Senior Project Manager

Preference is for local employees, will consider remote but start search local.

We have an immediate need for two IT Sr Project Managers with a focus on Marketing and Data Analytics related domains. The IS Sr Project Manager works under minimal supervision to plan, direct and coordinate activities of large, long-term, inter-departmental infrastructure or development project(s) to ensure goals and objectives of the project(s) are accomplished within prescribed timeframe and budgetary parameters.

This is preferably a hybrid position to facilitate with the team and colleagues in-person at our headquarters in Freeport, Maine. Candidates must have recent, real-world agile project management experience. The initial contract is 6 months with the possibility of an extension based on performance.

• Communication and Presentation
  • Keeps stakeholders, including management, informed of progress to goal; negotiate adjustments to the schedule and resources to ensure overall quality of completed project
  • Functions as central point for all project communications
  • Leverages most effective means of communication based on situation/urgency
  • Develops and delivers presentation content to drive understanding and alignment across Team and Project Sponsors (Governance structure)
• Establishes Effective Project Governance
  • Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Sponsor role that is executed at the appropriate level of the organization
  • Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Steering Group that is the Sponsor while representing cross-functional perspective with common project goals
  • Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Stakeholder Group that represents and can influence project direction and deliverables
• Vendor Management
  • Collaborates to develop a positive relationship between L.L.Bean and vendor(s) to ensure successful project deliverables.
  • May support Contract Negotiations and Non-Disclosure Agreements with vendors and monitors project deliverables. Transitions vendor contracts to internal support owner to ensure understanding and compliance with service level agreements.
  • Tracks and maintains vendor deliverable costs
• Risk Management
  • Identifies & analyzes project risks to determine highest potential risk exposure that should be proactively managed
  • Identifies & focuses resolution of issues and risks using appropriate levels of escalation considering impact to scope, schedule, budget or quality.
• Project Detail and Schedules
  • Develops a project work breakdown structure
  • Develops and manages a project schedule/timeline using approved Project Management tools (WorkOtter, Jira, SharePoint, etc.)
  • Develops, monitors, and manages the project staffing plan and resource allocations approved by resource managers
  • Determines Resource Assignments with task estimates (ETC's)
  • Use negotiation skills to balance completing work with resources needed to achieve project success

Strong hands-on project management & Scrum Master skills - at least 5 years of experience managing complex IT efforts.

Management of large teams with members working in multiple locations.

Experience structuring work into various workstreams within a large project and managing multiple IT projects concurrently.

Strong applied use of PM & Scrum tools/techniques (planning, risk management, budgeting, cost control, assessment, software/SaaS acquisition/RFP, develop & management of Jira board, Scrum ceremonies, etc.).

Experience with vendor contracts and vendor management.

Excellent communication skills (oral and written), English-language skills, facilitation skills, etc. and ability to represent work at all levels of the organization (up to Executive levels).

Excellent people skills developing strong relationships, building a trusting team environment, and ability to listen & translate into actionable plans.

Experience with the following is desired, but not mandatory:

Cloud Data Platforms in support of Marketing, Customer Analytics & Personalization in an omni-channel retail environment.

WorkOtter, Jira, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint.

Understand business process transformation and change management practices.

While working remotely. Your candidates should have reliable high-speed internet and L.L.Bean will provide a VDI. The L.L.Bean Developer Virtual Desktop Infrastructure allows for entitled users to access a virtual computer asset to complete tasks and processes relative to their role and responsibilities. Your employee needs to have a laptop/desktop to log into their assigned L.L.Bean VDI. Your employee will install a VMware Horizon 7 compatible Client for Windows on their personal PC or one you provide once they are onboarded. This PC must have a currently supported operating system, which is regularly patched, and has updated commercial anti-malware software. To efficiently do the work, an additional monitor and a headset are required.

Please submit resumes for only your top two candidates.