Project Manager - COTS (Remote)

• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Type: Contract
• Job #3576

Our Partner is hiring a Project Manager with strong COTS experience.  Ideally, you’ll have experience working with SAP, EDI, COTS, Data warehouse and Analytics. The project manager will work with Business Partners, Resource managers, Individual Contributors, IT Governance, and Senior Management to deliver projects on-time, within established budget, and within approved scope. You’ll work with Business Partners and cross-functional teams to manage, communicate, and escalate as necessary issues and risks.

What you’ll do:

• Manages and directs cross functional project teams on IT projects.
• Develops, coordinates, and maintains integrated project timelines for all assigned projects.
• Facilitates the IT definition of project scope, goals, deliverables, project tasks and resource requirements.
• Aligns with business project owner on scope of project.
• Responsible for IT resource planning, IT guidance, budget estimation, and change control.
• Facilitates project oversight meetings and daily scrum meetings to discuss issues, risks, project status, business engagement, testing, and implementation. Communicates risks, issues, and progress back to the business program manager.
• Works closely with program managers and functional leaders to ensure projects meet all metrics including quality, savings, budgets and schedules.
• Works with resource managers and individual contributors to identify and assign the right resource at various stages of the project life cycle.

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a combination of areas such as operations, program/project management, finance, information technology, ERP Systems, Application Development, or IT Infrastructure
• COTS (commercial off the shelf) implementation experience
• Project Management Certification (PMI) a plus
• Working knowledge of IT project finances including capitalization
• Experience with SAP ERP software, Service Now, MS Project, and SharePoint preferred

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