Lead Project Manager (Go-To-Market) - US REMOTE

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.

Take a leap of certainty with Ansys.

SUMMARY

The Lead Project Manager manages and leads enterprise-wide, cross-functional strategic initiatives within the Ansys Go-To-Market (GTM) team. They will be assigned large-scale, high impact projects with moderate to high risk and complexity. The Lead Project Manager directs the daily activities of team members on multiple projects to ensure they provide high quality and cost-effective services. The Lead Project Manager will also work with Integration Leads from the Corp Development Integration team to support sales operations integrations for mergers and acquisitions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct large-scale, complex projects that may involve multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Develop the project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related project management artifacts
• Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value
• Validate financial forecasts and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures
• Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria
• Build, lead, and coach multiple project teams throughout project lifecycles
• Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects
• Assess and resolve all high priority project risks as they are encountered
• Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company
• Continually update relevant business stakeholders of project status and periodically publish project status reports
• Serve as a subject matter expert in routinely briefing key stakeholders on different aspects of assigned initiatives
• Represent the project in various project governance and inter-department forums
• Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall and integrated delivery plan
• Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in the business case
• Ensure end results are of the highest caliber with a clearly articulated scope and quantifiable business benefit
• Assist, share learning, and mentor others within the GTM team regarding standards, organizational understanding, and relationship building to promote the successful delivery of projects

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree

• Six to eight years of project management experience in managing projects and/or small programs in a large operating environment
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
• Strong planning, organizational, and leadership skills, including the ability to mobilize and motivate teams, set direction and approach, resolve conflict, deliver tough messages with grace, and execute with limited information and ambiguity
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to remove barriers and enable teams to complete their objectives
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to navigate in a highly matrixed organization effectively
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations, and proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders
• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability
• Ability to quickly build rapport and strong relationships with others
• Ability to establish a wide and effective peer network across the organization
• Sound business and technical acumen
• Demonstrated, applied experience establishing and delivering complex projects
• Extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools
• Experienced in working with stakeholder to manage their expectations and engaging them to address project issues

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PMP/PMI Certification preferred but not required
• 2+ years of experience in M&A
• Experience in Corp Dev, and/or IMO

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential in the knowledge that every day is an opportunity to observe, teach, inspire, and be inspired. Together as One Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement.

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what's next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

OUR ONE ANSYS CULTURE HAS INCLUSION AT ITS CORE

We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive.

TAKE A LEAP OF CERTAINTY IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high - met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost.

At Ansys, it's about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It's about the "what's next" as much as the "mission accomplished." And it's about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.

CREATING A PLACE WE'RE PROUD TO BE

Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: America's Most Loved Workplaces, Gold Stevie Award Winner, America's Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, U.K.).

For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.

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