Women Elevated - IT Project/Program Manager

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Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

The IT Project Manager position position is a hybrid role based out of our Boise, ID office. This position is a part of our Career Reentry Program, Women Elevated.

Women Elevated, is an empowering career reentry program at Micron that seeks to reignite the professional journey of women. We understand that the course of life can lead to career breaks, and we're here to empower women who have taken a break for two years or more in re-entering the workforce seamlessly. The program is direct hire, meaning you are hired day one as a full time employee with benefits. For the initial 16 weeks, you'll be part of the Women Elevated program, which exists to ensure a smooth transition back to the workforce with a supportive community, flexible schedule, customized onboarding, mentorship, and upskilling guidance.

Whether you took time off for family, personal growth, or other pursuits, our program provides a supportive platform to upskill, reskill, and confidently relaunch your career in both technical and non-technical roles at Micron.

To qualify for the WE program, applicants must:

Be on a career break from their primary field for two or more years

Have 5-7 years of prior experience in the functional area of interest

Connect with the Women Elevated team at careerentry@micron.com for any questions regarding the program.

Are you ready for a new Challenge? We are looking for an IT Project Manager at Micron Technology, who will be responsible for driving medium projects with minimal assistance toward successful delivery. You will successfully lead, monitor, and control the project through all phases from initiation, planning, execution, and closure by delivering on time and within budget. You will serve as a liaison between the business and technical aspects of assigned projects and demonstrate various levels of tactical planning including identifying project requirements and establishing clear and achievable objectives. Come join our Micron team!

Responsibilities and Tasks

During Project Initiation you will collaborate with the solution leads and the delivery program managers to understand the business proposal and the need for the project to articulate how the project impacts the strategic portfolio roadmap. You will work with the project leaders to identify cross dependencies with other domains and work on identifying project collaborators and crafting the project charter establishing project structures like the RACI matrix and following PMO guidelines and good professional practices. You will also define scope, and timelines and understand risks, impacts, and resource analysis.

During Project Planning you will partner with the solution manager and define the executive sponsor, core team, and project teams. You will drive project kick-offs engaging with the product and delivery team in the blueprinting sessions and ensuring requirements are captured. You will schedule and facilitate required meetings and draft the communications plans for the project. Partnering with the project team you will identify the testing strategy and ensure the project budget is appropriately managed. You will build the project plan, communications plan, release plan, etc, and schedule and drive relevant discussions with executive leadership.

Project Execution and Closure:

• Control the work of the project such that all scoped results are delivered and meet quality standards.
• Manage change and work into or out of the project to avoid gold-plating or additional results not change-controlled into the scope.
• Closely supervise the timeline for development, SOE, ITC, and UAT and provide schedule or resource impacts as appropriate.
• Ensure appropriate data and/or metrics are used to evaluate the completeness and quality of project results.
• Provide status reports as indicated by the Project Management Office (PMO) and other governing bodies.
• Identify, document, and respond to risk with mitigation, contingency, or other risk response plans and raise risks and issues to the appropriate level and formality for resolution.
• Document, monitor, and resolve issues.
• Provide details of Hypercare, Launch, and cutover plans
• Ensure that project-level (or phase-level if appropriate) lessons learned are documented and distributed.
• Work with the teams for the necessary approvals for the project closure and ensure the vital artifacts are available for the governance team to close the project.

Leadership Skillsets:

We need you to build a cohesive and hard-working team.  Provide leadership and support within the team environment to set the right tone given the needs of the project and resolve any conflicts within the team. 

• Define a project vision and gain the team's commitment to it.
• Provide specific performance feedback to team members and their managers.
• Participate, as requested, in the recruitment and placement of Micron staff and consultants into projects.
• Manage project resource allocations.
• PMP preferred

As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future.  We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget.  Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave.  Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays.  For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.

Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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