Lead Technical Project Manager

Lead Technical Project Manager

ADP is hiring a Lead Technical Project Manager.

Do you thrive in a results-driven and dynamic atmosphere where customer satisfaction, achievement, collaboration, and technical agility are recognized and highly valued?

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference by using your communication, problem-solving, and technical project management skills to drive results for our internal business stakeholders?

Are you looking for an inclusive environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?

Well, this may be the role for you. Ready to make your mark?

In this role, you'll lead projects across Global Procurement primarily focused on the adoption, optimization, and transformation of its systems supporting ADP's global geographical footprint. You'll collaborate closely with system subject matter experts, enterprise technology teams, sourcing / contracting leaders and other cross-functional support functions in Finance and Human Resources and use specific templates and techniques through the project life cycle to ensure Global Procurement's goals and objectives are accomplished within designated timeframes and budgets.

The nature of what you do every day will not change your #1 goal is to lead high-impact and agile projects. Still, every day will be different because the teams you work with and systems you support along with regions in scope will vary per Global Procurement objectives.

To thrive in this role, you have a way with project team members that builds rapport, establishes trust, communicates technical information in a digestible manner, and shines with professionalism. You will manage the project team and all project phases, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure. When your work is done successfully, your KPIs will be met or exceeded, and your project team sentiment will make you proud. We'll also have a healthy dose of fun along the way. Not only can you find a career here but friendships that last in a company that values inclusion.

Ready to #MakeYourMark? Apply now!

What you can expect on a typical day :

Be a True Partner. Do you want to be the ultimate relationship builder? You'll be the key Procurement Systems point-of-contact on projects and communicate with key stakeholders. You'll develop strong partnerships and working relationships at all levels of the organization.

Collaborate and Connect. Are you looking to learn and grow as a part of a team? You'll work within agile environments, adhering to scrum or other iterative development cycles, to lead and influence initiatives and projects. You'll provide strategic insights that enable efficient execution of project deliverables and milestones, including managing the full life cycle of projects.

Think Like a Client, Act Like an Owner. Not afraid to be the owner of your project? You'll provide analysis and status reports for projects and programs, including performance metrics that measure the success of projects. You'll identify risks and opportunities, raise and manage escalations, and provide visibility into project health across all stakeholders.

Create and Innovate. Do you want to champion best practices and process improvement? You'll use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to approach new situations. You'll continuously identify opportunities to improve processes, optimize workflows, and enhance how work is organized, assigned, tracked, and reported. You'll drive process improvements that strengthen collaboration and efficiency, and delivery quality.

To succeed in this role, you would have :

• Enterprise-level experience successfully leading multiple concurrent global and highly complex cross-functional, multi-year technical projects.
• Experience implementing and deploying software products.
• Current PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP certifications.
• Expertise in project management processes, tools, and structured methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience with defining project metrics, measuring results, evaluating the success of projects, and communicating results to stakeholders, including providing project analysis and status reports such as business case, ROI, and post-project reviews.
• Experience working with development teams, including an understanding of agile methodologies and managing projects through the full software development life cycle.
• Experience driving timelines and budgets, and proactively leading communication with cross-functional stakeholders and team members throughout the project, including setting up and facilitating meetings to keep things moving forward.
• A proven ability to assess, manage, resolve, and escalate risks and issues.
• Experience in managing multiple, changing, competing priorities.
• Skills in guiding and inspiring others in a consultative approach and driving collaboration with the project team and internal partners.
• Strong team leadership capabilities and the ability to delegate responsibility to all levels of the project team while holding the team accountable for deliverables.
• An ability to manage across formal organizational lines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work with and communicate confidently with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent negotiation and facilitation skills, including effectively communicating with multiple functions / business units to identify and negotiate required resources.
• Subject matter expertise with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience coaching, training, and mentoring other team members.
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

For additional comfort in the role, you would have :

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What are you waiting for? Apply today!