Sr IT Project Manager

Futures start here. Where first steps, new friendships, and confident learners are born. At KinderCare Learning Companies, the first and only early childhood education provider recognized with theGallup Exceptional Workplace Award, we offer a variety of early education and child care options for families. Whether it's KinderCare Learning Centers, Champions, or Crème de la Crème, we build confidence for kids, families, and the future we share. And we want you to join us in shaping it—in neighborhoods, at work, and in schools nationwide.

At KinderCare Learning Companies, you'll use your skills and expertise to support the work (and fun) that happens in our sites and centers every day. From marketers and strategists to financial analysts and data engineers, and so much more, we're all passionate about crafting a world where children, families, and organizations can thrive.

• Successful delivery of highly complex IT technologies and/or IT Security projects (application, infrastructure, web, and/or cloud) on time, within budget, and with quality that meets or exceeds business customer expectations.
• Clearly define roles and responsibilities of Stakeholders, Project Team Members, Business Partners and Business Users.
• Weekly status reporting and RAID maintenance including project KPIs in order to ensure successful delivery
• Ensure adherence and execution of all required activities as part of the defined Project Management Framework
• Defining and socialization of the business benefits and value the project provides for the organization and how it ties to broader organization goals.
• Direct the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and close of an entire IT Development project of any size and complexity
• Ability to contribute and champion usage of structured project management methodology (to include Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, Iterative, etc.)
• Lead project team members in achieving desired outcomes of deliverables
• Manage project dependencies, Risks, Change, schedule milestones, and critical path
• Analyze, manage, and report project performance financial reporting, resource allocation, task delegation and stakeholder management
• Analyze multiple types and sources of information to generate insight on project performance
• Ability to provide financial forecast and on-going reconciliation of resources and other project related expenditures
• Develop and executes an overall project schedule, including tasks, duration, dependencies, and resource assignments
• Control and tracks changes to scope, time, cost, quality, issues, and risk
• Elevate risks and issues to leadership level, as needed and assesses possible outcomes to determine solution in a timely manner
• Manage multiple medium sized projects at a time, or large sized projects
• Request and on boards needed resources for the project
• Although an individual contributor role, expected to serve as a thought leader and innovative partner to PMO in our maturity journey
• Mentor to more junior level project managers

• Excellent judgment and decisions making skills, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Possess IT Security and/or Technology IT program/project management knowledge and experience.
• Ability to prioritize work and manage 2-3 medium sized projects at one time, focusing on meeting deadlines based on logical work breakdown structures aligned to project schedules.
• Strong ability to drive clarity and path forward from ambiguity. Connect the dots for the team.
• Expert in relationship building, influencing, and communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate and explain technically complex concepts to non- technical project team members and vice versa.
• Ability to remain calm in high stress situations
• PMP certification required
• Agile certification preferred (PMI-ACP, CSM, etc.)
• Knowledge of Change Management methodologies ideal (ADKAR, etc.)