SAS PROJECT MANAGER

This role will be responsible for all aspects of project management: the direction, planning and budgeting, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of specific projects while ensuring consistency with SAS’ overall strategy, commitments, and goals., Financial Forecasting

• Own an accurate monthly revenue forecast for each project, keeping the Estimate at Completion (EAC) aligned to current scope, schedule, and resources.
• Maintain project financials in Oracle Fusion - budgets, contract values, and role assignments - so system records, signed contracts, and the forecast stay consistent.
• Capture all new and changed contract value in the forecast, and resolve any unforecasted backlog.
• Monitor profitability and budget burn, flagging overruns or margin risk to PMO leadership with a recommended action, and meet all forecast and reporting deadlines.
• Assumes fiscal responsibility for the portions of the projects managed, including managing budget, expense management, timely invoicing, receivables tracking and monitoring /managing subcontractor expenses as applicable.
• Identifies, documents, and escalates any project issues and potential dependencies to the project team to the appropriate management team.
• Manages assigned projects against key business targets and time-to-value key performance indicators to help ensure high quality and high customer satisfaction.
• Prepares sample or high-level project plans to satisfy customer requirements to close deals, identify potential implementation options and provide recommendations on implementation approaches.
• Participates and leads in project review sessions with stakeholders, customers, and senior management.
• Completes risk assessment documents for projects, meeting articulated criteria (sizeable financial concerns, heavy use of subcontractors, implementation of new solutions, etc.).
• May support Senior Project Managers or Program Managers on large projects and may independently manage small to medium scale projects.
• Manages internal or external customer expectations fully and acts as customer liaison.
• Manages implementation projects throughout the project life cycle.
• Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments and resource additions.
• Identifies and matches skills of project team members with the implementation requirements and tasks, including subcontractors if required, and verifies that team members know and understand their assignments.
• Ensures quality assurance and test plans are developed for the project.
• Maintains an accurate project plan, adheres to deadlines and communicates weekly project status reports, issues, alerts, signoffs and closure to the team, management and the customer.
• Forecasts revenue and resource requirements for the duration of the project.
• Follows established change management procedures should project plans or schedules be adjusted.
• Ensures project designs and specifications provide a reliable blueprint for implementation.
• Resolves any conflict between the project and other organizational units in a satisfactory manner, including engaging management as necessary.
• Communicates project goals to those outside the project and engages management or leadership in other units as needed to ensure customer success.
• Completes engagement/project summary, project closeout procedures and skills inventory updates, when applicable, at end of project.
• Assures overall customer satisfaction through project health checks, surveys and Delivery Excellence agreements according the governing Project Management Methodology.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Leverages methodologies, enablers and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
• Oversees knowledge management activities of the delivery team using knowledge server or comparable tool.
• Builds relationships with clients that characterize partnership, cooperation and trust.
• Provides leadership and drives customer success while overcoming barriers and satisfying staff, management, and stakeholder commitments.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

• Project Management Professional, known as PMP, certification is required.
• MS Project experience is preferred.
• Jira or the like
• Experience with Project documentation (Charters, RACI, Design docs, etc)
• Excellent facilitation skills, including meeting content/agenda and proactive/creative management of issues.
• Very good domain and industry expertise as well as an understanding of SAS internal processes and organization.
• Travel as business requirements as required by management discretion.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, Accounting or related field.
• A minimum of 7 years of customer project management experience.

Equivalency:

• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the requirements stated above, including military service.
• The level of this position will be determined based on the applicant’s education, skills and experience