**Remote position with occasional travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin***

We are looking for a senior IT program manager to manage multifaceted data projects. This role involves driving projects particularly in Analytics, Data warehousing and Data Science space for Cloud and on-prem based solutions.

If you thrive in working across multiple teams, new technology, with an ability to influence business and technical leaders in a fast paced environment, have strong problem solving skills, excellent communication skills, and an experience with Agile/Scrum methods of getting work done, we want to talk to you.

Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations

This position will report to Sr. Director of Digital & IT Portfolio Management. Responsibilities will include the following:

• Owns overall responsibility for successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project or program

• Collaborate with IT leadership and project leads (IT and/or Business) to finalize business case, secure funding & resources, gain approval, create roadmap and manage projects

• Overall responsibility for activity planning & sequencing, resource planning, developing and maintaining schedules, budget management, risk analysis and management, action item follow-up, status reporting, issue management, business partnering, working with vendors etc.

• Responsible for keeping the project data updated on a regular basis in internal Project & Portfolio management tool & other project repositories. (ServiceNow, Jira, MS Project, SharePoint, etc.)

• Collaborate with internal IT and business teams to address daily operational or project-related issues.

• Plan and execute deployment, decommission, cost reductions

• Create over-arching roadmaps, project charters, communication and organizational change management plans

• Embed Agile methodology and principles, and champion the culture change

• Supports the governance and project status review meetings

Technical Knowledge/Skills Required:

• Experience in using both "waterfall" and "agile" project management methodologies and frameworks is a must

• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365

• Strong analytical skills, able to perceive and analyze problems, develop alternatives and recommend sound decisions

• Must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions, detect unstated assumptions and resolve conflicts, as well as more general management and team-player skills

• Proven ability to demonstrate strong project management skills:

• Be able to independently drive meetings, create and present status reports to IT and/or business audience independently

• Ability to create projects plans, proactive risk/issues management is key, drive follow-up on open actions, maintain compliance with company project management processes

• Proven competencies in using various Agile competencies in managing IT projects:

• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow SPM or related tools

• Prepare for and facilitate daily scrum meetings; sprint planning, review, and retrospective ceremonies; Experience as an IT project manager using both traditional waterfall and Agile methodologies is a must with an ability to blend them together based on current project requirements.

• Create, maintain, and organize backlog of features, epics, stories, and tasks

• Review and provide feedback on drafted user stories and epics to ensure alignment with general Agile user story standards

• Provide input to release planning using team capacity and skill set information

• Compile, analyze, and present statistics about time estimation accuracy, team velocity, and burndown rate to development team and management each sprint

• Be an advocate for the Agile and Scrum methodology

Non-Technical Knowledge/Skills Required:

• Ability to see big picture and translate the vision into manageable projects and tasks with proper prioritization

• Self-motivated and ability to work independently to drive execution

• Executive Communication : Extremely proficient at executive communication. Ability to establish context and hit the right tone while communicating with senior level executives

• Team communication skills are critical for ensuring the success of the projects.

• Strong collaboration & active listening skills

• Ability to build relationships and ensure the sharing of new ideas and best practices

• Ability to influence and coach teams to resolve conflict, remove impediments, and meet output targets

• Very strong team player, should possess ability to foster teamwork and positive working environment to the project team in light of changes and challenges.

• Should have people skills to be able to work independently with different IT team members in different roles

• Strong written and oral communications skills, detail oriented

• Planning : Needs to be skilled in estimation, planning and organize work. S/he knows how to create useful, reliable and practical plans and connect them to goals and actions.

• Curious with a strong aptitude to learn

• Recognize and deal appropriately with confidential and sensitive information

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, and rapidly changing environment. Be able to multi-task as needed

Experience:

• 8+ years of past experience as IT project manager, with 3 years in data related projects

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline

• Experience in managing ERP implementations, digital applications, BI & data analytics or network/security is preferred -

• Experience with cloud based data platforms like Snowflake, Data Bricks and IDMC (informatica in Cloud)

• PMP certification, Certified SCRUM master and/or other project management certification is preferred