Global Project Management Director
About the role
The role of Global Project Management (PM) Director is essential to Rimini Street's strategy to reach $1B+ in annual revenue. This individual contributor will lead and manage complex, often cross-functional projects within the organization. Key responsibilities include defining project objectives, managing project teams, ensuring project success, and driving post-implementation reviews.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Lead project sponsors and stakeholders to define initial project objectives, scope, outcomes, delivery dates, resource requirements, initial assumptions, and quality standards.
Plan projects by establishing Agile Project Playbooks in collaboration with project sponsors, stakeholders, and SMEs, including detailed Agile project plans with schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, critical path, and resource assignments/ownership.
Drive project kick-off meetings with executive sponsors, stakeholders, and subject matter experts.
Manage projects by driving execution, ensuring scope and objectives are achieved, delivering project tasks and milestones on time, ensuring deliverables meet/exceed quality standards, identifying and resolving project issues/risks, ensuring project stays on budget, and managing effective change management/training.
Participate as an active team member doing real work, owning or participating in specific project plan tasks and deliverables, and resolving specific issues/risks.
Drive project post-implementation reviews to identify what went well and what needs improvement for future projects.
Experience
10+ years of experience in project management roles in enterprise technology companies, preferably in global companies with at least $500M/year in revenue.
7+ years of experience on projects related to enterprise software and services, including product development, product introduction/launches, software implementation or upgrades, data center migration, and service offering definition and delivery.
Experience leading complex projects that span multiple functions, teams, and geographies.
Experience on projects related to introducing new products or services and/or entering new markets or segments, either in start-up environments or working for international enterprise software companies.
Experience leading cross-functional teams to address business opportunities or challenges.
Experience with agile development methodology and/or agile project management.
Experience in global companies with highly decentralized workforces.
Experience in line jobs in one or more functional roles (Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, Operations, etc.) highly desirable.
Experience in the Oracle, SAP, and SaaS marketplaces desirable.
Experience in publicly traded companies desirable.
Qualifications And Skills
Outstanding Project Management skills, the ability to manage complex, multimillion-dollar projects to successful completion.
Demonstrated ability to combine strong analytical skills, qualitative analysis, and people skills to solve complex business issues.
Ability to rapidly understand new business domains and become an active contributing member of a project.
Ability to integrate input across multiple dimensions and functions and synthesize into clear recommendations and actions.
Organizational skills to plan, lead, track, and report on global, cross-functional projects.
Strong operational skills in executing project plans, adjusting to changes and challenges that arise to deliver on-time and on-budget.
Process-based orientation, and the discipline to define clear, viable processes and the change management required to implement.
Ability to make things happen in a cross-functional, matrixed org through relationships, influence, and persuasion.
Outstanding communications skills, written, verbal, and in presentations.
Strong leadership talents, exceptional attitude, and spirit, and the ability to establish consensus across functional areas, and with internal customers.
Customer-centric approach and a passion for helping customers address issues and focus on improving their core business.
The passion and persistence to disrupt the status quo, introduce new technologies, and drive alternative approaches to solving business challenges.
Willingness to embrace change and adapt in a rapidly evolving, fast-moving market and company.
Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required, Master’s or MBA desirable.
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
Disability insurance.
Paid Parental Leave.
401(k) program.
Generous Paid time off (PTO).