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MPAS Personnel Administrative Serv

Sr. Project Manager

MPAS Personnel Administrative Serv, Newark, New Jersey, us, 07175

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Overview Every moment of every day, people all over the world turn to Panasonic to make their lives simpler, more enjoyable, more productive and more secure. Since our founding almost a century ago, we’ve been committed to improving peoples’ lives and making the world a better place–one customer, one business, one innovative leap at a time. Come join our journey!

Responsibilities The Senior Project Manager leads complex, cross-functional initiatives from initiation through delivery, ensuring projects are completed on time, within scope, and on budget. This role oversees project plans, resources, budgets, and deliverables while monitoring team performance, resolving issues, and maintaining quality standards. Acting as a strategic partner to business leaders, the Senior Project Manager translates organizational goals into actionable plans, drives execution through expert coordination and risk management. The Senior Project Manager will lead junior team members and champion project management best practices across the organization.

Business Relationship Management

Build and foster partnerships with customers/stakeholders/sponsors to align project goals with strategic priorities

Coordinate resource needs and availability between vendors, sponsors, and project team members

Communicate transparently and frequently on issues and status of project with project team(s), sponsors, and customer executives

Monitor project impact and gather feedback across the project team to improve future collaboration and outcomes

Represent and articulate PMO’s capability and competency to the customers/stakeholders/sponsors

Project Management

Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple high-impact projects simultaneously

Translate business needs into actionable project plans

Develop detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations

Align project objectives with company goals, and make sure project team is clear on objectives and success criteria in collaboration with stakeholders

Implement and promote project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) and tools (ServiceNow)

Partner with Change Management to support communication, training, and stakeholder adoption activities.

Project Governance

Ensure that all governance, compliance, security, and change control needs are met.

Provide weekly reports to management highlighting project progress, and risks and issues, escalating as needed

Monitor project scope and escalate indications of scope creep to customers/stakeholders/sponsors

Measure and track project success criteria, including business outcomes, ROI, and benefits realization.

Assist PMO Manager with preparation of monthly report-out of all projects in-flight and upcoming across all functional teams to executive leadership

Process Improvements

Drive continuous improvement by identifying process gaps and recommending solutions

Provide quality assurance, weekly, over prompt time entry submissions and approval across all PMO Projects and resources

Provide quality assurance, weekly, over Demand and Project creation in ServiceNow, maintaining overall data hygiene therein

Scope

Manages 2 direct reports — Project Specialists within the HR PMO

Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects with competing priorities

Manage projects and resources allocated to specific project assignments

Monitor financial budgets / cost plans per project assignment and report out budget vs. actuals

Create resource plans and track resource allocations throughout lifecycle of project, making updates as necessary

Strong business acumen and ability to translate technical to non-technical audiences

Ensure compliance with all policies and procedures

Qualifications What You’ll Bring

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, or related field, required

Minimum of 5 years of project management experience

Experience in a broad scope of enterprise technologies (Workday, ServiceNow)

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent experience, required

Agile Certification (PMI-ACP) or equivalent experience, required

Experience with ServiceNow Project Portfolio Management, preferred

Benefits & Perks – What’s In It For You Panasonic prioritizes total wellbeing. We offer a wide variety of benefits and programs to support your physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health.

Competitive compensation package

Comprehensive benefits

Pet Insurance

Paid Parental Care Leave

Employee Referral Program

Educational Assistance

Flexible Work Program

Volunteer time Off

Casual Dress Code

Total Well Being Program

Equal Opportunity We Take Opportunity Seriously: At Panasonic, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Fairness and Honesty have been part of our core values for more than 100 years and we are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer. The wage range of $130,000 – $140,000 is just one component of Panasonic’s total package. Actual compensation varies depending on the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives. The minimum hourly wage for this role will be the greater of the posted range, or minimum wage for the location where the employee will be working, subject to local minimum wage requirements.

We understand that your career search may look different than others and embrace the professional, personal, educational, and volunteer opportunities through which people gain experience. If you are actively looking or starting to explore new opportunities, send us your application! Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest in Panasonic. #LI-AS1

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