Project Manager

BB28606

Pleasanton, CA 94588

6 months +

Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:

TOP 3-5 REQUIRED SKILLS.

FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF RELATED EXPERIENCE INCLUDING IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SOLUTION DELIVERY, ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. PROVEN SUCCESS MANAGING MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS AND INDEPENDENT WORK EFFORTS. BROAD-BASED KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORMS (COGNOS BI, SAS, BUSINESS OBJECTS, SHAREPOINT, MS EXCEL/POWERPIVOT). EXPERIENCE COORDINATING/INTEGRATING RESOURCES WHO ARE NOT DIRECT REPORTS.

TOP 3-5 DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES.

OVERSEE A CROSS-SECTION OF THE ANALYTICS COMMUNITY - CUSTOMERS, STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS - PROACTIVELY FORECASTING NEED, ENSURING "RIGHT FIT" SOLUTIONING AND METRICS-BASED COMMUNICATION AND STATUS REPORTING. WORK WITH INTERNAL TEAMS AND SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS TO DRIVE INTERNAL CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENTS, END-TO-END, FROM INTAKE, SCOPING TO SOW DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH DELIVERY AND ONGOING PRODUCTION SUPPORT. SUPPORT THE DIRECTOR, SERVICES MANAGEMENT IN ASSESSING AND REFINING CURRENT SOLUTION/PRODUCT OFFERINGS, INTERNAL PROCESSES AND AUTOMATION, AND ASSOCIATED FUTURE-STATE ROADMAPS TO SUPPORT BUSINESS ALIGNMENT. ENSURE SOURCING ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER SHARED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF CLIENTIT ARE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD, AND SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS, COSTS AND SLAS. ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN RELEVANT WORK GROUPS, AND TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO SEEK OUT COUNTERPARTS ALONG THE ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOLUTION DELIVERY CONTINUUM

DESIRED SKILLS.

REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE IN A DELIVERY SUPPLY CHAIN MODEL, PREFERABLY FEE-FOR-SERVICE. FACILITY AND PROVEN SUCCESS OPERATING IN MATRIXED ENVIRONMENTS WITH CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS. BACHELOR\'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/COMPUTER SCIENCE OR RELATED FIELD OR AN ADDITIONAL 4 YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE IN LIEU OF DEGREE. EXCELLENT ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS - ABILITY TO INFLUENCE AT ALL LEVELS. EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION SKILLS AND ABILITY TO MANAGE CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS. ABILITY TO WORK WELL WITH OTHERS WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND AT VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS. SUPERIOR SKILLS IN MANAGING/BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE. HIGH ENERGY/RESULTS DRIVEN, SOLUTION FOCUSED, HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE. ABILITY TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY WITH MINIMAL SUPERVISION. ABILITY TO THINK AND ACT FROM A BROAD SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE. PROVEN ABILITY TO SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS.

TYPE OF BACKGROUND YOU ARE LOOKING FOR:

BESIDES THE ALREADY LISTED REQUIREMENTS AND SKILLS, LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO SELF-SUFFICIENT, CAN DRIVE WORK INDEPENDENTLY, PROACTIVELY BRINGING ISSUES TO THE CORRECT PEOPLE, AND THAT CAN MAKE THEIR PRIORITIES OTHER PEOPLE\'S PRIORITIES. PROVEN PROBLEM SOLVER THAT CAN TAKE A BROADLY DEFINED TASK, SPECIFICALLY CUSTOMER REQUESTS OR REQUIREMENTS, AND CAN USE INDEPENDENT THINKING AND JUDGEMENT TO RESOLVE AND CLOSE. QUICK STUDY FOR ANY SUBJECT MATTER (CONCEPTS, PRODUCTS, TECHNOLOGIES, FUNCTIONAL AREAS OR DELIVERY JOBS THAT COMPRISE THE SERVICE). EXPERIENCE IN LARGE, MATRIXED CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTS SOFT SKILLS. CAN COMMUNICATE AT ALL LEVELS OF AN ORGANIZATION - WITH TACTICAL, DELIVERY-FOCUSED TECHNICIANS, SOLUTION CONSULTANTS, PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGERS, BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES, SPONSORS. CAN WORK IN AN EXTREMELY AMBIGUOUS ENVIRONMENT WHERE FEW, IF ANY, OF DAILY WORK DEMANDS HAVE EASY ANSWERS SIZE OF THE TEAM. DIRECTLY WORKING WITH A TEAM OF 5 IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER (OTHERS IN ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT). MAIN DELIVERY TEAM WORKING CLOSELY WITH COMPRISED OF 30 PLATFORM ADMINISTRATORS AND WORK COORDINATORS. CUSTOMER BASE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 50-75 DISTINCT GROUPS AND HOSTED APPLICATIONS INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.

THE SHARED SERVICES GROUP, WITHIN CLIENT\'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION, IS FOCUSED ON DELIVERING SHARED, VALUE-ADD SERVICES, ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND STANDARDS-BASED BEST PRACTICES, FOR STRATEGIC CONSULTING, DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT AND HOSTING SERVICES FOR CLIENT INCLUDING TESTING, DATA INTEGRATION, INFORMATION INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYTICS. THE SHARED ANALYTICS GROUP IS PART OF THE SHARED SERVICES TEAM AND IS FOCUSED ON DELIVERING AND MANAGING A STATE-OF-THE-ART SHARED SERVICES ENVIRONMENT THAT DELIVERS ANALYTICS, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, REPORTING, ETL, DATAWAREHOUSE, DATA MARTS AND RELATED DATA MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES. THIS IS DELIVERED THROUGH A COMMON SET OF BUSINESS SERVICES, LEVERAGING A COMMON SET OF TECHNOLOGY OFFERINGS. CONSUMERS OF THIS SERVICE ARE TYPICALLY BUSINESS ANALYTICS GROUPS, FINANCE AND PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS REQUIRING ACCESS TO INFORMATION WITH THE CAPABILITY TO INTEGRATE DISPARATE DATA SETS, AND PRESENT VIA SCORECARDS, DASHBOARDS AND REPORTS. THE ENGAGEMENT MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS ASPECTS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORMS AND SOLUTION OFFERINGS WITHIN SHARED ANALYTICS\' SERVICES MANAGEMENT GROUP. THIS INCLUDES CLIENT ENGAGEMENT, SOLUTION DELIVERY COORDINATION, PROCESS AND LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT, SHARED SERVICES METHODOLOGY INPUT AND TRACKING, AND ALL OTHER ENGAGEMENT REQUIRED TO ENSURE DELIVERY OF A SHARED SERVICES OFFERING SOLUTION.

CONTRACT ONLY OR CONTRACT TO HIRE.

THIS IS AN OPEN GAP IN THE SERVICES MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION AND WOULD BE PERMANENT, BUDGET PERMITTING. BUT THIS IS A CONTRACT AND NEEDS A CANDIDATE THAT KNOWS HOW TO BE A CONTRACTOR. FOR THE RIGHT INDIVIDUAL, A STRONG CASE CAN BE MADE TO CONVERT THIS TO FULL TIME PERMANENT.

EXPECTATIONS FOR INTERVIEWEES:

CANDIDATES WILL BE EXPECTED TO HAVE REVIEWED THE POSITION DESCRIPTION THOROUGHLY AND TO BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS APPROACHES, THOUGHTS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE FOR HOW THEY\'D PERFORM THIS ROLE, WHERE THEY\'D BE WORKING WITH INTERNAL CORPORATE CUSTOMER GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS (THAT HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL CHOICES FOR THIS SERVICE) AS AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR IN A MATRIXED ENVIRONMENT, NEEDING TO UTILIZE NOT JUST SHARED SERVICES RESOURCES BUT ALSO OTHER INTERNAL CLIENT GROUPS IN THE DELIVERY CHAIN WHO DO NOT DIRECTLY REPORT INTO THE SHARED SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THIS INTERVIEW WILL BE CONVERSATIONAL AND NOT A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.