Remote (In Ireland) | Multinational Tech Client | 3 month contract
Our client is looking for someone with great project and change management skills who is passionate about process improvement, will drive actionable insights across complex business, and will identify and resolve critical problems for our stakeholders.
A successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, will be detail oriented, have cross group organizational skills, demonstrate empathy, have well developed analytical and problem-solving capabilities, experience enabling action from data, have a passion to automate processes and thrive on operational support, remain resilient and constructive when faced with changes, and quickly adapt to changes.
Reponsibilities:
* Manages initiative release readiness and deployment activities as well as risks and challenges that impact release scope, quality, and schedules.
* Works with cross-functional (e.g., Operations, Product Teams, Engineering, Finance) stakeholders to test and deploy complex programs with minimal coaching.
* Produces collateral (e.g., proposals, strategy walking deck, internal and external pitch content) to incorporate stakeholder needs and ensure the business objectives are met.
* Communicates clearly on the benefits of the program, the release plan and communicates the program status and risk to relevant stakeholders and holds them accountable for following the established schedule, risk mitigation plans, and processes.
* Trusted Advisor - Provide direction and guidance to internal stakeholders answering related questions or issues, while demonstrating a positive attitude.
* Utilizes direction and strategy from leadership regarding business area of expertise to help create and execute plans that shift current priorities to new organizational initiatives and objectives, and influences others to change behavior accordingly.
* Defines vision and strategy for change, broad and specific impact, and the flow of communication to the organization
* Ensures buy in and adoption of the new program or change by others in the organization.
* Embody our culture and values
Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, or related field
* 4+ years of project management experience.
* 2+ years of working-cross functionally with tech or non-tech teams experience.
* 2+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience.
* 2+ years of supply chain or procurement experience
* Advanced knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps)
Preferred Qualifications:
* Sound business acumen and the ability to effectively manage competing priorities
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively within multiple levels of an organization
* Be comfortable working with ambiguity and adept at using data to influence decision making
* Knowledge of engineering agile methodologies
* Demonstrated influencing skills, with proven ability to handle multiple stakeholders and work streams across various levels of the organization, and prioritize as needed, including pushing back
* PROSCI certified or related change management certification
