Project Management Office Leader, Information Systems
Mange the implementation of a Technology Project Management Office and oversee project management disciplines within the AM General Technology group. In this role, I am responsible for assessing and identifying project management process gaps or where process disciplines are non-existent. Established a Project Management Office to oversee the implementation of a new version of SAP S4 HANA system, replacing the SAP EEC ERP system. Additional Responsibilities Include:• Report directly to Information Technology CIO.• Maintains technology project portfolio across the enterprise, coordinating weekly project status review with project teams, and providing regular project status updates to C-level steering committee members. • Responsibilities in building, maintaining, and improving the project management system. • Determine training needs for project managers/teams and acquire the appropriate training at the appropriate time. • Establish and document project management policies and procedures. • Conduct Project Manager Peer reviews of active projects to ensure implemented project methodologies are consistently followed.• Create an approach to establish priorities across multiple projects and a methodology to apply those priorities to the project planning and control processes. • Analyze the requirements for project management and related software tools; and acquire, implement, integrate, and maintain those tools. Evaluate new tools as they become available. • Create project planning templates (charters, work breakdown structures, precedence networks, schedules, budgets, etc.) • Collect and organize databases of actual project performance data (durations, resource usage, costs, quality measures, etc.) • Perform project management process audits and take action to correct process deficiencies. • Responsibilities in supporting the effective application of sound project management principles and techniques on specific projects
