Deadline: Ongoing
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of IT Project Manager, Finance Systems, based in New York, USA.
The IT Project Manager provide support and management of Finance and Supply Chain system implementation projects, help manage system solution selection and implementation of new modules or upgrades, and help drive continuous improvement to business processes and business results based on the capabilities of the system solutions.
The IRC helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.
Key Job Responsibilities
The IT Project Manager will perform the following functions-
- Maintaining project management authority of the finance and supply chain projects to meet the business of the IRC organization as outlined in appropriate business cases and articulated by the system steering committee.
- Working on highly complex business issues that have significant impact to the IRC organization and across organization processes and functions due to the implementation of new systems.
- Maintaining and controls the system project budget, schedule and resources.
- Responsible for project planning, resource allocation, steering committee leadership, and team organizational structure management.
- Managing project scope, risk, and issue resolution.
- Responsible for quality of project deliverables.
- Responsible for project communications.
- Managing integration of technical solutions into the IRC’s organization technical architecture and business environment.
- Responsible for ensuring that the project can deliver the benefits outlined in the business case and that it meets the reasonable expectations of end users.
- May be responsible for procurement of system-related hardware, software, and services.
- Coaching and mentoring staff and managers.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, business administration, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
- 7 to 10 years of IT and business/industry work.
- Demonstrated experience in finance system (including procure-to-pay) project implementation (e.g., a project that realized its anticipated business benefits and was delivered in a timely manner within budgetary boundaries); supply chain system experience is desired but not required.
- Three to five years of leadership responsibility managing system implementation teams and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
- Experience with international projects or global rollouts, and experience in leading internationally distributed teams.
- Experience in working within a Project Management Office (PMO) or equivalent structure.
- Understanding of the challenges related to implementing organizational change in the sector.
- Experience with Box document management, Salesforce Chatter, Trello, and WebEx.
- A Project Management Professional certification (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) or other accredited source.
How to Apply
- Applicants must submit a resume and a cover letter which includes the following-
- Applicant’s current or most-recent salary & salary requirements / salary expectations
- Experience as it directly relates to the requirements listed in the job description
- Reason to work for the IRC.
- Applications must be submitted as 1 single MS Word or PDF document.
- All applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit IRC.
