Sr. Project Manager - IT

Main Job Responsibilities / Competencies

As a Sr. Project Manager within STAAR Surgical’s Information Technology team, this individual plays a critical role working closely with the business and across the Information Technology organization defining, delivering and supporting IT business solutions and supporting roadmaps. In summary this position: Drives all aspects of IT Project, Program and Portfolio activity, including collaborating and coordinating across all IT and business segments; Defines project value proposition, scope, work plan, resource needs, timeline and budget for IT projects; Manages resources (i.e., capital requirements and human capital, etc.) to complete project/program on time and within budget; Keeps team and leadership updated on project status and risk factors; Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables; and Provides technical and process guidance to project team.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Drives the development and execution of project plan by working with project team to define, sequence, and estimate duration of activities and determine schedules to meet project objectives.
• Ensures consistency and adherence to STAAR Surgical standards, processes, and policies for all projects.
• Manages all aspects of the project execution including chartering, scope definition, requirements gathering, project planning, change control, risk management and reporting.
• Facilitates and manages resource planning, cost estimation, budget development, and cost control.
• Manages the identification, resolution and escalation of project risks and issues.
• Tracks project budget and resource utilization against plan.
• Plans and executes project communications ensuring timely and accurate distribution of information, documentation, and issue resolution to all appropriate team members.
• May be responsible for multiple Project Managers dedicated to a common project or fewer large/highly complex customer Projects/Deliverables.
• Manages a broad, complex portfolio of projects as well as overall business programs that contain multiple projects that require high levels of functional integration and change management.
• Responsible for driving change and continually improving the efficiency of the Project Management department.
• Can work in multiple roles throughout the project life cycle including development.
• Projects will have large teams and will be globally dispersed, both with IT and business team members.
• Projects and Programs will have global impact and have complex business and technical challenges.
• Works under direction of IT executives and will keep them informed of project status.
• Extensive interaction with internal customers and senior business leadership.
• Responsible for mentoring and developing the team members within the Project Management department.
• Develops Program Management standards for multiple areas within the department.
• Prepare, present, distribute project, program, or portfolio information to all levels of business and Customer management and staff; as well as others both internal and external to the organization; represent the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external resources.
• Lead complex, cross-functional enterprise technology and business transformation initiatives.
• Drive project delivery through effective scope, schedule, budget, resource, risk, and dependency management.
• Build consensus and influence stakeholders at all organizational levels, including executive leadership.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and executive decision-making processes.
• Develop business cases, project plans, KPIs, status reporting, and performance metrics.
• Manage vendors, contracts, and third-party delivery partners.
• Apply Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies as appropriate.
• Perform financial management, forecasting, resource planning, and benefits realization tracking.
• Utilize project and portfolio management tools including Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow PPM, and Planview.
• Leverage Microsoft 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI and AI
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• Undergraduate degree and 10+ years relevant experience or Graduate degree and 8+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education/experience.

Experience & Skills

• Demonstrate strong communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, and organizational change management capabilities.
• Expert knowledge of project management methodologies, PMO governance frameworks, and project delivery best practices.
• Expert knowledge of program and portfolio management including prioritization, resource planning, dependency management, and benefits realization.
• Proficient knowledge of enterprise technology environments, including ERP, CRM, HRIS, cloud, SaaS and systems integrations.

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