61471: Project Manager IV

Location: 8285 Tournament Drive, Memphis, TN 38125 (hybrid; candidates must live within a 50-mile radius)

About the role

Responsible for assisting teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units. Coordinate resources, schedules, and financials with FedEx Freight’s Operations Support and Engineering (OSE) organization. Maintain awareness of issues, risks, and project changes to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead project(s) of high complexity, highly sensitive and/or with complex technical elements to ensure overall effort is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plans for all phases of the project; procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframe. Ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Manage a comprehensive and efficient process to establish priorities and milestones for project(s) that understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs.
• Manage all aspects of project engagement from the day-to-day project activities, resources, and conducting project meetings to engagement with external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, changes, risks, and issues.
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
• Analyze organizational, functional, team and/or project needs to provide recommendations including return on investment and cost-benefit analysis leading to successful strategies and execution plans.
• Report on project results, metrics, test, and deployment management activities including milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Build and maintain solid relationships with management and business process owners throughout FedEx Freight and the FedEx organization.
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Communication/Journalism or related quantitative discipline plus 5 years of direct experience in project management or process improvement profession.
• Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the same fields plus 7 years of direct experience in project management or process improvement profession.
• Experience with:
  • Enterprise Program & Project Management
  • Scaled Agile Delivery Leadership
  • Data Analysis, KPI Development & Executive Reporting
  • Strategic Planning
  • Systems Integration & Acceptance Testing
  • Enterprise Business and Systems Requirements Analysis
  • Risk, Dependency & Escalation Management
  • Product Strategy & Lifecycle Management
• Strong leadership, diplomatic, and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across, and down the organization.
• Advanced experience with business analysis techniques in a wide range of projects and complexities.
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving, leadership, project management, and training skills.
• Superb time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Superb presentation, verbal, and written communication skills with all levels of leadership and employees.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Must be able to travel.