Sr. Project Manager

Description

Join our Winning Business Technology Team as a Senior Project Manager

When was the last time you bragged about where you work? At CARFAX, we do it every day. Why? Because we’re proud to work for a company with a strong mission and trusted brand. We’re proud to work with people who care about what they do and work hard every day to deliver their best. We’ve created the type of company culture where the term, “work- hard play- hard” is taken to new heights. Even today, while working remotely, our culture is strong and our team is connected!

At CARFAX we are constantly EXPANDING our product and technology offerings!  This means we are continually bringing new, innovative products to market through exciting technology initiatives to help our customers.  We’re seeking a Project Manager to focus on defining, planning, and implementing a diverse set of projects within the organization.  You’ll work hand in hand with a large team of project managers and analysts, a driven set of researchers and data technologists, and business and technology leaders from across the enterprise.  You’ll leverage and balance a passion for agile software development with application of sound project management practices.  You’ll thrive in a team environment where you are well supported and can help launch “BEST-IN-MARKET” products for our customers.

 As a Senior Project Manager, you will:

• Be responsible for all aspects of project management and agile development team ceremonies. Additional responsibilities may include: analysis, project delivery validation (QA/UAT), and other duties as assigned
• Develop and refine project plans specifying goals, staffing, scheduling, risks, and contingency plans
• Lead large and sometimes global or virtual groups of multi-disciplinary teams with highly-talented technical professionals through the execution of tasks defined in the plan
• Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and costs using a variety of techniques to keep the project plan accurate, updated, and reflective of authorized project changes
• Manage dependencies across teams and collaborate with other project managers and team leaders to ensure overall project is completed within the parameters of the plan
• Ensure a common understanding across stakeholders and team members by setting and managing expectations in accordance with the project plan
• Gather, articulate, and represent project requirements for our agile software development teams
• Anticipate and measure project performance using various quantitative tools and techniques in order to monitor and communicate progress, identify and quantify any variances, perform any required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders in an unbiased manner
• Proactively identify and plan for risks as well as implement approved actions and workarounds to mitigate risk events in order to minimize the impact to the project
• Lead cross-functional assessments for projects in the Concept phase and drive the conversion of conceptual ideas into actionable and clearly understood project deliverables with feasible delivery timelines 
• Establish and cultivate relationships with other departments and organizations to recognize and actively manage dependencies associated with projects
• Generate key project deliverables and facilitate their review
• Lead efforts to improve the way in which we manage projects via progressive tools, processes, and metrics
• Develop and manage working relationship(s) with business stakeholders to facilitate project intake, define requirements, coordinate priorities, and solve problems
• Facilitate cross-functional team meetings, sometimes with C level executives to ensure communication is clear and teams are aligned

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Bachelor's degree AND at least eleven (11) years of relevant work experience, with at least ten (10) years in a project management role
• Demonstrated ability to execute on tasks that are sometimes vaguely defined using prior experience, analytical skills, and available research
• Thorough experience delivering projects using an agile methodology
• Experience managing project teams of 10 or more in multiple locations or complex multi-disciplinary projects that involve multiple project teams
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline-driven manner
• Ability to work with and communicate, both written and verbally across multiple job levels, including C level executives to ensure alignment and achieve results
• Demonstrated use of proven project management practices and tools
• Ability to mentor junior project managers in the use of proven project management tools and practices
• Excellent Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time

 Desired Qualifications:

• Desire to pragmatically improve PM-related processes
• Passion for project-focused team leadership and execution
• Project Management Institute (PMI) certification such as the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification through the Scrum Alliance Experience with the Atlassian Suite – Confluence/Jira

About CARFAX

CARFAX, a unit of IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), helps millions of people every day confidently shop, buy, own and sell used cars with innovative solutions powered by CARFAX vehicle history information. The expert in vehicle history since 1984, CARFAX provides exclusive services like CARFAX Used Car Listings, myCARFAX, CARFAX History-Based Value and the flagship CARFAX Vehicle History Report. CARFAX is a nationally recognized top workplace by The Washington Post and Glassdoor.com. Based in London, IHS Markit is a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions.

CARFAX is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of CARFAX to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of race, color, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, military status, disability or handicap, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, CARFAX will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. We maintain a drug-free workplace. We are a participant in E-Verify.