IT Project Manager

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Primary Purpose of this Position:  

Manages complex medium-to-large scale projects using advance management methodology and processes.  Leads project teams and responsible for ensuring creation of project objectives and plans to deliver quality solutions on time and in budget.  Manages the strategic and tactical aspects of large engagements and mitigates any risks; this includes reviewing and managing deliverables within and across business units, performing project reviews and ensuring project management best practices take place for all engagements. Works closely with decision makers in other departments to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective business solutions for Ball Corporation.

What will you be responsible for? 

• Create project plans based on business case, timelines, dependencies, financial factors and resources and ensure on-time, on budget, on scope execution.
• Serving as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Agile Team's content, assist in building Agile processes.
• As a Scrum Project Manager, you will provide regular status reports and updates to senior leadership and stakeholders (Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and implement best practices to optimize project delivery).
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of personnel within the escalation process.
• Provide project oversight and quality reviews, coordination of deliverable sign-off and project reporting.
• Influences decision-making on projects; works with key stakeholders, sponsors and senior management to secure acceptance and approval of deliverables.
• Effectively communicate project expectations, direction, approach, priorities, events and status to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Understand delivery methods (e.g. waterfall, agile) and can select, modify/align that method with the needs of  the Project.
• Manage the project change process and determine the impact of project changes on the business case, and re-forecast value creation.
• Provide project and supplier oversight, quality reviews, coordination of deliverable sign-off, and project reporting.
• Understand the business context of the project and uses knowledge to make appropriate decisions on project approach, issue and risk management, and dependency and constraint management.
• Ability to communicate across business and IT stakeholders, especially when changes to project need to be communicated.
• Conduct risk and issue planning, integrate associated outcomes into the project plan
• Build and maintain an in depth knowledge of the processes, systems, and data in a defined capability/service delivery area.
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of personnel within the escalation process and the specific responsibilities of the Senior Project Manager in facilitating that process.
• Juggle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Builds working relationships with team members, vendors and other departments involved in the projects.
• Organize Sprint Planning meetings, which includes reviewing the Product Backlog and collaborating with the Product Owner and the Core Team to identify user stories to be included in the next Sprint.
• Conduct Sprint Review Meetings to review the scope and functionality delivered successfully in the previous Sprint.
• Organize Sprint Retrospectives with the Scrum Team to improve process & techniques continuously.
• Ensure the team abides by the SCRUM rules and guidelines.
• Hold Daily SCRUM meetings to allow the Scrum Team to synchronize their work and communicate issues and road-blocks to the Product Owner.
• Empower the Scrum Team, and shield the Scrum Team from outside influences and distractions.
• Assist the Product Owner in maintaining the Product Backlog. Develop process flows as needed.
• Work effectively as part of the Scrum Team to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines.

What are we looking for? 

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Experience managing large-scale initiatives in a technology environment.
• Project management experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly desired.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP), or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification is preferred.
• Experience managing teams of project managers in the delivery of small to large scale projects.
• Experienced in managing project scopes, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders with budget and risks.
• Experience with generating business cases/ROI; must have experience performing technology selection and vendor management.
• Proven project planning and management experience.
• Fluent English is essential.

Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 21,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.

Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
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