Senior Project Manager - E-Commerce

Sr. Project Manager - E-Commerce

Job Number: 13000002QA

Description

Best Buy has one of the largest E-Commerce businesses in the United States and operates via a Product Team model where the Sr. Project Manager is responsible for alignment and delivery of projects spanning the Product Teams. As part of the Best Buy Project Delivery Services (PDS) team, this Sr. Project Manager role will focus on E-Commerce project responsibilities.

Project Delivery Services is an organization of Best Buy project professionals that work across the business to flexibly meet new needs, manage complex projects and programs, and deliver with excellence so outcomes are achieved.

This role is directly accountable for the outcomes and quality delivery of an assigned portfolio of projects. This includes responsibility for project level financials, schedules, deliverables and issue management.

Position Impact: Larger Programs/Projects, New Business opportunities, cross functional efforts, with direct accountability to VP/SVP level sponsors. Plays a significant role in shaping the strategic capability agenda for assigned capability/business segment.

Outcome focus & quality delivery
- Works with sponsors to define success criteria and project outcomes
- Establishes project teams, operating, and staffing models for projects
- Provides leadership of overall project aspects including definition of scope, strategy, project financials, schedules, deliverables and issues.
- Defines project roadmap, detailed project plans, and assignment of work-streams
- Provides direction and ensures accountability of Best Buy and external vendor project resources
- Drives communications and alignment between other programs and projects
- Ensures delivery aligns with Best Buy Project Management methodologies and standards
- Establishes overall governance and change request protocols
- Leads change management efforts (training, communication, etc ) where required

Strategic Project Management
- Works with project sponsors and business partners to facilitate the definition of the business strategies.
- Builds strong relationships and collaborates with executive sponsors, program steering committee members, and vendor partners
- Provides strategic direction over any project included in the program portfolio
- Establish strategic metrics/KPI's and monitor progress against them.

Leadership Skills
- Operational discipline and work ethic (leads by example)
- Communication and organizational management skills
- Demonstrated ability to successfully work with senior leaders
- Conflict management and resolution
- Critical decision making skills
- Organizational change management (ex. PROSCI or similar methods)

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Business or related field
- 3 or more years experience delivering projects using Agile methodologies
- 6 or more years of IT project management experience with demonstrated progression of responsibilities leading large/strategic IT projects.
- 3 or more years of experience managing and being accountable for budgets over $2M USD.
- 3 or more years of E-Commerce project management experience
- 5 or more years of people leadership including both people and budget responsibility

Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in IT, Computer Science, business or related field
- PMP or similar project or product management certification
- 3 or more years of consulting experience
- 3 or more years working in a large corporate environment

Job: Information Systems

Primary Location: United States-MN-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Posting: Aug 19, 2013