Sr. Project Manager

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Tyson Foods

Sr. Project Manager

in

Springdale

Arkansas

Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required by October 1, 2021 for Corporate based team members and by November 1, 2021 for Plant and Warehousing based team members.

Los solicitantes seleccionados para este puesto deben estar completamente vacunados contra el COVID-19 como condición de empleo. La verificación de la vacuna se requerirá para el 1 de octubre de 2021 para los compañeros de equipo con base en la sede (corporativa) de la empresa y para el 1 de noviembre de 2021 para los compañeros de equipo en las plantas y almacenes.

Job Details:

The role of the Sr. Project Manager is to establish, implement, develop and control best practices for project management throughout the organization. This includes defining and documenting all policies and processes of project lifecycles in order to deliver these projects according to plan and within budget.

Essential Duties Responsibilities:

Define how the scope goals and deliverables of projects should support business goals in collaboration with senior management.

Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project lifecycle.

Effectively communicate and manage project expectations to project managers owners sponsors team members and other stakeholders in a clear and concise fashion.

Provide tools to determine project timelines and milestones deliverables.

Determine frequency and content of status reports from project managers analyze results and troubleshoot problem areas mitigate project risks.

Effectively manage project teams time and allocate resources to ensure deliverables are completed.

Where required negotiate with department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.

Assess and approve disapprove need for additional staff or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary, during project s lifecycle.

Indirectly guide and manage project managers of all projects within the PMO portfolio.

Develop best practices techniques and tools for project planning execution project management ongoing milestone deliverable tracking communication and key performance metrics.

Communicate project management standards and techniques to the appropriate training staff.

Review budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.

Track and monitor all project milestones and deliverables.

Identify and manage all project dependencies and critical path.

Accept and assess status report change requests and requirements documentation to ensure smooth project progression.

Conduct project postmortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify key successful and unsuccessful project elements.

Coach mentor motivate and supervise new project team leads team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for assigned work.

Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within and between various project teams.

Requirements:

Education: Bachelors degree in the field of computer science, business administration or related field. Masters degree in one these fields preferred. Equivalent experience may be acceptable. PMP Certification required.

Experience: 8 years direct work experience in a project management capacity including all aspects of process development and execution. IT Program management experience required. Strong familiarity with project management software such as Microsoft Project JIRA and Excel. Experience in developing and deploying project best practices policies

Computer Skills: Advanced PC skills using Microsoft Office products and MS Project for schedule and resource capacity planning.

Communication Skills: Must exhibit strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to tailor messaging to the different levels of the organization.

Special Skills:

Demonstrated success delivering numerous projects on time, meeting requirements and with high team satisfaction, including some complex projects and projects involving a number of project staff and users; experience implementing cloud-based IT solutions; demonstrated expertise utilizing multiple project methodologies, such as Agile.

Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial.

Ability to facilitate relations between business groups and technology departments.

Solid leadership skills with ability to lead conversations and decisions with technical resources.

Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.

Can conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Ability to read communication styles of project team leads, team members, and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines. Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating.

Ability to defuse tension among and between project teams, should it arise.

Advanced interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

Adept at conducting research into administrative and technical project-related issues.

Must have a working knowledge of traditional and cloud infrastructure technologies.

Supervisory: None

Travel: Minimal travel (10%) depending upon project assignment

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required by October 1, 2021 for Corporate based team members and by November 1, 2021 for Plant and Warehousing based team members.

The vaccines against COVID-19 are free for new hires and are accompanied by a cash incentive for eligible non-corporate based hires. Readily available at select sites.

Our team members make the difference. If you are ready to grow your career with an industry leader and want to positively impact the team and community around you, then join us in helping us in raising expectations.Join us on the journey.

At Tyson, we are raising expectations for how much good people can do. Our Talent Strategy is to Attract, Grow, Reward and Retain the best talent, and we believe that our Culture is the connecting thread that drives that strategy!

We strive to be a talent magnet to establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where team members can grow their career while growing the business.

We are a high performing organization where team members are rewarded (Pay, Benefits and Recognition) for their contributions, and given the opportunity to support and/or volunteer with programs that help Tyson make a lasting social impact in the communities where we live and work.

To learn more about our culture, please read Our Purpose (http://www.tysonfoods.com/who-we-are/our-story/purpose-values) .

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Tyson Foods, Inc.
Website : https://www.tysonfoods.com/