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TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods · 5 hours ago

Director of Technical Project Management

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$150K/yr - $170K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Establish the PMO role and create a Center of Excellence in alignment with Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines, quality standards, and company requirements

Develop, implement, and govern program management processes, dashboards, templates, policies, and metrics

Monitor compliance with project policies and standards

Oversee Project Managers for the delivery of projects/programs on time, within the scope, and on budget

Oversee outside vendor(s) to supplement staffing of projects/programs

Interface with financial teams to ensure Capital projects are performing as budgeted

Lead collaboration across organizational boundaries to build an end-to-end commercial solutions and Engineering capabilities

Be able to develop solution requirements by working with various stakeholders

Manage projects and interface with agile teams using agile SDLC methodologies.

Maintain excellent communication with stakeholders to ensure early identification of issues and report those in a timely manner

Be comfortable operating with uncertainty, know how to create order from chaos

Build credibility and buy-in from teams and influence without authority

Coach and mentor PMO team members and share knowledge of best practices

Set annual performance targets for direct reports and conduct performance reviews

Qualification

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Technical Project ManagementAgile SDLC methodologiesProject Management toolsChange managementBusiness Analytics & ReportingBudget managementRelationship buildingMentoring skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience

8+ years of Technical Project Management experience in an agile software development organization

Expert-level knowledge of project and change management, methodologies, techniques, and processes

Flexible, adaptable, and resourceful when managing changing timelines and multiple deliverables

Experience with project management tools such as Confluence/Jira

Excellent balance of interpersonal, organizational, and technical skills

Ability to evangelize and represent a technical community

Proven experience in leading globally distributed teams

Ability to define and manage project requirements/exit criteria and assist in high-level estimations

Ability to communicate business needs to technical people and to communicate and simplify complex technical information for non-technical people

Proven ability to negotiate and problem solve, navigating complex situations and ambiguity

Experience managing and tracking budgets

Business Analytics & Reporting skills needed for data-driven decisions and team/project reporting

Strong relationship building/partnering skills with global cross-functional teams and the ability to work with varying levels of individual contributors and management

Experience managing and delivering end-user expectations

Ability to motivate, inspire, and influence the team to deliver stellar products and quality