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Ardent Mills Sr. Project Manager-Customer Experience Focus in Denver, Colorado

Sr Project Manager

Your role: The Enterprise Project Management Organization is responsible for leading and supporting portfolio, program, and project management execution for enterprise-wide, cross-functional initiatives. This position involves facilitating program and project delivery including, but not limited to, project plans, tracking, regular status reporting, risk/issue tracking, scope & change control, coordinating resources & activities in support of value realization, change management, user experience, customer experience, business objectives and key performance indicators. This position will play a key role in supporting cross-functional business process enabled with technology to deliver the business strategy of Ardent Mill

Your responsibilities: Responsible for defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering a given strategic initiative(s) and business outcomes. Ensures end results are of the highest quality with a clearly articulated scope, quantifiable business value and benefits. Creates and engages cross-functional, high performing teams. Facilitates appropriate communication channels within project team and executive team, with emphasis on status, risk and issue mitigation. Applies PMO methodologies to support the complexity and needs of the specific project, phase and technical needs. Provides project team up to date visibility of milestones, deliverables, critical path, activities, and tasks. Supports change management, stakeholder training plan, financial spend, financial forecasts and other needs of the project to deliver the expected goals and objectives.

*Lead and strategize programs and projects to ensure alignment and progression towards achieving desired outcomes. *Identify and address resource constraints, scope changes, timelines, risks, and issues effectively and proactively, using autonomy and initiative. *Establish and monitor milestones, while innovatively developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan. *Act as an advisor to all impacted stakeholders, sponsors, steering committee and/or senior leadership, providing critical progress reports on the program and projects. *Detect and resolve project risks, issues, resource constraints/challenges, change control, anticipating their impact on delivering goals and value. *Oversee and control scope to ensure that commitments are achieved within agreed-on time, cost and quality parameters. *Implement and adjust change management and communication plans throughout the project lifecycle, anticipating internal and external organizational challenges. *Enhance business acumen, project management/delivery, leadership and skills, applying advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts. *Employ skills, knowledge, and understanding to influence and drive behavior and results. *Establish credibility with teams and partners while managing expectations, acting as the organization's spokesperson on advanced projects. *Undertake other duties and projects as assigned, leading project teams to achieve milestones and objectives.

Essential skills and experience: Four-year degree or equivalent Minimum 14+ years business discipline expertise (sales, marketing, supply chain, information technology or other) Minimum 5 years project management experience implementing complex, broad scale strategic projects including software implementations Demonstrated experience working in waterfall and agile project management methodologies Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams, including information technology teams Demonstrated ability to interface with, influence and collaborate with personnel at all levels Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility in a fast-changing environment Project budget experience

Skills Exceptional communications (written and verbal) to all levels of the organization Strong decision-making, problem-solving, critical thin ing skills under pressure Technology Saavy - Strong computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Demonstrates a focus on others vs. self - listen, learn and serve others High learning agility, curious to learn and ability challenge the status quo Excellent analytical, time management and organizational skills with impeccable attention to detail. Ability to work on multiple, complex projects, simultaneously with frequent interruptions and see them to completion with limited supervision. Ability to build trusted relationships with co-workers and all stakeholder levels. Uncovers stakeholder needs and motivations. Leadership of cross functional teams- navigate people, influencing, resolve conflict, deliver tough messages.Inspire team to perform. Willingness to exert discretionary effort and personal commitment to the project success

Good to have/desired:

PMP Certification Agile certification or agile experience Portfolio and program... For full info follow application link.

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