- Leads small cross functional project teams that deliver business process and IT solutions
- Understands key business drivers in order to lead project planning and management throughout the project lifecycle including the overall delivery of the solution into a successful support model, and is accountable for budget, contingency planning, scope, issue and risk management
- Helps improve productivity, streamline business processes, help make better business decisions and begins to build solid customer relationships
- In this role, you will require understanding of key business drivers for your discipline and function
- You will need to be able to expand conceptual and working knowledge related to your discipline or functional area
- You are expected to provide informal guidance to new team members and be able to explain complex information to others
- It is your responsibility to use technical experience, established practices, and personal judgement to analyze and resolve straightforward problems
- Your performance impacts the quality of your own work and your team s work and requires that you work within established guidelines and policies
Responsibilities
- Uses expanded conceptual knowledge to begin determining the project approach and schedule, develops and reviews estimates and estimating assumptions, and creates project plan and tracking metrics throughout all phases (Design, Build, Test, Implement, etc)
- With guidance, manages the overall schedule for project delivery.
- Measures and monitors progress, including phase reviews and deliverable reviews and sign-offs.
- Aware of dependencies across projects in the program as well as integration with other projects.
- Builds and manages relationships with suppliers and subcontractors on the project (monitor progress/adherence to schedule).
- Works with teams on quality assurance process, manages budget forecasting and cost control for the project, manages project issues, risks and contingency planning and escalates as required.
- Ensures project follows methodology /approach to deliver solution and supports teams on scope change request and schedule implications.
- Performs budget, scope, issue, and risk management tasks by estimating information technology project costs and working with external service providers and processes.
- Completes project performance reports.
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in IT discipline preferred or a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
Preferred Skills
- Project Management Software (PMS)
- Agile Methodology
- Proactive Problem Solving
- Professional Presentation
- Strategic Planning
- PMO Certification
Additional notes
Benefits - What Dow offers you
- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
- Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
- Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
- Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
- Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
- Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
- Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
- Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
- Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
- Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
- Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group s (ERG) participation.
- Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
- On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
- Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
- Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
- Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
- Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)
