Epic Delivery Owner (Project Lead)

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead one or multiple Epics/Projects of varying complexity involving teams across different locations, divisions, and entities, including third-party suppliers, and multiple disciplines in the IT function.
• Proactively identify risks, define, drive, and track the required actions to mitigate them or resolve issues, ensuring that the projects' goals and requirements are met.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and forecasts, including resource allocation, costs, and dependencies, ensuring effective use of the team’s overall resources to meet project objectives and deadlines.
• Handle change control processes, challenge and negotiate changes in project specifications or scope with business and IT partners.
• Regularly report progress at all levels of the organization, including senior management, partners, and sponsors/business collaborators.
• Ensure Epics/projects adhere to internal standards and methodologies.
• Lead improvement initiatives and act as the primary connection between project sponsors/clients and IT services.

Skills and Competencies:

• Solid project management skills.
• Ability to quickly grasp impacts and dependencies when discussing with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated communication skills across all levels of the organization.
• Effective negotiation, conflict management, and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate with limited support, organized and focused, able to remain positive under pressure.
• Flexible and able to swiftly reprioritize tasks in a fast-changing environment.
• Proven experience in leading multi-squad/location projects, including outsourcing partners, is preferred.

Desired Experience and Certifications:

• Certification in PRINCE2, PMI, or similar IT delivery frameworks.
• Exposure to large business package implementation/upgrade projects.
• Experience with outsourcing partners and cross-platform implementation.