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Panasonic North America · 19 hours ago

Sr. Project Manager- HR

Newark, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$130K/yr - $140K/yr

5+ years exp

Panasonic North America is committed to improving lives through innovation and is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives. This role involves overseeing project plans, resources, budgets, and deliverables while acting as a strategic partner to business leaders.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Qualification

PMP CertificationAgile CertificationProject ManagementServiceNowWorkdayBusiness AcumenCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

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

Minimum of 5 years of project management experience

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

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

Preferred

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

Experience with ServiceNow Project Portfolio Management, preferred

Benefits

Health Benefits - Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.

Voluntary Benefits - Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.

Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP) - 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.

Paid Time-Off Benefits - Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.

Educational Assistance - Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.

Health Management and Wellbeing Programs -Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.

Employee Recognition Program - High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition

Annual Bonus Program - Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.

Company

Panasonic North America

Glassdoor3.7

Panasonic is a leading technology provider of electric batteries and consumer lifestyle technologies, as well as innovative smart mobility, sustainable energy, and integrated supply chain solutions.

Founded in 1963

Toyonaka, Osaka, JPN

10001+ employees

https://homes.panasonic.com/

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