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Position Title: Technical Project Manager And Treasury
Location: Dearborn, MI (Hybrid 4 days onsite) Duration: 12 Months
Experience: 8+ years
Client: FORD MOTORS
Position Description:
Employees in this job function plan and oversees the execution of projects and/or programs that are focused on technology implementation or upgrade of technology applications capabilities and solutions (e.g., enterprise applications, SAAS, internal infrastructure, networking, data centers, labs, etc.). They will also act as Scrum Masters or Agile Coaches to ensure team lives by the values and practices of scrum by embracing Agile/scrum/Kanban/Lean principles
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop project plans, define the project/program scope, goals and deliverables for areas of technology application development and implementation for the enterprise using JIRA
- Drive problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives by collaborating with IT teams, technology vendors, etc.
- Facilitate the development effort by creating and monitoring an efficient, streamlined process between the internal teams and external technology providers
- Effectively communicate status updates to all stakeholders across multiple organizations/ teams, with reinforcing quantitative measurements
- Ensure project and program objectives, deliverables and results are completed within the agreed scope, timeline, budget and allocated resources - Champions and coaches Agile software processes, culture, best practices, and techniques along with Managing Agile ceremonies like Stand up, Refinement, Retrospectives.
- Provide accurate and insightful analysis and reporting, presenting the data in a clear format for presentations and reviews
- Identify risks and create risk mitigation plans to ensure timely completion of the projects/programs
- Manage technology product goals and forecasts. Collaborate with technical development team(s) to translate the long-term objectives into actionable technology strategy and an implementation roadmap
- Guide execution by applying standard frameworks and development lifecycle methodologies like agile, waterfall etc.
Skills Required:
- Project Management
Skills Preferred:
- Jira
Experience Required:
- Specialist Exp: 10+ years in IT; 7 +years in Program Mgmt., Expert in Proj Mgr
- Translates the product roadmap into manageable features, user stories in a prioritized backlog for SAP and Trading Platform implementation as part of Treasury Transformation.
Experience Preferred:
- 7+ years of Agile delivery experience
- Hands-on experience with Pracle SQL, Microsoft VB.
- Hands-on experience working with APIs.
- Strong communication skills; ability to lead complex, technical conversations with multiple stakeholders ( Ford internal and External, including Architecture and Trading teams) at varying levels of technical depth
- Strong facilitation and presentation abilities Ability to be comfortable working in an ever changing environment Strong technical acumen, willingness to learn
- Strong understanding of the Agile methodology and associated management tools Knowledge of Lean
- Functional knowledge/awareness of Treasury or Finance associated business processes and applications Prior experience developing and supporting large, global applications and COTS implementations preferred
- Managing vendor/Partner relationships Scaled Agile (SAFe)