Senior Project Manager

VSP Vision Care is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large, complex projects from planning through execution. The role manages project scope, resources, schedules, budgets, risks, governance, stakeholder communication, and team coordination while mentoring other project managers.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for identifying, planning and managing scope, resources, schedule, budget and risk required to meet goals of large complex projects
• Lead the development of cost-benefit analysis, return on investment forecasts, project proposals, project charters, risk analysis, project schedules, and ensure actual results are tracked for large complex projects
• Performs appropriate scope analysis and lessons learned
• Develops and manages project schedules
• Identifies and establishes stakeholders and appropriate project governance
• Identifies appropriate project team resources and ensures appropriate staff are secured
• Develops and manages project budgets
• Clearly communicates roles and expectations to project teams
• Escalate issues to stakeholders and project teams and recommend solutions
• Creates and delivers information at appropriate level for audience, including presentations and status updates
• Recognizes risk triggers and clearly communicates situation to project teams, sponsors, and stakeholders
• Regularly mentors and acts as a resource to other Project Managers

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years leading all aspects of large complex projects
• 4+ years of experience with standard project management methodology, tools, and/or software packages
• Demonstrated ability as a core decision-maker showing balanced consideration of business issues
• Ability to drive results through informal authority, serve as a consultant to key business partners, and represent users and customers in every thought and interaction
• Ability to elicit cooperation from Senior Management and other departments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and analytical skills
• Proven ability to effectively understand and communicate information to a wide variety of technical and non-technical individuals or groups at all levels of the organization
• Ability to identify, develop, and gather necessary resources to complete a project
• Regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment in the performance of his/her job duties