IT Project Manager 4

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout activities for ERP Modernization IT workstream projects.
• Manage project activities related to ERP technical scope, including SAP S/4HANA, data platforms, Databricks, SAP Business Data Cloud, integrations, interfaces, infrastructure, environments, testing coordination, and technical readiness.
• Develop and maintain project plans, work packages, schedules, milestones, deliverables, resource plans, risk registers, issue logs, and status reports.
• Cook up activities across IT teams, business stakeholders, vendors, system integrators, PMO, OCM, and ERP program leadership.
• Track vendor and integrator deliverables, coordinate dependencies, and support review and acceptance of project work products.
• Identify, track, and resolve risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items that could impact delivery.
• Conduct project meetings and working sessions; document outcomes and ensure follow-through.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, procurement, communications, and stakeholder expectations.
• Translate complex technical information into clear project status, risks, actions, and decisions for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ensure adherence to Laboratory policies, regulatory requirements, IT governance, cybersecurity expectations, and quality standards.
• Recommend improvements to project management practices, reporting, and delivery processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12 years of experience
• U.S. Citizenship is required per contract to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy Q clearance
• Expert experience managing complex IT projects through the full project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closeout
• Proven ability to manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, deliverables, and change control
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale ERP implementation or modernization efforts, preferably involving SAP S/4HANA
• Experience managing technical workstreams related to data platforms, integrations, interfaces, APIs, reporting, application dependencies, cloud platforms, Databricks, or SAP Business Data Cloud
• Expert knowledge of IT environments, including system architectures, application development methodologies, infrastructure dependencies, operating systems, client-server principles, integration patterns, database concepts, and data-related project considerations
• Proven ability to coordinate activities across IT, Finance, HR, procurement, supply chain, cybersecurity, vendors, system integrators, PMO, OCM, and other stakeholders to achieve program objectives
• Experience working with vendors and system integrators, tracking third-party deliverables, coordinating technical dependencies, supporting procurement and contracting needs, and ensuring vendor work aligns with project scope and schedule
• Proven ability to develop project plans, work packages, schedules, milestones, deliverables, reports, and project artifacts
• Demonstrated ability to organize work, monitor progress, drive accountability, and lead teams to completion
• Experience identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, tracking issues and dependencies, escalating concerns appropriately, and recommending corrective actions or risk acceptance/avoidance strategies
• Excellent written, verbal, and listening skills
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with customers, technical teams, suppliers, leadership, and stakeholders
• Ability to translate technical and project management concepts into clear language for technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with limited direction, resolve ambiguity, track down information, follow through on commitments, and drive complex work to completion in a fast-paced environment