Project Manager

Location: Cupertino CA, San jose, CA

Duration: 6 months

The Organizational Readiness team is looking for an energetic, innovative and highly motivated person to provide change management leadership, guidance and support to system and process implementation projects. As part of the overall Global Finance Projects team, you will provide both local as well as global support, working in close partnership with all cross-functional project teams. Detailed analysis, plans, milestones and deliverables will be required to support seamless project implementation, adoption of new systems and processes, and overall business readiness. Areas of focus will include:

•               Change Impact Analysis

•               Resource & Key Stakeholder Impacts

•               Change Management

•               Project Communications

•               Project Cutover Planning & Support

•               Transition, Post Go-live and User Readiness Support 


Duties and Responsibilities:

•               Lead, participate in and support the analysis of the impact of a system or process change on all identified stakeholder groups

•               Determine levels and areas of knowledge and/or behavior change needed for each stakeholder group to adopt the system or process change

•               Develop and execute business readiness activities, including clear and detailed plans or checklists for transitions, communications, and change management efforts

•               Engage functional and cross-functional stakeholder teams throughout the program/project lifecycle

•               Partner with project managers to develop comprehensive system and business readiness and support strategies

•               Provide concise updates regarding overall status, issues, risks and recommended actions to be taken

•               Post-implementation support planning

•               Post-implementation adoption support and assessment

•               Ability to travel internationally and occasionally support off hours/weekend project 
requirements 


Skills Required:

•               Experience providing business support for system implementations, business process re- engineering projects, and other large-scale change initiatives (specific experience in the realm of business expansion, decision support and forecasting/planning projects preferred)

•               Excellent program and project management skills

•               Outstanding interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

•               Strong leadership/influencing skills at all levels

•               A high level of independence as demonstrated through clear problem solving skills, effective 
process evaluation, strong team and business relationship building, and delivery of high quality 
work

•               Strong customer service focus, ability to interact with team members at all levels of the company; experience working on global teams

•               Flexibility to change course based on business needs and environmental conditions

•               Proven organization adoption and change management knowledge and experience

•               Strong conflict management and facilitation skills

•               Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and prioritize multiple projects under tight deadlines

•               5+ years related industry experience in program and/or project management, including change impact and stakeholder analysis, needs assessment, business readiness and project planning