NPO Senior Project Manager

Oracle NetSuite Cloud Operations is seeking an energetic senior Project Managers to plan, design, and deliver complex technical IT projects such as Cloud data center build out, product and service migrations and deployments, upgrades to new technology, and other cloud infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will be collaborative and team-oriented, able to focus on details and see the big picture; can comprehend, organize, and simplify complex problems; and is eager to learn new technologies. This role will also contribute to NPO process improvement initiatives focused on improving project delivery and maturing project management processes.

The Project Manager will be able to work with Waterfall, Agile and hybrid methodologies while being responsible for leading teams to deliver projects that span across multiple organizational units. The Project Manager will manage matrix resources and schedules while adhering to stage gate quality and NPO process control guidelines.  This also includes management of scope, issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.

Job Duties and Responsibilities\:

• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or more organizational business units
• Provide leadership for project teams by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
• Full project life cycle ownership from initiation to deployment for multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities of the NPO
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project
• Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and conducts regular project team meetings
• Provide status reporting for project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues to all levels of the organization
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs
• Manage project scope, changes, issues and risks
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
• Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle

 

Key Competencies\:

• Demonstrated experience using Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall project management methodologies
• Strong experience and technical analytic abilities in all areas of IT infrastructure including architecture, systems engineering, network infrastructure, disaster recovery, server deployment, operating systems, web technologies, monitoring, security, and backups.
• Excellent leadership capability with experience influencing and gaining buy-in from executive sponsors, team members, stakeholders and peers
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Able to apply best-practices within and outside the NPO to establish benchmark data and use continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results
• Experience leading, motivating and managing various project team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills with technical and non-technical staff.  Ability to confidently present to all levels of management
• Proven ability to work in a frequently ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple organizations to achieve common objectives
• Demonstrated decisiveness in resolving technica problems, making decisions and identifying priorities
• Supportive of diverse and inclusive work environments

 

Required qualifications\:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in appropriate field of study; Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, etc.
• 8 years of IT project management experience
• 8 years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment
• Must be comfortable and proficient presenting to, and communicating with, all levels of the organization
• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Confluence, and Jira
• PMP and/or CSM certification or other project management certification is a plus

!|!Coordinates all aspects of internal information system-specific projects from initiation to delivery. Projects often involve network, server, or software implementation and upgrades, PC deployment and the like.

Coordinates work performed by IT staff and internal customers/partners by defining project specifications, performing feasibility and needs/impact assessments. Develops detailed project plans and manages all implementation processes including resource allocation, progress tracking, monitoring change control process, testing, documentation, training and on-time delivery within budget constraints.

Duties and tasks are varied and complex utilizing independent judgment. Fully competent in own area of expertise. May have project lead role and or supervise lower level personnel. BS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. Typically 5 years of project management, product design or related experience needed.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).!|!