IT Project Manager (Eden Prairie, MN) - Compensation: DOQ in Eden Prairie, Minnesota

At Bluestem Brands, we believe that the success of our company is driven by the success of our employees.
Major Areas of Accountability:
?Lead Project teams to ensure that high quality technology solutions are delivered to meet strategic business requirements; align within the portfolio; and are completed on time and within budget.
?Lead communication with all areas of the enterprise that impacts the scope, budget, risk, and resources for the projects being managed.
?Track key project milestones and adjust project plans and /or resources to meet the need of customers. This includes creating project plans, schedules, issues /risk mgt., and defining dependencies.
?Lead partnership between technical and non-technical departments in order to ensure that all project milestones and requirements are met.
?Monitor deliverables from development teams ensuring smooth transition and handoff to various Bluestem Brands, Inc. business units and support team
?Partner with Architects and Business Units to create and maintain a portfolio systems roadmap
?Responsible for project change control. Ensure the appropriate solution or budget is presented so that project business benefits are realized. Ensure revisions to the project are agreed from stakeholders and full impact of changes is understood by stakeholders.
?Lead project estimation activities to provide costs, timescales and resource planning
Required Skills
?Experience managing software development or technical projects required - Demonstrated achievements in planning, directing, and implementing multiple and concurrent projects
?Experience managing software development projects with extensive communication, risk management, extensive project reporting and project management tools experience a plus.
?Experience managing and tracking project budgets, forecast and staffing
?Must be capable of managing several projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment.
?Experience managing matrix project teams required.
?Experience with vendor partners and managing project delivery from these partners
?Experience in creating IT portfolio roadmaps that align with business unit roadmaps
?Experience creating complete detailed plans for complex projects and ability to track progress against plan.
?Project risk management experience and extensive project reporting experience required.
?Proven implementation skills.
?Must be able to cope with continual change.
?Very strong interpersonal skills particularly motivational, negotiation, listening, judgment, analytic ability, and conflict management skills.
?Must be able to communicate effectively with direct and senior management
?Excellent organization, verbal and written communication skill
?Strong technical and business subject matter expertise in the Credit technology space
?Solid knowledge of project management best practices is required. Exposure to multiple methodologies is preferred.
Required Experience
?5-10 years Project Management experience in large scale deployments, managing multi-person teams is required - PMP Certification is desirable
?Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience
?Proficiency with MS Project & MS Excel
?Previous experience working in a large, matrix environment
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