Resource Need: Hot Topic has an immediate need for a contract Project Manager for about 6 months to manage a couple of our projects in the Order Management space. Omni Channel projects involving Demandware, Enterprise Order Management and Merchandising systems (RMS).
Must Haves: (top 3)
- Retail Systems Experience
- Cross Functional
- PMP Certification
Day-to-day / Duties / Job Description:
- Drive projects/ programs to successful delivery including schedule, risk, issues, budget management
- Manage multiple Infrastructure and Operations projects concurrently
- Manages the project team, deliverables, and gates as required for operating model.
- Primarily responsible for larger projects, or groups of smaller projects as part of a larger program
- Responsible for scope control with stakeholders, task execution with the development team and relevant upward communication to managers
- Helps define process improvements and feedback for large, multi-part projects that need creative project management strategies required for timely execution
- Identifies and gathers assets required for development of each project
- Provide necessary feedback to project stakeholders (e.g., specification feedback, issue escalation to managers or scope changes/clarifications to project resources)
- Manage handoffs at each stage in the project life cycle according to guidelines specified in the department’s development policies
- Provide real time updates of relevant project information in the project information database
- Innate capability to create order out of chaos
- Proven problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to think out of the box and generate creative solutions
- Ability to communicate effectively with both business people and software engineers
- Desire to work in fast-paced, multi-task, fluid environment capable of reacting instantly to changes in a competitive business environment
- PMP Certification preferred