Enterprise PMO

Enterprise Project Manager

This position is part of the Enterprise PMO responsible to provide project and program management for key strategic and operational initiatives at 7-Eleven involving cross functional teams and budgets up to $10MM+. The project manager is responsible to develop and execute PMO projects to ensure cross functional alignment, drive and manage the teams to meet strict deadlines and achieve financial goals. Responsibilities include financial and project governance, project execution excellence and reducing risks for SEI leveraging project management principles and tools.

Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Ensures that program scope and business objectives are clearly documented and agreed to for complex, cross-functional projects.
• Identify and organize the appropriate cross-functional teams to achieve project goals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop detailed project plans, identifying the proper work streams owners and cross-work stream dependencies. Coach teams to ensure the project team works together efficiently and effectively.
• Work collaboratively with business owners to define initial budget and resources required. Manage and analyze on-going financials to ensure project is tracking to budget.
• Understand the details of the project plan to effectively manage the dependencies and adjust plans as necessary. Drive accountability and project progress according to the aligned-on project plan.
• Identify and document project risks and issues, escalating when appropriate and developing mitigation strategies to minimize project impacts.
• Through regular cadence of reporting, ensure visibility and transparency on project progress milestones, financial governance, issues and risks.
• Focus on driving results, finding cost saving opportunities and efficiencies in the project life cycle while leveraging project best practices.
• Ability to effectively facilitate and lead meetings of varying size and purpose.

In addition to the skills above, the Project Manager needs to be proficient and demonstrate the following leadership competencies :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :