Position : Senior IT Project ManagerRequisition ID: : 24-1041WIN Waste Innovations is a waste management company committed to delivering essential waste management solutions to customers and communities supported by our team of 2,100 employees. We believe in preserving our environment for future generations while providing for today's needs. WIN Waste Innovations is a vertically integrated business with a platform of 50 strategically located collection, transfer, and disposal assets. These include waste-to-energy facilities, transfer stations, ash monofills, landfills, and fleets of rail cars and collection vehicles. We process more than 11 million tons of waste annually, converting 6.7 million tons of waste into clean, renewable energy that powers 340,000 homes. We recycle more than 234,000 tons of plastic, paper, and metals from the waste stream.The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for managing multiple strategic and tactical projects under the guidance of the IT Manager of Business Engagement. This position requires the ability to lead and manage multiple IT projects of varying complexity and duration. The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing progressively complex IT projects and must be highly organized. This role is accountable for on-time project delivery through the creation of detailed project schedules, mitigation of risks, and resolution of issues of medium to high complexity. Must have the ability to work well under pressure and succeed in a fast-paced environment. Experience with multiple project management methodologies like, scrum, kanban, and waterfall is required.Duties and Responsibilities
Lead and manage projects ranging in size and technical complexity from small to large, including enterprise wide projects
Manages assigned project(s) by overseeing the phases of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing
Create a competitive advantage through IT by enabling process improvements focused on the team’s speed, efficiency, quality, and agility
Lead project teams through the requirements analysis, design, development, and deployment in terms of scope, complexity, schedule and resources
Lead project teams in planning and estimating milestones, scheduling and assisting in defining required resources
Pro-actively manage project Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies
Work to control change, adjust the timeline, and project scope to accommodate approved changes
Analyze current PM methodologies and implement changes to increase speed and quality of delivery
Be an agent of change and a source of positive influence
Ensure consistency, quality, accountability and high standards in all projects
Provide work flow direction, technical guidance, project assignments, training, and performance input of staff in both the technical and professional aspects of their performance
Produce status and milestone reports including critical path analysis
Matrix management of work stream leaders
Track inter-dependencies of work streams
Leverage expertise to develop and present options and recommendations for implementation strategies/action plans across multiple projects
Direct the activities of cross-functional Program Teams through facilitation and coordination of meetings and distribution of information
Schedule & cost development including variance
Develop, monitor and actively manage a task-level Microsoft Project Enterprise Schedule/Plan, including the gathering of time estimates and cost estimates as input to the Schedule and the Budget and Resource Plan
Assist IT Manager in negotiating complex technical and business issues
Ensure that internal company project methodology standards are consistently adhered to
Ensures solutions are transitioned appropriately to the support team through company-defined processes
Qualifications:
Develop progressive and integrated baseline project plans, adapting estimating models if required
Aggressively pursue multiple priorities, issues, and constraints, and where conflict arises, mediate and work with project teams to resolve, and escalate when warranted to seek support
Anticipate operational and tactical risks, and effectively track and manage these throughout project lifecycle
Employ appropriate governance, compliance, and risk oversight on all projects under management
Ensure that quality is embedded in all project processes, activities, and deliverables from start to finish
Be able to pull teams of resource contributors together to plan out in more detail what is needed to accomplish the business objectives
Must be able to create detailed project plans to ensure successful project completion
Must create and maintain on-going documentation related to scope, business requirements, status and all other essential project documentation
Must be able to influence and persuade individuals and/or groups to common ground solutions
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to successfully manage multiple projects concurrently
Excellent planning and time management skills
Excellent leadership abilities
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Management or related discipline required
Minimum of 10 years of general IT project management experience
Must have experience managing Agile (Scrum and Kanban), Waterfall and hybrid projects
Expert level knowledge with Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA and Teams is required
Experience managing teams, including remote team members
Must have at least one of the following certifications: PMP, MPM, CSM,CSPM, AgilePM
At WIN Waste Innovations, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled.
