Technical Project Manager

Company Overview 

MCO is the shared operational infrastructure of Regent’s portfolio companies and an integral part of the firm’s overall approach to value creation. Our core mission is to transform businesses for our stakeholders by developing and delivering transformed and sustainable performance within our portfolio. We work with improvement-oriented executives to assist them in making strategic decisions, translate those decisions into actions and deliver the lasting success they need. Regent is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring businesses and realizing exponential growth through operational improvements and strategic capital deployment. Some of our brands include Club Monaco, La Senza, Sunset Magazine, Sightline Media Group, and others.

Position Overview 

The Technical Project Manager will be part of our technology services organization that delivers ERP and related technology solutions for our Retail Portfolio Companies. You will partner with cross-functional teams of vendors, product managers, engineers, sales, marketing, supply chain and operations to define scope, resources, and schedules that will build competitive advantages.

This is a full-time role, based 5 days a week in our Beverly Hills office.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical/Dental/Vision Care
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Short/long-term Disability
• Holiday/Vacation PTO
• 401K Participation
• AD&D/Life Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Dog-Friendly Office
• Employee Discount Programs

Responsibilities 

• Manage projects with top-down oversight throughout entire execution to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope, budget, and timeline.
• Develop comprehensive project plans that merge customer requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of Waterfall / Agile / Scrum oriented methodologies in the context of ERP systems implementations
• Monitor project progress continuously and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
• Communicate proactively with all involved personnel to provide encouragement, identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Analyze economics of project plans and provide actionable feedback relating to cost benefit and return-on-investment standards.
• Review proposed modifications on project plans, including meeting with interested parties to approve and implement beneficial changes.
• Oversee acquisition of resources and materials as needed before and during projects by talking with customers, team members, managers, and in-house accountants and negotiating price and payment agreements with vendors.
• Be familiar with systems-oriented thinking and have an aptitude for diving into the interconnectedness of marketing, eCommerce, retail, supply chain, inventory, and financial systems as part of building robust and scalable product

Skills and Qualifications

• Expertise with Microsoft Project / Excel / Visio
• Proficiency with Jira / ServiceNow / ADO or similar tools
• ERP and apparel industry acumen and IT experience
• ITSM and ITIL experience
• Be adept at managing relationships and influencing others at all levels without direct authority. You’re comfortable in ambiguous situations.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field or equivalent work experience