Manager, Project Management (Data Supply Chain Integration)

Job Description

KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, Project Management (Data Supply Chain Integration) to join our Data Strategy and Operations organization.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with internal customers and teams to develop and maintain project and/or program artifacts, such as scope, approach, solution, plan, resources, estimates; develop, track and manage project forecasts and costs; request budget allocation and reallocations; ensure project and /or program is within budget
• Facilitate team meetings, publish meeting notes and action items, ensure follow up with team members, update project documents and systems, ensure timely completion of action items; adhere and contribute to project management standards and processes, including tools and reporting
• Communicate project status and be the project advocate; take responsibility for proactive risk and issue management; ensure mitigating strategies or contingencies are appropriately applied to anticipated risks and issues
• Establish positive and collaborative relationships with customers and demonstrate a clear understanding of both internal and external customer requirements and success criteria
• Integrate and align with other departmental processes and solutions; participate in and facilitate post project/phase reviews to cultivate a learning organization; identify, manage and control changes to scope
• Collaborate with internal customers and appropriate teams on behavioral change management plan to ensure user adoption of new systems and processes, mentor and train less experienced team members on standards, processes and tools

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent and progressive experience planning, tracking and executing three medium risk projects and/or one program of small to medium complexity projects concurrently, including multi-phase, multi-track projects with up to 30 project team members
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Project management experience that includes full lifecycle software development, IT transformation and infrastructure deployment methodologies and industry best practices
• Experience as a ScrumMaster, leading Agile ceremonies, facilitating scrum teams, measuring team velocity, reporting on team progress, and removing impediments for assigned team(s) as well as coordinating a Sprint backlog in conjunction with Product Owner and team members preferred
• Strong verbal/written communication, with ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of responsibility and authority; must be able to prioritize, delegate and foster the development of high performance teams to lead/support an environment driven by customer service and team work; strong trouble-shooting and organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously; ability to participate in resource planning processes based on defined organizational plans
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future