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Reporting to the Project Management Office (PMO), these individuals will turn business priorities into results by taking initiative, creating momentum, securing decisions, removing obstacles, and holding stakeholders accountable for commitments.\nSuccess in these roles means moving work forward. You will challenge assumptions, resolve competing priorities, and develop practical options when delivery is at risk. Strong planning and communication support this work; measurable business outcomes define success.\nYou will also use approved artificial intelligence (AI) tools and automation to simplify project administration and improve PMO processes and procedures, creating more capacity for problem-solving, stakeholder engagement, and delivery execution.\nThe Project Manager and Technical Delivery Manager work together as execution partners with clear, complementary responsibilities:\nThe Technical Delivery Manager owns engineering execution, including technical delivery planning and coordination of engineering work\nThe Project Manager drives the organization around engineering, aligning business stakeholders, vendors, decisions, cross-team dependencies, resources, and business readiness\nTogether, they drive the outcome, maintaining a shared view of delivery priorities, risks, tradeoffs, and commitments\nDrive Outcomes and Accountability\nLead medium- to high-complexity technology projects from initiation through implementation and business acceptance, with clear ownership of commitments and measurable success criteria\nTranslate business objectives into actionable delivery plans with defined outcomes, accountable owners, and realistic timelines\nProactively secure decisions by identifying decision-makers, presenting options and tradeoffs, recommending a path forward, and following through to resolution\nResolve dependencies by coordinating across teams, challenging unnecessary sequencing, and negotiating commitments that enable progress\nIdentify delivery obstacles early and take action to remove them. Escalate issues with clear options, recommendations, and specific requests for support.\nDevelop and execute recovery options when delivery is at risk, working with the Technical Delivery Manager and business stakeholders to assess scope, timing, resource, and cost tradeoffs\nHold stakeholders, vendors, and project participants accountable for commitments, addressing missed commitments promptly and constructively\nEnable Technical Delivery and Business Readiness\nOwn business and vendor coordination, cross-functional dependencies, stakeholder alignment, and organizational readiness\nWork with business analysts to clarify requirements and help business customers evaluate solution options, costs, timelines, and readiness needs\nSecure timely agreement on scope, priorities, acceptance criteria, and deliverables from sponsors and key stakeholders\nManage project scope, resources, finances, risks, and issues with a focus on informed decisions and successful delivery\nCommunicate progress through outcomes achieved, decisions needed, delivery risks, and actions underway\nWork with product managers and owners to build forward-looking plans and roadmaps that connect technology delivery to business value.\nCoordinate business readiness and implementation activities, confirming ownership for adoption, operational handoffs, and measurement of intended benefits.\nUse AI and Automation to Improve PMO Effectiveness\nUse approved AI tools and automation to reduce manual effort in status reporting, meeting summaries, action tracking, documentation, and routine coordination\nApply the time saved to resolving problems, accelerating decisions, removing obstacles, and supporting delivery teams\nChallenge existing PMO processes and eliminate unnecessary meetings, reports, approvals, and duplicate data entry while preserving essential governance\nDevelop scalable, repeatable practices, templates, and workflows that improve delivery effectiveness and simplify how teams work\nUse AI-assisted analysis to identify potential risks, dependencies, and planning gaps, validating findings with reliable data and accountable stakeholders\nPartner with PMO leadership to pilot and scale improvements, measuring administrative effort reduced, decision turnaround time, delivery predictability, and other relevant outcomes\nApply human judgment and review to AI-generated outputs and follow company requirements for information security, privacy, and responsible AI use\nTurn retrospectives and lessons learned into implemented improvements, and help teams adopt more effective tools and practices\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience\n7+ years of project management experience delivering medium- to high-complexity projects\n7+ years of experience in information technology and business/industry\nDemonstrated success personally moving complex projects forward by securing decisions, removing obstacles, resolving dependencies, and recovering at-risk delivery\nExperience managing software product delivery and partnering effectively with technical or engineering delivery leaders\nAbility to lead through influence, challenge assumptions constructively, navigate competing priorities, and hold stakeholders accountable across organizational boundaries\nStrong judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to develop options, explain tradeoffs, and recommend a practical course of action\nApplied understanding of Waterfall and Agile methodologies and the Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)\nExperience facilitating Agile practices, including sprint planning and retrospectives, in partnership with technical delivery leadership\nStrong Jira knowledge, including planning, tracking, reporting, and workflow management\nExperience improving PMO practices or leading AI adoption and workflow automation is a plus\nPractical experience using AI-enabled tools or automation to improve project delivery or business processes, with the ability to validate outputs and assess measurable benefits\nExcellent communication, relationship-building, and presentation skills, including the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders at all management levels\nExperience managing project financials, resources, vendors, and cross-functional commitments\nProject Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred\nExperience with cross-functional Salesforce project management is a plus\nAbout Our Company\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nThe H.W. 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