Role Purpose

The IT Governance & Outsourcing team at OSF defines ways of working to manage IT-enabled projects, data, budgets and expenses, contracts, vendors, and business continuity. It establishes processes to advance demand management/project prioritization, streamlined project delivery, benefits tracking, discipline around project management practices, change management practices and adherence to Enterprise Architecture and IT Security good practices.

Key responsibilities

• Listen tointernal customersand sponsors and help drive strategy conversations, create vision presentations, and develop complex project plans.

• Understand the big picture and value delivery while focusing on efficiencies and optimizations. 

• Create and manage project budgets fromUSD$100K-$5m.

• Create orderand stabilityusing project management techniques and toolsasappropriate forthe project context

• Seamlessly orchestratetimezones, milestones, deadlines, and dependenciesacrossmultipleprojects atonetime

• Break silos by buildingrelationshipsand processes for interacting with subject matter experts within ITand across the organization

• Communicate clearlyto stakeholders and other audiences throughsophisticated change management plans, trainingplansand project communicationplans

• Managerelationships with external vendors, includingnegotiating contracts,monitoringand evaluatingvendor performance,and ensuring compliance with contractual agreements

• Motivate and protect the project team, solve problems, remove obstacles,anticipateissues, and manage risk.

• Haveabilityto recognizewhenprojectsare strugglingandtocourse-correct when necessary, including stopping projectsthat are not meetingobjectives

• Embrace IT Governance processes and procedures, stakeholder management and change management processes and techniques.

The ideal candidate

• Provenprojectmanageroperatingin a complex multi-countryconsulting, for-profit,or non-profit organization.

• Experience usingindustry standardproject managementframeworks,tools and techniques to managemultiple projectssimultaneously from initiation to closing(project management and change management certifications arehighlyvalued

• Proven experience with change management,risk management,IT vendor management and control, and budget management up toUSD $5million.

• Experience managing diverse stakeholders in a matrix organization.

• Experience managing cross-functional IT system implementations acrossmultiplegeographiesandlegal entitieswithan elevated ITsecurity profile.