Project Manager (CPQ/Sales Applications)

Job Summary

The Project Manager (CPQ/Sales Applications) role involves traditional project management responsibilities for large scale projects with global, enterprise-wide impact. This individual will lead various Business Systems’ projects to successful completion as stand-alone projects or within Customer Experience (CRM, CPQ) programs. The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that project objectives are achieved on time and on budget, while meeting quality goals of the program.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading, planning, execution, and completion of large scale complex projects. Monitors and controls project activities from initiation through delivery.
• Accountable for Project Management planning and execution tasks, including, but not limited to, scope, scheduling, budgeting, costing, resource, risk and issue management.
• Continuously assesses project health, anticipating risk and developing effective mitigation plans that maintain committed project plan.
• Develops and manages project recovery plans when necessary, minimizing impact to project commitments.
• Collects and analyzes data required to create effective written status reports. Creates and delivers effective written and verbal project status reports.
• Proactively engages stakeholders, providing timely, relevant, and transparent project status.
• Identifies task dependencies as they arise and takes action to ensure that project schedule is unimpeded by dependencies.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning and project execution, 
• Provide executive-level program updates to Program Management Team.
• Monitor team schedules and ensure coordination of activities on the critical path.
• Develop reporting and tracking programs to assure the project is on target for scope, schedule, and cost.
• Identify key issues and drive decisions to ensure that the project does not slip.
• Identify key risks and develop contingency plans.
• Work with management of different operating functions to identify and obtain required resources to adequately staff project.
• Interacts with all levels of management, team members, and stakeholders. Builds cohesive teams by partnering and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure efficient success of projects. Collaboratively engages and leads diverse teams and team members.
• Directs activities of project team members and balances workload of the team, ensuring that both individual and group objectives are met.
• Contributes to development of processes when they are needed by coordinating collaboration of design and execution with applicable Stakeholders.
• Prepares and performs stage gate reviews.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related degree
• 5 years directly related experience required. 
• Strong Project Planning & Organizational Skills.
• PMP or Agile Certification, preferred but not required.
• Experience is leading project using Agile project management methodologies.
• Excellent presentation skills; can adjust presentation to the audience level. Comfortable presenting to small and large groups at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to multi-task, manages competing priorities, meet deadlines and prioritize tasks.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills. Must be highly effective at leading people, and facilitating rapid change in a consistent and structured manner.
• Ability to demonstrate process development and management practices.
• Possesses understanding of cultural and behavioral influences on project communication and execution.
• Working knowledge of project management technologies, and tools such as (Microsoft Project, Jira, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Service Now, Plan View, SmartSheet).
• Possess in depth knowledge of Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies.
• Team oriented individual with the ability to work in a large, global corporate structure.
• Highly motivated self-starter who can initiate action and follow through with well-defined solutions and action plans.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Experience managing multiple large-scale projects from inception to closure.

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities. 

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS:  Safety.  Integrity.  Respect.  Teamwork.  Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

•  Customer Focus

•  Operational Excellence

•  High-Performance Culture

•  Innovation

•  Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

•  Own It

•  Act With Urgency

•  Foster a Customer-First Mindset

•  Think Big and Execute

•  Lead by Example

•  Drive Continuous Improvement

•  Learn and Seek Out Development

About Vertiv

Vertiv is a $5.7 billion global critical infrastructure and data center technology company.  We ensure customers’ vital applications run continuously by bringing together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services.  Our portfolio includes power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more. 

Work Authorization

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to help.join@vertiv.com.