Penske Truck Leasing · 1 day ago
Senior Technical Project Manager
Reading, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expPenske Truck Leasing is an industry-leading technology innovation company with a 50-year history in the transportation and supply-chain industry. As a Senior Technical Project Manager, you will provide end-to-end technical project management for enterprise-wide technology projects, focusing on ensuring that projects remain on schedule and within budget while managing resources effectively.
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Responsibilities
Understand, support, apply, and maintain the Penske Project Management Methodology, documentation and tools
Full life cycle project management (initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing) to support waterfall and agile development projects
Project Planning duties include discovery and framing of solutions, requirements gathering, and business case and charter development through understanding internal and external customer needs
Project requirements include working directly with IT and Business process owners to define the specific project requirements and deliverables
Work closely with engineers, designers, researchers, and product owners to distill technical requirements into easily actionable user stories or specifications
Acts as the project architect to ensure the various cross functional elements of the solution work effectively together
Development and management of work breakdown structure along with key milestone measurements and baseline delivery timelines. Efficiently planning for and prioritize needed resources based on deliverable dates, scope, and goals
Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path deliverables
Effectively communicate the program status, scope changes, issues and risks to leadership
Responsible for the development project budget that captures all expenditures for the entire set of project resources
Participate in agile ceremonies including framing & discovery, sprint planning, daily stand ups, product demonstrations, and retrospective meetings
Monitor all program activity, budget and resources to ensure the program remains on schedule, within budget, and that no rework will be required
Facilitate project working sessions, project update meetings and steering committee report outs
Follow up on project related issues with responsible resources all the way through to resolution and holding all project related resources accountable to agreed upon deliverables
Monitoring risks and scoping creep on each project in order to preemptively address potential issues
Manage all project communications, ensuring effective exchange of project information and deliverables to internal and external stakeholders. Responsible for ongoing project status report outs, and project measurement systems
Set up & maintain the use of appropriate tools for project management documentation for effective tracking and facilitate sharing of project information
Effectively close projects down upon completion of final deployment and post deployment support
Complete project after action reviews to identify process improvement opportunities
In a Management Capacity you will; Work with leadership to ensure project alignment to approved programs; Appropriately set and managing client expectations through tactful negotiation and clear communication; Identify, analyze, and communicate project risks; Manage the expectation of stakeholders across the project; Independently prioritize and accomplish multiple task within established timeframes; Delegate task and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
Provide training and mentor both IT and business associates on the Penske project management methodology and tools
Vendor sourcing activities, including the development of RFP’s, RFQ’s and RFI’s
Involvement in contract review sessions including master service agreements, subscription service agreements, statements of work and support agreements
Provide support on technology research that is related to defined projects or initiatives
Vendor management activities to support application development, contractor onboarding and SOW deliverable validation
Use knowledge of software engineering, IT concepts, and business acumen to guide cross-functional teams in the execution of technical proof-of-concepts
Prepare presentations, project documentation and reports to various partners
Develop, maintain and effectively execute software development iterations throughout the life of your assigned projects, which defines activities, sequence, dependencies, work effort, duration and associated resource requirements
Identify new project methodologies and implement approved project management tools
Identification of process improvement opportunities and follow through using tools like lean process improvements
Provide ad hoc analysis to support portfolio/project KPI’s, metrics and finding
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or Business Administration or equivalent experience
At least 7 years of proven project management experience involving application development, infrastructure implementations and process improvement initiatives
Information technology background required
Project Management Certification or formal project management training required
Formal training or knowledge on the Software Development Lifecycle or Application Development
Strong Computer skills: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access are required
Proven success in the management of large scale IT projects
Thorough understanding of project management lifecycle
In depth understanding of waterfall and agile SDLC
Preferred
Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certification
Company
Penske Truck Leasing
Penske Truck Leasing is a transportation solutions company that offers truck leasing, rental, and logistics services.
10001+ employees
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