Project Manager

About the role

As a key member of the Information Technology department, this individual will be responsible for managing and delivering small to mid-sized projects. They will collaborate with colleagues across the league, teams, and external vendors, while also beginning to develop leadership capabilities through coaching and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Project Management Initiation: Partner with business owners to define clear project scope and objectives; support vendor selection by identifying key requirements, coordinating demonstrations, and documenting evaluation feedback; assist IT leadership in developing project budgets, forecasting costs, and tracking actual expenditures; gain a deep understanding of business needs and processes to accurately define project goals; represent project demand in Demand Review Board meetings and action outcomes.
• Planning: Create detailed project plans to monitor and track progress; collaborate with subject matter experts to gather and document business requirements, including “As-Is” process mapping; define and document the “To-Be” design with clear business and technical justifications, validated by senior IT leadership.
• Execution: Lead regular status meetings, prepare agendas, status reports, and stakeholder presentations; accurately document discussions, decisions, change requests, and risks in a timely manner; identify and escalate risks, decisions, issues, and actions to senior leadership as appropriate; support senior IT in managing stakeholder expectations through effective communication; motivate and guide project teams to meet goals, fulfill responsibilities, and achieve milestones; collaborate with technical teams and solution architects to design solutions aligned with business objectives; ensure quality assurance of deliverables before release to business users; manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT), clearly document issues and expected outcomes, and coordinate with developers to resolve them; assist in the development and execution of change management and communication plans; implement organizational change management strategies to enhance user adoption; ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business requirements.
• Closure: Lead project retrospect