Senior IT Project Manager & Business Analyst, ERP

About the role

We are seeking a self-initiated, process-driven, and results-oriented Senior Project Manager & Business Analyst.

Responsibilities

• Takes initiative to develop process improvements and facilitates appropriate discussions to ensure successful buy-in and adoption
• Identifies the need for new project, analyst or partnership programs components and develops proposals to gain acceptance from key stakeholders
• Manages projects horizontally and ensures that cross-project work remains feasible from business standpoint
• Interprets customer business needs and translates them into application and/or operational requirements or stories to be managed
• Effectively and consistently plans and defines project scope without the need for input from Manager, IT PPM including identifying and determining project outcomes, critical success pathways, and appropriate parameters including projected budget and initial risk assessment
• Ensures the disciplined application of standards and procedures across projects within all projects
• Conducts cost-benefit analysis that appropriately articulates and quantifies the value to be delivered by a request which will be used in filtering and prioritization activities
• Within the context of project execution, plays the Scrum Master or Project Manager role by facilitating all appropriate meetings including those geared toward work estimation, work assignment, opportunities for improvement and ultimately ensuring team success in its efforts to deliver to desired outcomes
• Critically evaluates technical, cost and business information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts, decomposes high-level information into details, abstracts up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishes user requests from the underlying true needs
• Ensures all solutions support compliance and security requirements as they are being evaluated, designed, developed, and deployed
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyzes tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
• Defines and tracks appropriate metrics to communicate and measure project or work-related performance for project team, stakeholders, and sponsors
• Tracks project-related expenses to an overall budget
• Develops and performs testing of varying levels of complexity to ensure solutions match desired outcomes and are free of unapproved defects
• Facilitates seeking solutions that improve EBITDA by helping to reduce operating expenses, improving revenue, or reducing risk through appropriate automation and process improvement

Requirements

• 7+ years Scrum Master/Project Manager experience
• 5+ years ERP experience
• 5+ years as a Business Analyst
• 3+ years as a Business Partner
• 2+ years in a Quality Assurance role

Qualifications

• Preferred certifications: Scrum Master, PMP, Business Analyst (IIBA)

Skills

• Self-initiated and process-driven
• Results-oriented
• IT “trusted advisor” to Accounting, Finance, and Operations team leaders
• Ability to represent IT as the key point of contact
• Ability to promote IT enterprise solutions and services such as ERP and other systems that drive productivity
• Ability to deliver projects with quality and to expectations aligned to stakeholder desired outcomes
• Ability to identify and lead initiatives for improvement within the Project and Portfolio Management Team
• Ability to collaborate and innovate
• Ability to align key business stakeholders and objectives

Benefits

• Total Rewards: $110,000 – $150,000 / year base salary plus 10% - 15% profit-sharing contribution to your retirement account
• Medical insurance, 80-95% company-paid premium
• Dental and vision insurance
• 401K match
• Annual cash incentive rewards
• Tuition reimbursement
• Short-day Fridays
• Vacation
• Paid holidays, including winter shut down

About Us

At WD-40 Company, we believe that purpose-driven, passionate people guided by our values create amazing outcomes. Our "why" is refreshingly simple - we exist to create positive lasting memories in everything we do.