Sr. Digital Project Mgr

Job Description

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. Role Definition Oversees the planning, organization and implementation of multiple and complex digital projects. Responsibilities Managing the day-to-day activities of projects, including overseeing project responsibilities and schedules. Developing contingency plans for potential risks. Directing and motivating project team. Evaluating and managing deliverables to ensure that service expectations are achievable, developed, and met. Monitoring project results for significant deviations. Ensuring adherence to quality standards and processes. Skill Descriptors Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan. Level Working Knowledge: Contributes to short-term operational plans. Anticipates and adapts to plan changes. Monitors progress of work against plan as required to meet objectives. Reports variances and makes agreed-upon corrections. Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct responsibility. Project Administration: Knowledge of project administration best practices and ability to use organizational strategies, practices and tools for administering projects. Level Working Knowledge: Under guidance, prepares status reports for client management. Documents initial plans and estimates for simple projects. Utilizes desired project administration tools. Documents project meetings, particularly status reports on deliverables and next steps. Works with such functions as task splitting and project merging. Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Level Working Knowledge: Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process. Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas. Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes. Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns. Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives. Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company. Level Extensive Experience: Prepares cost-benefit analyses of alternative approaches. Analyzes complex reports as revealed by the data. Teaches others the calculations necessary to capture data and develop more complex reports. Oversees multiple data-gathering and analysis initiatives. Participates in developing criteria for selecting data gathering and reporting tools and techniques for various projects. Reviews and verifies data and reports for accuracy. Implementation: Knowledge of how to run applications for organizations; ability to implement application software within an organization and help end-users perform specific tasks (ex: accounting or graphic design). Level Working Knowledge: Tracks problems associated with the quality and effectiveness of application software. Researches the benefits and drawbacks of an organizations application software. Drafts application software usage for the departments needs. Provides instant support for end users of application software. Implements a specific application software under the supervision of management. IT Project Control and Reporting: Knowledge of project control and reporting; ability to monitor the vital signs of an IT project while managing its progress and delivery schedule. Level Working Knowledge: Tracks issues and potential problems to ensure maximum preparedness for IT projects. Uses Gantt and PERT/CPM charts to report IT project progress to management and clients. Revisits and reworks individual work plans to ensure intermediate deadlines are attainable. Conducts regular ad-hoc progress meetings with IT project teams. Tracks and reports on the progress made in an IT project team. IT Project Management: Knowledge of project management; ability to plan, organize, monitor and control IT projects using appropriate technical resources. Level Extensive Experience: Controls quality standards and budgeting in an ongoing IT project. Estimates and appropriately addresses potential issues and risks in IT projects. Ensures that technical objectives and functional requirements align in all IT projects. Builds IT related templates for demand analysis and functional reports. Monitors every step in an IT project to ensure all aspects of the project are delivered on-time. Directs team members in analyzing client requirements in an appropriate manner. IT Standards, Procedures Policies: Knowledge of Information Technology (IT) standards and policies; ability to utilize a variety of administrative skill sets and technical knowledge to manage organizational IT policies, standards, and procedures. Level Working Knowledge: Participates in the design of organizational IT infrastructure and policies based on a business analysis. Assists senior colleagues in identifying critical issues in IT design processes and policies. Generates status reports for senior management to ensure the implementation of IT policies, standards and procedures. Executes IT projects or services based on predetermined IT procedures. Conducts performance reviews on specific technical applications or IT projects.