Principal, SIG Project Management

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Spearhead multiple, concurrent and varied strategic initiatives from conception to implementation by driving the planning and delivery for all projects within a program, including compiling and managing the master program schedule and all deliverables.
• Develop full-scale project plans, define project tasks and resource requirements, galvanize the project team and coordinate from both the business and technology perspective.
• Support initiatives by identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path, ensuring that new initiatives launch successfully.
• Identify risks and issues early in order to help generate a balanced solution that is in the best interest of all teams involved and keep initiatives on schedule without compromising quality.
• Work closely with Program/Project Leads, Product and Finance to confirm financial expectations and KPIs for each project, and ensure project delivers reporting of KPIs for various stakeholders.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering and Business teams to support rollout of the technology.
• Compile and report status, including escalated risks and issues through weekly updates and meetings.
• Effectively communicate project expectations and updates to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Establish, build and maintain solid business partner relationships at Upbound.

Requirements

• Experience with managing competing priorities and leading multiple large, complex projects concurrently.
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility in an environment with aggressive deadlines that requires multi-tasking and making important trade-off decisions.
• Able to make progress amid uncertainty where all the details are not known, comfortable with ambiguity and can navigate with limited information.
• Detail-oriented with strong interpersonal/communication skills.
• Capable of working independently with limited direction, as well as with a cross-functional team. Must be self-motivated, able to manage their work resourcefully, and solution oriented.
• Ability to work effectively, influence, and create alignment across multiple functional areas to drive change in accordance with program objectives.
• Strong knowledge of Product, Project and Program Management methodologies.
• Strong business acumen with advanced knowledge of Retail principles.
• Possess expert analytical and problem-solving skills. A skilled negotiator who can craft a win/win solution for complex issues.
• Minimum of 5 years related Product Management, Program or Project Management experience required.
• Minimum of 5 years leading IT projects ($2M or above, with 10+ team members) and experience with Agile and Waterfall projects.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.
• Experienced and skilled user of office productivity tools such as Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Jira, and Visio.
• Must be able to work in-office (Plano, TX) Monday through Friday.

Nice to Have

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.