IT PMO Project Manager

The world's largest publicly-traded REIT and global leader in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics. Americold owns and operates 249 facilities with 1.5 billion cubic feet of storage in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South America. Our network plays a critical role in the global cold chain, connecting food producers, processors, distributors and retailers to consumers. The role of the IT, PMO Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize projects of the IT PMO according to scheduled deadlines and within budget while meeting or exceeding projected business benefits with the following focus areas --



- This role will be responsible for partnering with IT team members, stakeholders and leadership to help drive the PMO processes, reporting and tool governance by effective planning, coordination and execution of the activities required in order to meet timely delivery of PMO deliverables.

- The IT Project Manager will be an individual contributor reporting to the Director of IT PMO while implementing Americold and industry best practices of Project Management under a fast-paced environment.



Essential Functions:



Partnership & Collaboration

Work with IT team, stakeholders and leadership in planning, design and execution of PMO deliverables including the project intake process, status reporting and compliance with project delivery methodology

Develops working relationships with other members of the project teams, delivery, and leadership across the IT and other departments and provides training on tools and process as necessary



PPM Tools & Reporting

Leverage Americold's Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) tools to deliver solutions for business decision making, and consider people, process, and technologies while adhering to Americold's PMO processes

Responsible for data collection, analysis and reporting of project information within Americold Logistics global IT departments as well as administration and management of the Project & Portfolio Management System/Tools including being the POC for all configuration changes and new features of the PPM tool

Responsible for partnering with IT team, stakeholders and Leadership to design, implement, and operate reporting frameworks and dashboards to support PMO capabilities

Deliver regular reports such as weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance dashboards and owns administrative tasks such as timesheet postings, onboarding/offboarding, user management etc.



KPIs & Metrics

Gathers and helps define Project metrics and KPIs across the different types of projects and functional groups

Works closely with financial analyst, project teams for scoping & executing financial adjustments, tracking project financials

Has targeted conversations with team, stakeholders and leadership and provides consultative advice and recommendations based on project, operational and financial metrics



Compliance

* Drive compliance to PMO process, methodology and deliverables by proactively reviewing and conducting regular audits of data, highlight any variances to the business and help improve data quality

* Work collaboratively with the delivery teams to utilize data and insight to resolve business issues and drive better decision making for strategic initiatives including timesheets and financial compliance

5+ years of project management experience specifically supporting a PMO

Bachelor's degree in computer science, business or related field or equivalent

Smartsheet or SAP or similar PPM experience highly preferred

3+ years of data reporting experience

Demonstrated advanced experience with Excel and PowerPoint

Experience with industry standard BI and reporting engines (Cognos, Qlik, Tableau, Power BI)

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.