Lead Project Manager

We are looking for a Lead Project ManagerThe role involves delivering multiple strategic efforts across various departments. This position is part of the Project and Portfolio Management organization and reports to the Director - Project and Portfolio Management.Responsibilities: Using hands-on and proactive approaches to ensure project value delivery, including managing milestones, identifying and tracking issues and risks, and driving the team to meet project goals. Creating visibility into project activities and milestones while following an agile and iterative software development process. Partnering with other digital delivery groups to align ongoing efforts. Contributing to solution definition and removing roadblocks. Attaining full knowledge of the functional area and helping project teams focus on achieving desired business outcomes. Surfacing challenges that require cross-team coordination or leadership intervention before impacting scope, cost, or timeline. Establishing a good cadence for external communication, including conducting effective meetings for the given audience by managing the agenda, running the meeting, and communicating/tracking follow-ups. Establishing strong relationships with IT and business stakeholders. Helping the team identify development opportunities and challenging them to improve performance actively. Managing budgets, forecasts, and vendor teams; coordinating vendor selection and contracting. Ensuring alignment of project objectives with the overall IT strategy and roadmap. Ensuring project or framework-specific governance is implemented. Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or relevant experience. 10 years of managing initiatives in information technology, specifically in infrastructure, networking, and operations area. Proven experience in delivering infrastructure and networking projects. Must have experience in applying project management frameworks best suited to the project's needs to deliver value. Must have strong experience in managing large, complex projects. Training and certifications in traditional project management and/or agile methodologies are preferred. Required Skills: Advanced knowledge of IT standards, policies, and procedures. Advanced knowledge of Networking and Infrastructure project components. Advanced knowledge of Tools for Managing and Reporting team progress. Proficient working with technology platforms. Strong Decision Making, Collaboration, conflict management, facilitation, and delegation skills. Excellent experience in dealing with C-level executives. Ability to juggle multiple priorities with competing deadlines. Ability to drive deliverables through completion and hold team members accountable for their work. Ability to identify potential risks and provide proactive mitigations. Preferred Skills: Experience with Data Lake / Data warehouses and ETL processes. Basic understanding of the Manufacturing industry and applications. Positive can-do attitude, solutions-oriented, and willingness to extend beyond day-to-day project manager responsibilities. Strong ability in Problem Solving, Forward Thinking, Influencing Stakeholders. Strong Adaptability and Sense of ownership. Strong ability to Build Relationships and Credibility with Management. Strong Ability to Influence and Drive Cross-Functional Decisions and Initiatives.