Ross Stores, Inc. · 1 day ago
IT PM Program Manager
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$142K/yr - $236K/yr
8+ years expRoss Stores is a leading off-price retail chain with a strong track record of success and growth. The IT PM Program Manager is responsible for delivering medium complexity projects, managing multiple stakeholders, overseeing vendor relationships, and ensuring that project goals are met while fostering continuous improvement and innovation.
ApparelFashionRetailRetail Technology
Responsibilities
Stays current on industry and technology trends, leveraging insights to bring forward new products or solutions
Generates and manages workplans for complex and interdependent programs, projects and workstream plans, ensuring that all activities are identified, are appropriately organized and resourced
Manages program and/or project resourcing, including staffing costs, forecasts and variances to ensure effective resource utilization
Plans and leads analysis and stakeholder consultation through SVP level to agree on project scope and deliverables
Plans and coordinates the requirements identification, document and manage requirements throughout the project; and coordinate verification of achievement
Identifies risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with programs, escalating where appropriate including to senior leadership
Drafts and delivers reports and presentations that enable stakeholders to evaluate progress and agree on plan and changes
At conclusion of project, supervises production of appropriate documentation and training to enable successful transition to business
Leads vendor contracting and ongoing vendor management
Leads through the capital funding process managing large budgets
Leads medium to large teams communicating project vision coordinating team actions on project activities; and flow of additional team members on and off the team as needed
Builds team capability through training, coaching and mentoring
Executes stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective project working relationships and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met
Identifies, acquires, and manages the resources (physical and human) required for delivery
Leads direct report(s), including performance management, coaching and development and engagement activities
Identifies and records lessons learned to inform future project activity
Reviews existing operations and generates new ideas to guide continuous improvements
Conducts assurance reviews within the program or project, facilitate the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified
Leads post-project reviews and identification of lessons learned
Maintains external accreditations and stay current on relevant tools and best practices in project management through continuing professional development
Partners with Engineering Technical managers to lead and manage various engineering-led projects and initiatives
Manage delivery leads to deliver required infrastructure (shared-services) to portfolio-driven projects
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree with a concentration in Business, Information Systems or Computer Science or related equivalent experience
8+ years of experience leading project planning and execution in a medium to large company, with equivalent experience and focus on IT infrastructure
Knowledgeable on infrastructure HW/SW areas including Operating Systems, Database, Storage and Networking
2+ years of people management experience, including leading project managers
Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills to executive audiences; effective listener
Resourcefulness - identifies different ways to accomplish work when resources are limited
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with individuals through executive level
Vendor contract negotiation and management
Influence and Negotiation: able to obtain consensus between two or more internal or external parties with different interests
Proven organization skills: ability to prioritize effectively and manage multiple tasks in an environment with competing demands
Strong MSOffice skills - Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft One Drive and Visio Adept at learning technologies, tools and processes
Knowledge of PMO tools such as OnePlan, Primavera, Planview
Experience with Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid project delivery methodologies
Preferred
Project Management Certification such as PMP, PBA, CSM, SAFe Agilist
Working experience in the retail industry or similar fast-paced environment
Company
Ross Stores, Inc.
For the last 40+ years, Ross Stores, Inc. has grown from a six-store chain into an $21.1 billion, Fortune 500 Company.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
William Sheehan
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
BG Badriprasad
Chief Security Architect
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