Senior Project Manager
Veolia North America

Job Info

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Company Description

Veolia aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. With nearly 179,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish them. In 2020, the Veolia group supplied 95 million people with drinking water and 62 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 43 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 47 million metric tons of waste.

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) is accountable for working closely with the Business and Technology to ensure the success and execution of all projects under their supervision. The Project Manager works with the Business and IS&T Leadership to build the business case. The SPM then plans, executes, and delivers all projects on time, on budget, and within the scope in accordance with business priorities. Throughout the life cycle of each project, the manager tracks and reports project status, while managing project resources to mitigate issues and risks.

PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Create a partnership relationship with the Business Sponsor and ensure the delivery of a successful PPM (Project Portfolio Management) service. Focus on the following Project Management disciplines:

○ Time Mgt- Define and create project plans for Project delivery

○ Financial Mgt - Delivery of Project on budget

○ Resource Mgt - Management of and accountability for Internal/External resources

○ Issue/Risk Mgt- tracking, escalation, and resolution as appropriate

○ Vendor Mgt- Accountable for third parties

○ Scope Mgt- Delivery of defined scope/responsible for Change Mgt process

○ Communications Mgt- Stakeholder Mgt/SteerCos/Org Change Mgt/Training/etc.

○ Some of the above disciplines require the SPM to work closely with SMEs in these fields, like Communications, Change Management, etc.

● Partner with IS&T Leadership, Business Sponsors, and other key stakeholders to define success metrics and criteria including business case development

○ Ensure all projects meet success parameters and financial (e.g. - ROI) targets stated in the business case

● Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects

● Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company via the PMLC-SDLC

● For larger projects, guide the efforts of additional project managers to ensure collaboration and timely delivery of the project

● Ensure run-books are assembled and made available to the business and IS&T personnel

● Conduct post-mortem of the project to ensure continuous improvement and recognition of team members

● Provide performance feedback to managers of project team members

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Education / Experience / Background

● 7 to 10 years successful PM experience required

● BA/BS- Computer Science preferred, BA/BS Business Disciplines preferred

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

● Excellent project management, organization, and team collaboration skills

● Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to deliver presentations to senior leadership.

● Excellent facilitation, collaboration, and negotiation skills

● Comfort with ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability

● Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously

● Proficient with the Project and Portfolio Management Tools (ex. MS Project, Clarity, Planview, Google Workplace, Daptive, Smartsheet, etc.)

● Exceptional/comprehensive understanding of PMLC & SDLC concepts

● Understanding of project methodologies (i.e. Waterfall, Agile; Iterative, SCRUM, RUP, etc.)

Required Certification / Licenses / Training

● PMI, Prince or equivalent Project Management Certification preferred

● ITIL Certification preferred but not required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

Travel is required. Varies by project.

Office environment (desk, chairs, sitting, walking around, etc.)

This job description is a general description of essential job functions. It is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All employees are expected to perform tasks as assigned by supervisory personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties.

Additional Information

VNA is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. VNA's practices and employment decisions, including those regarding recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline, and termination shall not be based on any person's sex, race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, citizenship status or other protected group status as defined by applicable law. VNA gives fair consideration to all qualified individuals and affords all employees and applicants opportunities for advancement according to their individual abilities without regard to membership in any applicable protected category. No opportunity for hire, advancement or any other condition of employment will be diminished through unlawful discriminatory practices.

 

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