain templates, guidelines, and process documentation. Coaching and mentoring team members on project management best practices is also a key responsibility. The candidate will manage multiple global projects involving internal stakeholders and external partners, ensuring compliance with departmental SDLC and PM methodologies while conducting lessons learned for projects to apply learnings proactively.