Senior Project Manager

OVERVIEW

Senior Project Manager.

Unlock Your Career Potential: Project Management at ADP is the engine that propels us forward with commitment and excellence. You are savvy about our business environment and know how to adeptly manage people and processes. You have the leadership and analytical skills to ensure projects reach the finish line -- on time, within scope and within budget. We give you the tools to succeed, with continuous opportunities to train and advance.

We strive for every interaction to be driven by our core values: Insightful Expertise, Integrity is Everything, Service Excellence, Inspiring Innovation, Each Person Counts, Results-Driven, and Social Responsibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Direct day-to-day activities of multiple large projects and project teams in a matrixed organization including Global Finance functions, Global Products & Technology, Legal, HR, and other functions including the ability to influence and drive change
• Lead all project phases, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure
• Be accountable for ensuring project milestones and objectives are successfully met through oversight of project deliverables and coordination of resources, and for the achievement of project benefits – both financial and operational
• Plan, and deliver communication and change management related to project deliverables with stakeholders and team members throughout the project
• Establish and monitor project timeliness and budgets
• Assess, manage, resolve, and escalate (if necessary) risks and issues
• Flex the detail of execution to respond to the complexity and risks of projects
• Provide analysis of project, including business case, ROI and post-project review, and lead effective updates to senior leaders and executives
• Drive innovation, best practices and achievement of strategic objectives
• Help establish best practices utilizing fit-for-purpose project and portfolio management tools, as well as reports and dashboards
• Assist and guide operations teams in driving continuous improvement
• Help mentor, guide, and develop more junior project managers

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• Up-to-date PMP, Prince2, Agile, Scrum or related qualification
• At least ten years of project management experience, including experience managing medium to large cross-functional and/or multi-year projects in or for large multi-national organizations, including at least 5 years leading Finance projects
• Demonstrated experience with portfolio and project management applications, e.g. SmartSheet, MS Project, Jira, etc.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and analytical skills with proven experience presenting to Senior Leadership (VP & above)
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful with the ability to manage and motivate cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience driving change and leading process improvement initiatives

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• 3 or more years managing projects in the Quote-to-Cash/Order-to-Cash function
• 2 or more years of Business Process Management / Transformation / Data Analysis experience. Six Sigma – Green Belt, Black Belt, LEAN or equivalent