Lineage Logistics Hiring for IT Project Manager at Tulsa, Oklahoma Full Time

The IT Project Manager directs and coordinates strategic technology projects to ensure that goals and objectives of projects are accomplished within the committed time frame and budget. The IT PM will help to advance the state of project management within Lineage Logistics IT including standard processes and a consistent delivery methodology. The Project Manager will oversee diverse projects including system integrations, IT infrastructure, digital transformation, and service delivery optimization. The Project Manager will be involved with multiple projects at a time, developing full-scale project plans, as well as provide direction and support to the project teams.

The role involves the coordination of technical resources across multiple teams, working concurrently on multiple, projects. The role also ensures overall project alignment, including communication both inside and outside the team, dependency identification and resolution, and proper priority and order for work. Milestone establishment and tracking are critical tasks in this role.

At Lineage, the aim is not to build the largest IT group; instead, we are creating a small, highly-skilled team that focuses on having the right mix of talents, skills, and the capacity to learn in areas that define our core differentiation. Lineage leverages cloud services, best-of-breed technologies, and external teams to augment our capabilities with sufficient capacity. This means that in addition to being a great project manager, an ideal candidate will need to be able to review and collaborate with others – both internal and external – to ensure that we are collectively able to deliver projects in support of Lineage’s company goals.

As a company, Lineage builds state-of-the-art systems to make our employees productive, to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations, to assist in our growth, and to create an operating platform that enables Lineage to achieve its vision of transforming the global food supply chain. This is one of the most critical roles in that journey, and it will require someone who has a true passion for technology and project management.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partners with project sponsors, project teams and other project managers to help evaluate technical and business requirements and to develop and implement approaches and solution alternatives
• Integrates inputs and schedules from multiple sources to create a cohesive plan with an identifiable critical path, task dependencies, and major milestones, and manages the agreed project plans and schedules ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters
• Adapts project plans, schedules, and resource assignments as required throughout projects, to respond to emerging requirements and risks
• Communicates overall project status including milestones, adherence to project deadlines, and relevant risks to teams, stakeholders, and management
• Develops project charter/scope document and manages the programs or projects and their life cycles through the creation, collection, and maintenance of project documentation, and in accordance with standards established by the Program Management Office (PMO)
• Identifies and estimates project scope and deliverables
• Holds team members accountable, sets clear performance standards, resolves performance issues, and keeps technical teams engaged and on task

Education and Work Experience

• University degree in Information Technology, or business administration and/or 3-5 years equivalent work experience
• Minimum 5 – 7 years of experience as project manager with IT Infrastructure projects
• Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills; including the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Hands-on experience with a variety of project delivery methodologies
• Experience working in a matrixed global organization where success requires broad orchestration of resources and services
• Strong understanding of the business impact of IT tools, technologies, and policies
• PMI or PMP certification is a strong plus

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Utilize knowledge of project management best practices and methodologies
• Deliver on commitments (high quality, on budget, on time) while working on multiple projects concurrently
• Comfortable relating openly, honestly, and consistently with diverse groups of people
• Act decisively for improvement in both projects and in the organization including addressing urgent, time sensitive, or crisis issues
• Use leadership skills to align project and department goals with the organization’s and sponsor’s goals
• Lead a project team, create and maintain group cohesiveness, interact with internal and external customers, and manage vendor relationships
• Work in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Possess a willingness and ability to work non-standard hours to support delivery of time-critical project deadlines
• Properly set priority and order for work
• Ask for help and provide it to others
• Learn and apply innovative technologies and business concepts
• Understand your skills and your talents and use them appropriately

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Why Lineage?This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers’ requirements. Beyond that, you’ll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We’ll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.

Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.BenefitsLineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, competitive pay, excellent Health and Dental benefits, 401K, and Paid Time Off and Sick Days