Vice President of Project Management

Job Details

Description

POSITION SUMMARY: The Vice President of Project Management will lead the strategic planning and project governance for Miller Zell and define the project management methodologies that are used to manage projects. They standardize best practices and oversee related business administration, risk management and change management. This position is responsible for leading and motivating the project management team members, ensuring they are effectively working towards production and execution of projects.

Essential Job Functions

• Managing and allocating PM resources across projects according to priorities, schedules and
• Coach and mentor Directors and other project professionals as needed, sharing their knowledge and best practices for the betterment of the entire organization.
• Work closely with the Sell team to define project priorities, implement opportunities, address challenges and communicate project risks.
• Lead quality assurance and performance post-mortems to learn from mistakes and make sure they’re not repeated.
• Oversee the strategic direction of project management initiatives, driving the development and execution of project strategies that align with organizational goals, optimizing resources and deliver projects on time and within budget
• Collaborates closely with the Sales team to effectively communicate the value of project management to clients, ensuring alignment of expectations, project deliverables, and the overall impact on business success.
• Works with the Directors to ensure delivery of their projects is on time and within budget as well as meeting quality standards
• Reports to the executive team on progress and performance of PM team
• Works with Sales and Shared Services leaders to assess and decide on which proposals have the highest potential value, impact and strategic alignment
• Ensure project management team is consistently and well trained in Miller Zell systems and client best practices.
• Understands and ensures consistent workflow across all shared services.
• Designs and implement processes for workflow and communication between sell and shared services teams
• Direct and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and on budget
• Actively pursues practices that lead to project cost reductions to positively affect margins and profit
• Enforces budget to actuals reviews
• Ability to multi-task, set and adjust priorities is critical
• Punctuality and Regular attendance are required on the job
  
  

Position Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 10-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of education and demonstrated experience in project management and client relations will be considered
• Demonstrated leadership ability and management of high-performing teams
• Proven record leading project management teams
• Expert knowledge of project and change management methodologies, techniques and processes
• Able to manage budget, cost and profitability
• Resource management skills
• High-level communication, interpersonal skills and ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with project managers, teams, vendors and other stakeholders
• Experience monitoring and evaluating projects, programs and portfolios
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems
• Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple departments results within a function.
• Presentation skills to audiences of various sizes and levels of authority
  
  

Special Skills/Qualifications: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical information and procedures. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to effectively present information, train others, and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and employees.