Project Manager

at  CDW

Description
Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.
CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers around the Globe. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs over 15,000 coworkers, with headquarters across the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.
CDW prides itself on “making amazing happen”. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and are grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together.

JOB SUMMARY

Project Managers within the CDW Project Management team are responsible for delivering a quality and professional project delivery service to internal and external clients in order to support the winning of new business and the delivery of work packages / small projects.
Responsible for ensuring that assigned projects or activities are executed and completed adhering agreed time, quality, scope and costs parameters and that an appropriate level of governance is applied to maintain and manage risks, changes and issues.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Prince 2 & AGILE Practitioner or equivalent (e.g., APMQ, PMP, SCRUM Master)
• Experience of working in a professional and structured manner in a commercial environment
• A demonstrable track record of leading individuals within their area of responsibility.
• A demonstrable track record of managing and delivering medium-large (potentially complex) projects within a commercial environment.
• Experience of leading effective cross-functional teams.
• Skilled at building relationships with internal and external stakeholders to respond effectively to business opportunities.
• Client facing, with demonstrable commercial experience.
• Experience of working with sales and technical resources to capture requirements.
• Experience of delivering IT transformational projects.
• Experience of managing 3rd party providers and sub-contractors.

ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES

• Highly ambitious, credible, motivated, and accountable individual with an appreciation for building meaningful and lasting relationships, combined with a desire and ability to “win hearts and minds” - Confident yet humble in their approach
• Detail-oriented with strong time management skills combined with the capacity to work on multiple initiatives, as well as dynamically prioritise and pivot based on changing business needs
• Outstanding communications skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely present concepts and recommendations in verbal, written, and presentation formats to senior leaders, and cross-functional audiences
• Ability to allocate time to undertake personal development activities such as attending training, achieving certifications, and focusing on soft-skill development – always seeking to personally develop as an individual

WHO WE ARE:

CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small.

• Planning the project and actively managing its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action (seeking advice or guidance as appropriate).
• Working with the Resource team to satisfy the project roles and schedule.
• Ensuring the delivery of new products or services from projects is to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the project plan and project governance arrangements
• Managing communications with project stakeholders (internally and externally), reporting the progress of the project at regular intervals
• Managing Risks, Assumptions, Issues & Dependencies to a successful outcome
• Managing the project scope, through effective change management throughout the project lifecycle, escalating and highlighting to relevant parties for resolution as necessary.
• Financial control of all project work. Pro-active management of project budgets, tracking of forecast, actuals for cost and revenue. Timely invoicing of completed effort.
• Engage with Account/Sales Managers & Directors and Consultants to support in the planning of the implementation and delivery of client projects and proposals.
• Ability to present business, technical and implementation solutions to internal and external clients (if required)
• Adhering to CDW’s delivery framework
  The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.