Overview

The Senior Project Manager job is accountable for the successful end-to-end delivery of strategic projects, programs, and

portfolios. The job leads projects, programs, portfolios or leads an Agile ART or several agile teams, through

the systems development life cycle from planning through hyper care, working in close partnership with IT and

business leaders including executive sponsors. The work also includes leading, collaboration, coaching team

members and influencing others outside their direct team to ensure the success of initiatives.

Specialized Skills and Technologies

Experience in managing large and complex technical projects

Understanding of fundamentals of IT Architecture & Systems to deliver solutions is a must

Experience in integrating multiple systems (logic and data) across the enterprise is required

Functional knowledge and experience in implementing large and complex solutions either related to

software, data or Infrastructure projects is required

Experience with Microsoft Office tools is required

Ability to create and follow work and data flow charts is required

Need to understand Software Development Life Cycle and various delivery methodologies like Waterfall and Agile

Primary Responsibilities

Provide coaching and guidance to team members

Create and maintain project budgets

Build strong project teams

Manage and organize project teams to support project needs

Manage projects to successfully meet business requirements and outcomes

Plan and run test plans

Create work break down structures to support project delivery and track plan

Use level of efforts to assist in developing project budgets

Manage project progress and create effective status reports

Manage all required project documentation per SGWS PMO standards

Define, drive test metrics and monitor testing to ensure testing is completed per project schedule

Define resource plan and manage throughout project life cycle

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

7+ years leading system development or relevant work experience

Size of project is $500K -$1M, or up to 5 small projects at a time, teams less/25 people or less

Critical thinker

Results-oriented

Strong business acumen

Influencer

Facilitator

Problem solver

Budget and risk management

Good communicator

Highly collaborative

Process Oriented

Coach

Led systems development methodology and infrastructure project delivery

Executive presence

Ability to lead a team environment with Agile delivery values

Experience managing multiple medium to complex projects across multiple functions including

planning, analysis, design, development, implementation, and satisfaction of project requirements

Experience managing and mentoring project management staff including providing stretch

opportunities and coaching to develop team and deliver results

Proven experience successfully managing business and technical resources under an integrated project

plan to ensure the alignment of resources

Ability to take ownership for managing all aspects of project management from discovery through

delivery implementation

Experience presenting, escalating, and providing solutions to senior leadership

Experience managing a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all

parties. Proven record of focusing on building trusted relationship with those responsible for execution

Ability to quickly assess projects at the onset for areas of risk, identify gaps and recommend areas for

improvement

Experience in change management related aspects of project execution and ability to incorporate change considerations in planning / execution of projects

Agile Delivery Values

Openness – Team and stakeholders agree to be open about all work and challenges

Commitment – Personally commit to achieving the goals of the team

Respect – Respect your team members to be capable and independent

Courage – You have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems

Focus – Everyone focus on the work in the sprint and the goal of the scrum team. Rise and fall as team

Physical Demands

Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine

Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping

May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.