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Pepper was founded in 1876 and is the world’s largest retailer of sheet music, with a particular focus on the K12 education market, offering over 1.2 million products on our website from over 1,000 suppliers. The company is headquartered in Exton, PA, with a large distribution facility in Atlanta, GA.\nPosition Overview\nThe IT Project Manager owns multiple concurrent software and enterprise application projects, serving as a driver of projects, from early discovery through delivery. The IT Project Manager is directly responsible for all phases of their assigned projects including project intake, gathering requirements, confirming scope, planning, execution, testing, delivery and go-live. The IT Project Manager collaborates closely with business stakeholders and cross-functional IT teams to ensure solutions meet business needs and deliver expected value.\nCandidates should have at least 5 years of experience in technical project management, including agile and waterfall methodologies, requirements gathering and strong communication skills. This position reports to the Director of IT Project Management within the CIO organization.\nRequirements\nProject Management\nServe as a key point of contact for business stakeholders on a regular basis, facilitating intake discussions, clarifying business needs, determining high level effort estimate and scope, ensuring all requests are documented in IT project intake.\nOwn and lead multiple concurrent IT projects from discovery through delivery.\nManage projects involving new application builds, system integrations, platform migrations, and software implementations.\nDevelop and maintain project plan and schedule, risk and issue logs, and dependency tracking.\nPlan and sequence work based on the project scope and available resources. Proactively identify and escalate resource constraints or conflicts.\nCoordinate cross-functional teams including internal IT architecture, IT development teams, business partners, and external vendors.\nProactively identify, communicate and resolve project risks, issues, and dependencies, including impacts to other initiatives.\nProvide regular status on progress, milestones, risks, issues and technical or business blockers.\nFacilitate project meetings and manage project communications. Create, maintain, and ensure the completion and proper storage of all required project documentation and artifacts throughout the project lifecycle.\nTailor project management practices, templates, and communications based on the project size and scope.\nEnsure all project documentation and artifacts are completed, stored, and archived in accordance with standards at project close.\nDemonstrate flexibility in response to changing priorities by assessing and communicating impacts to project plans, timelines, and resource allocation when direction shifts from IT and business leadership.\nBusiness Analysis\nPartner with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document business needs and requirements during project intake and discovery\nAnalyze and document current and future-state business processes using techniques such as stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process mapping.\nDevelop business analysis deliverables, including workflows, use cases, business rules, functional requirements, and acceptance criteria.\nConduct gap analyses to identify process improvements and ensure alignment with business objectives.\nCollaborate with IT architecture, product owners and development teams to refine requirements and ensure shared understanding.\nSupport the creation of test cases and participate in testing activities to validate that delivered solutions meet approved requirements and acceptance criteria.\nProactively identify and communicate risks, issues, and dependencies related to requirements or solution design.\nBenefits\nCompetitive salary\nHealth, dental, and vision benefits\nPaid time off and holidays\n401(K)\nOpportunities to work in a creative, music-focused environment\nA collaborative team that values innovation and culture\nFun Company Culture\nJ.W. 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