Randstad Digital Americas · 19 hours ago
Sr Project Manager/Scrum Master
Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a Sr Project Manager & Scrum Master familiar with Marketing technologies to oversee large-scale Marketing initiatives. The role involves planning, directing, and coordinating project activities to ensure objectives are met within time and budget constraints.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Keeps stakeholders, including management, informed of progress to goal; negotiate adjustments to the schedule and resources to ensure overall quality of completed project
Functions as central point for all project communications
Leverages most effective means of communication based on situation/urgency
Develops and delivers presentation content to drive understanding and alignment across Team and Project Sponsors (Governance structure)
Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Sponsor role that is executed at the appropriate level of the organization
Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Steering Group that is supporting/influencing the Sponsor while representing cross-functional perspective with common project goals
Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Stakeholder Group that represents and can influence project direction and deliverables
Collaborates to develop a positive relationship between L.L.Bean and vendor(s) to ensure successful project deliverables
Negotiates contracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements with vendors and monitors project deliverables. Transitions vendor contracts to internal support owner to ensure understanding and compliance with service level agreements
Tracks and maintains vendor deliverable costs
Identifies & analyzes project risks to determine highest potential risk exposure that should be proactively managed
Identifies & focuses on resolution of issues and risks using appropriate levels of escalation considering impact to scope, schedule, budget or quality
Develops a project work breakdown structure
Develops and manages a project schedule/timeline using approved Project Management tools (Prism PPM, Jira, SharePoint, etc.)
Develops, monitors, and manages the project staffing plan and resource allocations approved by resource managers
Determines Resource Assignments with task estimates (ETC's)
Use negotiation skills to balance completing work with resources needed to achieve project success
Develops a project budget and track actual and forecasts weekly
Manages project budget in relevant tools for financials and resource allocation
Provides weekly budget spend / status reporting
Qualification
Required
Strong hands-on project management & Scrum Master skills - at least 5 years of experience managing complex IT efforts
Management of large teams with members working in multiple locations
Experience structuring work into various workstreams within a large project and managing multiple IT projects concurrently
Strong applied use of PM & Scrum tools/techniques (planning, risk management, budgeting, cost control, assessment, software/SaaS acquisition/RFP, develop & management of Jira board, Scrum ceremonies, etc.)
Experience with vendor contracts and vendor management
Excellent communication skills (oral and written), English-language skills, facilitation skills, etc. and ability to represent work at all levels of the organization (up to Executive levels)
Excellent people skills - developing strong relationships, building a trusting team environment, and ability to listen & translate into actionable plans
Preferred
Cloud Data Platforms in support of Marketing, Customer Analytics & Personalization in an omni-channel retail environment
Prism PPM, Jira, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint
Understand business process transformation and change management practices
Benefits
Medical
Prescription
Dental
Vision
AD&D
Life insurance offerings
Short-term disability
401K plan
Company
Randstad Digital Americas
Randstad Digital is a trusted digital enablement partner that facilitates accelerated transformation for businesses by providing global talent, capacity, and solutions across specialized domains.