The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Sr. Technical PM in Lake Buena Vista FL\ Hybrid.

Role Description

• Facilitate scope definition, cross-functional estimates and high-level planning workshops
• Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones and deliverable tasks
• Develop project plans and schedules with cross discipline functional leads
• Maintain release plans and align multiple environments to ensure appropriate promotion of stories and tasks
• Validate that scope can be completed within timeline and budget
• Estimate resource needs with help from functional leads
• Work with cross discipline team members to validate program and project assumptions
• Serve as primary liaison among multiple teams, including Product Management, Design, Technology, vendors and other key functional delivery teams (when appropriate)
• Communicate regular status updates to program and project executive leadership team on delivery progress, plan updates and budget spend and forecast
• Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation
• Facilitate meetings ensuring that meeting goals are stated and achieved
• Prevent scope creep and facilitate change requests to ensure impacts to schedule or budget are approved and communicated
• Ensure proper program and project closure including retroactive/lessons learned, transition and hand-off to sustainment and operations support, and final financial reporting

Skills & Requirements

• Excellent communication skills – bringing multiple teams together
Setting candidate apart will have Supply Chain Management and Warehouse Management Systems experience with Previous experience with Blue Yonder/JDA/Red Prairie WMS, or similar large-scale warehousing solutions
• They still want to see strong PMs that are not supply chain / WMS
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience in program and project management with an online retailer, ideally in e-commerce, supply chain, merchandising, or operations.
• 2-3 years Agile or Hybrid delivery experience
• Possesses extensive experience in the basics of project management: estimation, program and project planning, resource planning, risk management, change management, and release management
• Experience with modifying or extending a Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS) solution
• Experienced in multiple full lifecycle software deliveries from business development and discovery to final software acceptance
• Experience in a matrixed responsibility organization working with multiple product managers and business analysts
• Must possess excellent business communication, writing, and interpersonal skills
• Able to work both collaboratively and independently while maintaining a high level of productivity
• Experience using JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, and SharePoint
• Proactive and solution-oriented when managing issues
• Able to work under tight timetables and high pressure situations
• Demonstrated analysis/assessment capabilities
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and able to juggle, shift gears, and maintain a sense of humor
• Experience in the supply chain industry, specifically warehouse management systems, is preferred
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in program management in digital/technology projects.
• 5+ years of Agile or Hybrid delivery experience
• Experience using Smartsheet, MS Copilot
• Establish project financial forecasts including resource/labor plans and other expense plans
• Proven track record managing individual project budgets or budget roll-up of multiple projects
• Led teams with multiple discipline representation (including product management/strategy, technology, design, and analytics)
• Previous experience with Blue Yonder/JDA/Red Prairie WMS, or similar large-scale warehousing solutions

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

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In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.

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