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Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms our customer’s challenges into solutions.  

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career. 

IBM’s product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive 

Your role and responsibilities

The Project Manager is responsible for interfacing between internal stakeholders and their services team to

ensure projects are defined, planned, scheduled and managed to completion. From feasibility to closure, the

Project Manager will manage delivery within strict deadlines, budget, and scope and is accountable for the

end to end delivery of planning, execution and communication of multiple projects.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSILITIES:

• Strong ability to pro-actively drive projects to completion through the SDLC process under

ambiguous operating circumstances. Should be able to work at the appropriate level of detail as

projects demand.

• Internal Partnering - The Project Manager will seamlessly partner with the internal stakeholder

teams to coordinate the efforts of team members, including Subject Matter Experts, Solution

Architects, and technical team members as well as third party service providers to support

multiple projects.

• Professional Skills - The Project Manager role requires matrix team leadership, business

development knowledge, systems knowledge, and strong relationship management skills.

• Planning - Responsible for the development of detailed project plans to assure activities are

understood and commitment is gained to meet overall project objectives. Use appropriate

framework and tools to prioritize and plan tasks and the resources needed to accomplish them.

• Project Management - Overall responsibility for project activities and the resources assigned to the

project. Assures all projects are initiated and planned with appropriate project scope statements, and

defined with supporting detailed requirements, design documentation, and statements of work.

Assures scope and requirements are monitored and controlled throughout the project. Monitors and

controls project delivery within determined timeframes. Identifies, communicates and strategizes to

resolve project risks and issues. Monitors and manages change requests.

• Process Improvement - Conforms to overall corporate methodology to ensure consistent approach to

implementing and/or designing systems. Contributes to the implementation and continual

improvement of services delivery and project management methodology and processes.

• Risk Management – Help identify, document, and track remediation of risks to services, including project planning to address.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • 4+ years of experience working in an IT Project Management role
  • Managing IT/software delivery projects involving database and object-oriented solutions.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science or other
  • relevant field.
  • Experience improving and automating business processes through the application of technology.
  • Proven experience in maintaining a relentless approach to keeping project schedules and
  • milestones on target.
  • Proven ability to communicate ideas with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments, with proven skills to create order from
  • unclear requirements and highly leveraged resource pool.
  • Proven ability to manage obstacles and resolve conflict.
Preferred technical and professional experience

• PMP Certification

• Scrum Product Owner Certification

• Experience managing IT projects in highly regulated industries such as Pharmaceuticals/healthcare/life sciences, banking/finance, and manufacturing

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio  designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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