Project Manager - IT

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

As an IT Project Manager, you will lead IT Projects following the IT project framework. The role will include management of the project scope, execution, validation, introduction, and post-delivery support. You will be accountable for the overall schedule, cost, quality and ROI performance of your project.

Being a highly motivated multi-discipline team leader will be essential for success. You will have broad responsibilities in leading team members from across all IT disciplines. The role involves engaging with multi-discipline team members, executive staff members, business partners, and suppliers. You must possess the ability to promote collaborative decision-making, provide direction and establish a sense of urgency within the project team. You must be able to objectively evaluate risks to project objectives and be comfortable making difficult project decisions. The ability to effectively lead through ambiguity is critical for success in the role.

Primary Objectives:

• Lead multi-discipline project teams to deliver IT Projects for Tennant Company
• Successfully plan and execute IT projects from requirements definition to post launch
• Manage stakeholder needs and expectations by effectively facilitating tradeoff decisions and clearly communicating project status
• Create, document, and implement IT project processes and improvements as required

Accountable for:

• The overall leadership and success of the project.
• Project performance as measured by cost, quality, ROI and schedule metrics.
• Building and leading multi-discipline project teams using resources across IT and supporting business functions.
• Coordinating and managing all project documentation as required by the IT process framework including phase gate review materials and presentations.
• Developing comprehensive project plans that align with IT and business function strategies and appropriately balance organizational capability/capacity, business/technical risk and financial return.
• Communicating all aspects of project status including identification and resolution of risks/issues threatening project deliverables.

Required Skills:

• Exceptional leadership and team building skills.
• Exceptional communication skills at all levels of the organization.
• Leading multi-discipline teams through IT Project framework processes.
• Ability to reach out across functions during the "fuzzy front end" and lead the definition of requirements while evaluating feasibility and solution fit to business needs.
• Exceptional planning and management skills using industry standard tools and methods.
• Exceptional cross-functional perspective including business functions, IT, engineering, marketing, procurement, sales, and service.
• Knowledge of IT and business process fundamentals.
• Capability to leverage basic financial tools in making project decisions based on return on investment and other financial metrics (NPV, IRR, Break-Even, Gross Margin, etc).
• Creating and supporting innovative approaches to project management practices and activities.
• Strong process orientation with flexibility to function effectively where processes do not exist.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Required Experience:

• Bachelors of Science degree in a technical field.
• Advanced degree preferred (MBA strongly preferred).
• 3+ years' experience leading cross-functional teams including IT, business processes, program management, and/or procurement preferred.
• 3+ years' experience in IT and/or business process environment.
• 3+ years managing IT projects on prem and/or in cloud for business applications
• 5 - 10 years of overall professional experience (3 - 7 years with a Master's degree)
• Advanced project training/certification, such as PMI, preferred.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or LEAN certification preferred.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, military service, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, gender identity or expression, parental status, political or any other non-merit based factors protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.