Sr IT Project Manager
Summary
Senior IT Project Manager at Textron Specialized Vehicles in Augusta, GA, leading large, complex, business-critical IT projects end to end — building delivery strategies, schedules, budgets, and governance, managing risks, vendors, and project financials, and mentoring project managers within the PMO.
Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of golf cars, utility and personal transportation vehicles, professional turf-care equipment, and ground support equipment. Textron Specialized Vehicles markets products under several different brands. Its vehicles are found in environments ranging from golf courses to factories, airports to planned communities, and theme parks to hunting preserves.
Responsibilities\:
Lead large, complex, high-risk, or business-critical IT projects and programs from initiation through implementation and closure, with accountability for successful business and technology outcomes.
Develop integrated delivery strategies, scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, governance approaches, and implementation plans across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
Anticipate and manage complex risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints involving business operations, technology, vendors, finances, resources, and organizational readiness.
Navigate significant tradeoffs involving scope, timing, resources, budget, risk, and business value while maintaining sponsor and executive alignment.
Serve as the primary delivery leader for project sponsors, business leaders, technical leaders, vendors, and executive stakeholders, providing objective recommendations and decision support.
Lead project governance, executive status reviews, escalation forums, and decision-making processes that provide clear visibility into performance, risks, milestones, financials, and business outcomes.
Manage material project financials, forecasts, variances, vendor commitments, contracts, and resource strategies to support effective use of project investments.
Lead complex change control, implementation, testing, deployment, training, transition, and adoption activities across affected business and technology groups.
Manage strategic vendors, consultants, and implementation partners and ensure contractual obligations, delivery commitments, and performance expectations are met.
Mentor project managers and project coordinators and use lessons learned from complex initiatives to strengthen PMO delivery standards and organizational execution capability.