Monster Energy's Information Technology PMO is seeking qualified applications for a Project Manager to join our team in Corona, CA.
This exciting position serves an important role in a company that is growing and developing innovative solutions. We are
seeking new team members that thrive on collaboration and teamwork in a positive work environment.
The Project Manager is responsible for leading and optimizing projects within all facets of business operations to ensure scope and direction of projects are on schedule. This role will drive projects and possess a strong understanding of the responsibilities and functions within business operations and information technology. In addition, the IT Project Manager will play an active role in collaboratively optimizing PMO processes and practices to improve our overall ability to deliver projects.
Essential Job Functions:
- Serve as project liaison between IT and the business on assigned projects and business requests
- Work with PMO leadership to define, establish, enforce and refine PMO processes and best practices
- Provide input to help guide evaluation, prioritization and sequencing of key initiatives into an overall roadmap and portfolios, along with inter-project dependencies
- Provide hands-on program and project management leadership including project initiation, scheduling, management, control and closing
- Determine and enforce the relevant degree of project management structure and rigor based on individual project characteristics and size
- Provide change management leadership by anticipating, evaluating and mitigating the impact of change, while driving business engagement to improve solution adoption
- Ensure meeting preparation, manage follow up activities, document issues and escalate to PMO leadership and project stakeholders as required
- Lead and coordinate the development of relevant project initiation documents (charter or scope statement)
- Lead or participate in project related business discussions to ensure requirements are well understood, appropriately documented and adequately addressed by the technology solution
- Lead or participate in process mapping exercises ("as is", "to be") to help define project scope and objectives
- Lead project planning meetings and facilitate the participation of identified team members to help strengthen the project team and overall collaboration
- Maintain the project schedule and related artifacts in the project management solution used by Monster Energy
- Plan for and coordinate internal and external resource requirements (human or otherwise)
- Measure and report on project performance and progress with project participants and Monster Energy leadership
- Identify, assess and manage project risk and issues
- Manage project budget and spend, along with regular budget vs. actuals reporting
- Assist in preparing project reporting materials for project steering committees and, if called upon, help facilitate such meetings, take notes and coordinate follow up
- Lead or participate in third party vendor selection and management as required by individual projects
Position Requirements:
- A minimum of 5 years of hands on experience in project management
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Understanding of various project methodologies including Agile
- Ability to create presentations and present in front of large audiences
- Ability to address short-term tactical requirements without losing site of the longer-range strategic direction
- Proven analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and communicational skills
- Able to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and geographically dispersed
- Understanding of ERP implementation
- Must be available on weekends, nights, and holidays as needed
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field (will consider applicants with extensive PM experience in lieu of specific degree requirements)
- PMP Certification a plus
Pay Range: $62,500k- $86,150k
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)