Project Manager ll
Description
The primary responsibility of the Project Manager II role is to lead cross-functional and cross-company teams through all phases of the project lifecycle, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet or exceed customer expectations. Functions as the core team lead (CTL) of a cross-opco initiative.
- Essential Functions
- Managing major programs, multiple large initiatives, or multiple projects of various sizes.
- Adhering to FedEx project standards and requirements, including the Global Development Process or Everest processes.
- Ensuring that all projects impacting operations follow the FedEx Organizational Change Management (OCM) framework and requirements.
- Developing, managing, tracking progress, and updating project plans to meet approved requirements and scope.
- Creating and managing project schedules, estimating project spending, and controlling costs throughout the project lifecycle.
- Defining and managing project plans to meet the approved scope, and ensuring changes in scope are reviewed and approved by the project team and sponsors.
- Defining and tracking success and accuracy metrics to ensure FedEx Quality standards are enforced.
- Leading cross-functional teams, ensuring clear roles and responsibilities, and monitoring progress and performance.
- Communicating project status to team members and sponsors, and providing effective communication and training to impacted stakeholders.
- Managing the purchase and acquisition of products or services to meet project deliverables in adherence with FedEx policy.
- Ensuring the development of risk plans and mitigation strategies, and monitoring their execution.
- Collaborating and maintaining working relationships with vendors and customers as required by the project.
- Exploring ways to improve project processes and project management best practices within the organization.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Minimum Education
Bachelors degree in Engineering, Information Science, Business, Finance, or related field. In addition to minimum experience, high school diploma or GED and four (4) years of experience in a technical or professional position is accepted in lieu of degree.
Minimum Experience
Seven (7) years experience required in project or program management or three (3) years experience required as a Project Manager I.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office software and web-based applications.
Verbal and written communication skills necessary to communicate with all levels of management.
Presentation skills necessary to facilitate training and/or deliver informational sessions to groups and/or individuals.
Time management and organizational skills necessary to manage multiple projects, appropriately prioritize workload, plan for resources to meet deadlines and goals, and respond to day-to-day functional needs.
Ability to anticipate and identify problems and use sound judgment and fact-based analysis to develop effective and efficient solutions.
Knowledge of concepts, practices, policies and procedures related to field operations.
Job Conditions
Minimal travel required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Pay Transparency: This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the range is a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary for the lowest level to the current starting salary of the highest level. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.
Pay: (FEC_E27) U.S. Pay Range: $7,094.23/month - $15,607.31/month New York Pay Range: $7,488.36/month - $15,607.31/month New York City Pay Range: $9,064.85/month - $15,607.31/month Colorado Pay Range: $7,094.23/month - $14,957.01/month
Additional Details: Department: Transportation. Team: Transportation Network Planning. This position is preferred to be domiciled in Pittsburgh, PA, but remote candidates will also be considered.
Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.
Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact recruitmentsupport@fedex.com.
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- Know Your Rights
- Pay Transparency
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act
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