Ryan

Senior Manager, PMO

Ryan  •  Plano, TX (Hybrid)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

Why Ryan?

  • Hybrid Work Options

  • Award-Winning Culture

  • Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

  • 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)

  • Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

  • Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One

  • 401K with Employer Match

  • Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

  • Fertility Assistance Program

  • Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

The Senior Manager, PMO will be responsible for leading and managing large, complex, cross functional enterprise initiatives leveraging Agile & Scrum methodology best practices.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

  • Create a positive team experience

  • Develops and provides education and coaching to elevate project management knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to meet project requirements.

Client:

  • Escalates and manages project issues and risks to the appropriate stakeholders with clarity, timeliness, and professionalism

  • Partners with cross-functional stakeholders and team members to effectively prioritize, plan and organize the completion of project milestones and work

  • Tracks progress and provides timely status reporting of milestones, dependencies, risks and issues to initiative owners, key stakeholders, and leadership

  • Designs and delivers effective Change Management plans to effectively communicate and educate end users.

Value:

  • Proactively evaluates business processes to identify and execute improvements leading to quantifiable savings to the Firm

  • Oversee all scoping, planning, execution and managing activities to ensure on-time delivery, within budget and meets or exceeds expectations

  • Supports the development and improvement of Business Excellence processes, best practices, templates/tools and training

  • Develops appropriate training and communication plans/content to support BX initiatives

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with a minimum of 8 years' industry experience as a program or project manager, with a progressive record of successful delivery of complex solutions, systems, or services

  • Finance knowledge and/or Finance project deployment experience preferred

  • Six Sigma/Lean experience.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Essential Skills Required:

  • Demonstrates senior executive engagement and influencing skills

  • Demonstrates ability to work on cross-functional projects with tight deadlines

  • Manages multiple concurrent projects in a cross-functional organization and excels in a dynamic and collaborative environment supporting high-growth and fast-paced business units

  • Detail-oriented

  • Ability to coach teams to quickly identify core issues and determine solutions while creating structure around ambiguity

  • Ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks and successfully prioritize to deliver results in the face of competing business interests

  • Strong drive for results and continuous improvement

  • Demonstrated experience with Agile/Scrum Methodology

  • Outstanding organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Certificates and Licenses:

  • PMP Certification (preferred)

  • Six Sigma Green Belt (preferred)

  • Valid driver’s license (required).

Work Environment:

  • Standard indoor working environment.

  • Long periods of sitting while working at computer.

  • Occasional long periods of standing.

  • Position requires regular interaction with employees and vendors both in person and via e-mail and telephone.

  • Independent travel requirement: up to 25%.


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Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran

Ryan

About Ryan

Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Plano, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is an 11-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 6,500 professionals and associates serves over 77,000 clients in more than 80 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies. More information about Ryan can be found at ryan.com.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
ryan.com
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