Technology Project Manager - Mobile, United States - Mediterranean Shipping Company

Description

THE ROLETo continue our growth, we are hiring new talents. We are now looking for an experienced Technology Project Manager (TPM) to join our Enterprise Architecture Team.

The TPM role is to contribute to the planning and realization of the Enterprise Architecture roadmap by leading the implementation of technology and transversal projects, which are used to develop and run the new global and enterprise-wide Information System to be delivered by the Program.

The scope of activities of the TPM includes all the project management responsibilities, a wide understanding of enterprise IT technologies plus service management-oriented mindset.

As such, he/she will have to work in collaboration with various MSC Technology Teams worldwide. He/She will need to understand and communicate on different viewpoints a) the beneficial impact of his/her projects, b) the activities to plan to reach the project objectives, c) the subsequent changes to manage for a successful deployment of his/her projects. He/She will need to organize, coordinate, and manage in parallel several work packages delivery with geographically distributed teams.

He/She will be working very closely with the transversal teams and with the product teams located in Italy, Switzerland, India, North America, Belgium, etc.

He/She will need to understand a) the MSC environment, culture, context, and people b) the business and application requirements justifying the need of his/her projects, c) the scale at which MSC needs to deploy and provide support, to provide effective leadership in a proactive manner to the impacted teams. A proven successful experience of several years in similar positions is expected.
Key ResponsibilitiesManagementAt this stage, the TPM does not directly manage a Team. However, he/she must work efficiently and provide leadership and coaching to all Programs Teams.


He/She will have to:

Establish a trusted relationship with the Program Management, Business Representatives, IT Architects, IT Operations, IT Managers, and any IT Specialist, to ensure their full understanding, participation, and commitment to the ProjectsTake full responsibility of on the assigned projects, under supervision of his/her functional managerExecute his/her projects with methodology and transparency, as per agile values and principlesEnsure proper and efficient communication and collaboration within the projects and with the projects counterparts and stakeholders.

Help decision makers to make the right choices:
communicate with stakeholders using clear and concise language, prepare and comment decision matrices tailored to the readersAdopt and promote a pragmatic approach in solving issuesAnticipate and manage risks, in coordination with his/her functional managerProvide reporting and support documents in time to his/her functional managerVerify and contribute to the validation of the Projects Teams subsequent deliverablesLeadershipFive key objectives should drive the

Technology Project Management:

Facilitate the definition of projects scopes, goals and deliverablesLead the planning, study, design, implementation, testing and deployment phase of the ProjectsProvide leadership in the definition and design of the solutions to meet architecture capabilities requirementsProvide leadership and coaching to the team, evaluate performance and manage continuous improvementAlign design and implementation choices with business and IT needs in conformance with OneVision EA roadmapsThe Technical Project Manager will strive to provide MSC with the best IT Services, according to these objectives.

He/She will ensure that the IT systems fulfill the non-functional requirements and respect the service management constraints for efficient transition handover.

ContributionAdvise, promote, coach, coordinate the use of the Architecture Solutions related to his/her projects.
Actively participate in the components identification and their dependencies with other systems in the enterprise architecture; review, assess and prepare decisions to be taken by Programs Management and Architecture Committee(s)

He/She will ensure that all Projects and Applications effectively use technical components as per the validated Technical Architecture DesignBuild technical components user guides, guidelines for other IT and Programs TeamsContribute to knowledge acquisition, transfer and retention with the development of training material and processes documentationDeliver Project according to objectives as defined and agreed during the definition phaseTrack Project deliverables using appropriate toolsAdjust the Project according to change requests or change in prioritiesExchange regularly with Enterprise Architecture Team and other involved teams to secure delivery in time and according to Quality Assurance standardsDevelop a mutually respectful working relationship with all staff in to ensure a strong Team effort in all activitiesProvide timely, complete, and accurate responses to all Program Stakeholders questions and inquiries in a positive and constructive mannerComplete tasks as required by the CompanyRemain current on trends and innovation in IT, Software and Middleware industryAnticipate and address potential issues leveraging previous experience and strong problem-solving skillsProvide timely, complete, and accurate responses to all Program Customers questions and inquiries in a positive and constructive mannerAvailability for travel as required to other MSC Technology offices, including India, 2-3 times per year (2-week duration each time)Qualifications And ExperienceRequired with 2+ years of proven experience:
Working in a production environment at global scaleLeading all phases of agile / traditional project managementPlanning and executing transition to Operations & SupportChange managementExperience with Enterprise Architecture or Technical teamsPerfect command of English, written and spoken

Preferred:
IT Service Management and GovernancePracticing Agile methodology (SCRUM, KANBAN)Knowledge of architecture, security, operations, support, release managementKnowledge documentation and maintenanceCurrent certifications are a plus#J-18808-Ljbffr