BUIT Project Leader II

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Applies IT project management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to IT project activities.
• Manages critical project components, including project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, communications, and risk through all phases of the systems project implementation life cycle.
• Oversees small supply chain systems projects or phases of a larger project.
• Coordinates activities of project team, identifying appropriate project resource needs, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of project.
• Utilizes familiarity of the project's scope and objectives, as well as team member functions and roles, to effectively coordinate activities of the team.
• Communicates with Project Manager or above regarding status of specific projects.
• Assesses the fit of basic to moderate IT solutions and identifies gaps early for subsequent evaluation.
• Participates in new product evaluations to define requirements and assess business fit.
• Develops the IT section of responses to customer RFP/RFI/RFQ's.
• Establishes productive business relationships with customers and business partners.
• Creates a portion of the overall project work plan.
• Uses project administration processes including project initiation, labor tracking, status reporting, and basic project capital/expense tracking.
• Coordinates and manages vendors in the context of planning for overall project delivery.
• Completes and/or coordinates the completion of project components to meet standards, ensure customer satisfaction, and project profitability.
• Assesses project risks and develops plans to mitigate risk factors.
• Applies system development methodologies for custom and package applications projects.
• Provides direction and decision support to project staff.
• Leverages the competencies of project associates to enhance project quality and results.
• Proposes or refines project standards, policies, procedures, and methodologies for DHL IT.
• Understands and promotes DHL's project lifecycle, concepts, principles, and business processes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in a relevant business or technical subject.
• 5-7 years experience in an IT environment.
• Professional project or program management experience of system design, development or integration projects (packaged and custom solutions).
• Experience in planning major projects, including development of project proposals, business cases, project schedules, and financial justification.
• Requires moderate day-to-day supervision from IT management.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant business or technical subject.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in a relevant business or technical subject.
• 5-7 years experience in an IT environment.
• Professional project or program management experience of system design, development or integration projects.
• Experience in planning major projects, including development of project proposals, business cases, project schedules, and financial justification.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive wages.
• Excellent affordable insurance benefits (including health, dental, vision, and life).
• 401K plan.
• Paid vacation and holidays.