Genuine Parts Company
Sr Project Manager - Sales & Marketing Domain
Genuine Parts Company, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Company Background:
Genuine Parts Company ("GPC" or the "Company"), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading specialty distributor engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services. The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees. The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, France, the U.K., Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and China.
Position Purpose:
Seeking world-class talent to join the world's leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. Specifically, this role will function as the Sr Project Manager to help build the next generation Commerce platforms for GPC. Working with a highly talented team, you'll play a key role to build and run one of the world's largest automotive and industrial replacement parts operations.
The Senior Project Manager has primary purpose of driving and supporting large scale and/or multiple technology projects. The Senior Project Manager helps resolve and escalate impediments, manages risk, helps assure value delivery, and drives program level continuous improvement. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for the overall planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of value through the program.
The Senior Project Manager operates at the Domain level, manage scrum of scrums across all products/platforms within that Domain, be the Agile coach - mentor/improve agile practices across the Domain, drive consistent behavior, adhering to guardrails, monitor health/KPIs/productivity and so forth. Provide transparency and continuously improve/mentor areas that are underperforming, drive PI planning, coordinate an integrated release plan, manage risks/dependencies that goes beyond just a given product/platform.
Responsibilities:
•Manage all aspects of large, cross-functional technology projects
•Implement and drive GPC's Agile based methodology
•Deliver and coordinate releases, sprints, projects across multiple teams
•Ensuring effective communication and coordination for and during quarterly planning.
•Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments.
•Understand, visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.
•Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.
•Work across stakeholders and teams to continuously improve.
•Ensure the overall cost, schedule, and performance of the program.
•Analyze program budgets and estimates from participating organizations to provide direction for the overall development of all program budgets and integrated cost profiles.
•Manage program level coordination, such as creating timelines, milestones, and cadence of increments and releases and oversee the development of reports and analyses that document program activity.
•Lead project teams and provide and leadership; act as consultant/coach to management in resolving unusually difficult problems.
•Participate with management and cross-functional teams as subject matter expert to develop and improve operating policies and procedures related GPC's Agile based methodology.
•Act as a galvanizing force for sharing Agile and project management knowledge across the organization.
•Constantly refine and stay current with emerging themes in larger Agile community.
•Develop / modify processes, policies, and procedures to facilitate the working relationship between Global Technology and its business functions / partners.
•Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
•Other duties as assigned
Location:
•GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.
•We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.
Desired Qualifications & Experiences:
•Bachelor's degree in business administration (software development-related), computer science, or a related discipline with an information technology focus
•5 years (8 preferred) of Scrum Master or Agile Project Management experience
•Demonstrated Release Train Engineer experience in organizing, planning and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation. Experience coordinating multiple teams in a technology environment.
•Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project related information to clients, vendors, senior management and staff
•Proven experience in a large enterprise environment with multiple development teams
•Experience with Salesforce CRM is a plus.
•Experience working with Kanban and Lean principles a major plus
•Experience with relative agile estimation (no-estimates forecasting or Monte Carlo experience is a plus)
•Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification or equivalent is a plus
•SAFe Certified Release Train Engineer certification or equivalent is a plus
•PMP certification is a plus.
•Experience with software development life-cycles (SDLC)
•Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
•Flexible and able to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
•Experience working with third party development and infrastructure suppliers.
•Demonstrated knowledge of various technologies including applications, databases, networking, telecommunications, and connectivity
•Prior technical and application development experience is desirable.
Not the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by joining our Talent Community on jobs.genpt.com or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!
GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.
Genuine Parts Company ("GPC" or the "Company"), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading specialty distributor engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services. The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees. The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, France, the U.K., Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and China.
Position Purpose:
Seeking world-class talent to join the world's leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. Specifically, this role will function as the Sr Project Manager to help build the next generation Commerce platforms for GPC. Working with a highly talented team, you'll play a key role to build and run one of the world's largest automotive and industrial replacement parts operations.
The Senior Project Manager has primary purpose of driving and supporting large scale and/or multiple technology projects. The Senior Project Manager helps resolve and escalate impediments, manages risk, helps assure value delivery, and drives program level continuous improvement. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for the overall planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of value through the program.
The Senior Project Manager operates at the Domain level, manage scrum of scrums across all products/platforms within that Domain, be the Agile coach - mentor/improve agile practices across the Domain, drive consistent behavior, adhering to guardrails, monitor health/KPIs/productivity and so forth. Provide transparency and continuously improve/mentor areas that are underperforming, drive PI planning, coordinate an integrated release plan, manage risks/dependencies that goes beyond just a given product/platform.
Responsibilities:
•Manage all aspects of large, cross-functional technology projects
•Implement and drive GPC's Agile based methodology
•Deliver and coordinate releases, sprints, projects across multiple teams
•Ensuring effective communication and coordination for and during quarterly planning.
•Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments.
•Understand, visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.
•Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.
•Work across stakeholders and teams to continuously improve.
•Ensure the overall cost, schedule, and performance of the program.
•Analyze program budgets and estimates from participating organizations to provide direction for the overall development of all program budgets and integrated cost profiles.
•Manage program level coordination, such as creating timelines, milestones, and cadence of increments and releases and oversee the development of reports and analyses that document program activity.
•Lead project teams and provide and leadership; act as consultant/coach to management in resolving unusually difficult problems.
•Participate with management and cross-functional teams as subject matter expert to develop and improve operating policies and procedures related GPC's Agile based methodology.
•Act as a galvanizing force for sharing Agile and project management knowledge across the organization.
•Constantly refine and stay current with emerging themes in larger Agile community.
•Develop / modify processes, policies, and procedures to facilitate the working relationship between Global Technology and its business functions / partners.
•Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
•Other duties as assigned
Location:
•GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.
•We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.
Desired Qualifications & Experiences:
•Bachelor's degree in business administration (software development-related), computer science, or a related discipline with an information technology focus
•5 years (8 preferred) of Scrum Master or Agile Project Management experience
•Demonstrated Release Train Engineer experience in organizing, planning and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation. Experience coordinating multiple teams in a technology environment.
•Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project related information to clients, vendors, senior management and staff
•Proven experience in a large enterprise environment with multiple development teams
•Experience with Salesforce CRM is a plus.
•Experience working with Kanban and Lean principles a major plus
•Experience with relative agile estimation (no-estimates forecasting or Monte Carlo experience is a plus)
•Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification or equivalent is a plus
•SAFe Certified Release Train Engineer certification or equivalent is a plus
•PMP certification is a plus.
•Experience with software development life-cycles (SDLC)
•Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
•Flexible and able to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
•Experience working with third party development and infrastructure suppliers.
•Demonstrated knowledge of various technologies including applications, databases, networking, telecommunications, and connectivity
•Prior technical and application development experience is desirable.
Not the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by joining our Talent Community on jobs.genpt.com or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!
GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.