Role: Project Manager
Work Location: Torrance, CA
Work Type: 5 days on-site
Contract Type: W2 only, No corp to corp applicants
Duration: 18+ months
Responsibilities
- The Sr. Project Manager will provide governance and oversight of end-to-end delivery, administrative direction, and leadership guidance and support for members of his/her team.
- This is a leadership position, and this individual is responsible for project managing a team focused on delivering a high-quality Dealer Communication System (DCS) that meets current and future dealer and business needs.
- The candidate must exhibit drive, thought leadership and have very strong problem-solving and organizational capabilities to lead the delivery of complex technology solutions, including understanding business and technical aspects of the system and navigating a highly complex multi-organization ecosystem.
- In addition to project managing the development of the DCS, this individual will also be involved in developing and delivering proposals, dashboards, and presentations to all levels of business and management.
Daily Tasks Performed
- Manage the design, development & implementation of the Dealer Communication system across multiple business areas.
- Maintain a high performing team comprised of associate, contingent staff members, and vendor partners.
- Achieve the Unit goals for the Project Delivery of the DCS system as approved annually: including schedule, budget and quality commitments, and define and implement the processes and methodologies to enable robust delivery and operation of complex, large-scale dealer-facing applications in a multi-partner ecosystem.
Requirements
- Information Systems or related Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
- 3-5 years managing professionals that lead teams, groups, and vendors
- 5-8 years project management experience (Agile and Waterfall)
- 5-8 years technical management experience
- 3-5 years experience working with business groups and enterprise organizations such as Legal, Procurement, Enterprise Architecture, etc.
- 2-3 years procuring and managing outsourced and offsite partners
- Ability to plan, set and govern strategic and tactical direction to support the organization's goals
- Professional writing skills
- Technical understanding of mobile, web, services-based solutions
- Experience with dealer automotive systems, DCS/DMS projects or other technology projects desirable
- Experience in management level presentations
- Experience delivering high volume transaction applications
- Experience with developing and managing a budget (at least $5M)
- Experience leading and/or providing application development and portfolio support
- Experience with client-server, SaaS, PaaS preferred