Global IS Project Manager

Company Description

Who is Pyrotek? Pyrotek is the most successful global industrial company you’ve never heard of (until now). Pyrotek is a global leader in high temperature materials and our products impact virtually everyone in the developed world. Our global team has worked for decades to deliver new technologies, advanced engineered systems and innovative materials to customers in industries all over the world. The last car, train and plane you rode in were all safer and more energy efficient because of Pyrotek. The beverage cans in your refrigerator are lighter, stronger and infinitely recyclable because of Pyrotek. Join our team and create, improve and innovate the everyday!

Job Description

The Global IS Project Manager will:

• Bridge gap between business needs and technology solutions
• Analyze business requirements and identify improvement opportunities
• Define, develop, and manage complex IS projects, including scope, objectives, milestones, risks, and financials
• Develop communication and change management plans
• Execute project strategy across asset development phases

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and IS stakeholders to elicit, analyze, document, and validate business and system requirements, including:
  • Utilizing demand management methodology to plan and prioritize IS initiatives.
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to identify, document, and prioritize business requirements for projects or system enhancements.
  • Work closely with functional teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications for solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
  • Evaluating current technologies for improvement, efficiency gains, and cost reduction.
  • Conducting data analysis to support infrastructure-related decision-making and provide insights into performance, capability, and capacity planning in collaboration with security, infrastructure, and operations teams.
  • Evaluating and ensuring due diligence in the selection of technology solutions, ensuring they meet business requirements and align with the overall IS strategy in collaboration with security, infrastructure, development, and operations teams.
  • Identifying and assessing risks and dependencies associated with regional technology projects, providing recommendations for risk mitigation and contingency planning.
  • Partnering with project managers, technical teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful planning, execution, and delivery of projects.
  • Facilitating the change management process, ensuring that changes align with business needs and are communicated effectively to stakeholders.
  • Ensuring maintenance of comprehensive documentation of requirements, technical specifications, and project-related artifacts.
  • Fostering effective communication and collaboration between business, IS teams, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of solutions.
  • Assisting in managing the impact of infrastructure changes on business processes, systems, and organizational structure, including training and support needs.
• Effectively lead projects to ensure they are delivered within scope and agreed upon timelines, utilizing the defined level of manpower and established third party costs. This includes:
  • Planning: Determine what needs to be done, who is going to do it, when it needs to be done and the deliverables. Key planning duties include defining and clarifying scope, development of the overall project plan including budget, task sequence, schedule, milestones, risk assessment, fiscal plan, quality assurance plan and policies & procedures that support the achievement of objectives.
  • Organizing: Set up the project team within the context of the existing organizational structure. Key organizing duties include defining the organizational structure of the project team including identifying roles, positions, and accountabilities within the team; identifying services to be outsourced; and staffing of project positions.
  • Leadership: Influencing, motivating, communicating, and resolving conflicts to execute the project plan to successfully achieve objectives. Key leadership duties include setting team direction, coordinating activities across organizational functions, holding team members accountable, and selecting team members.
  • Control: Keeping the project on track. Tracking/monitoring progress toward meeting objectives, maintaining budget, evaluating the cause of deviations from the plan, evaluating and correcting problems. Key controlling duties include defining project baselines, tracking progress, reporting status, and conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis using appropriate tools and techniques to understand severity of potential risks and effectively communicating and determining when corrective action is needed.
  • Post Project Evaluation: Conducting post-project debriefs on all completed projects documenting financial results and project ‘things gone right’ and ‘things gone wrong’ for future project lessons learned and continuous process improvement.
  • Reporting: Regularly providing reports on progress of project to all stakeholders and any material changes to the budget or scope.

Qualifications

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related technical field, or a business degree with a project management concentration plus a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in IT technologies in a globally distributed environment, with at least 5 of those years managing complex IS projects; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience working in a matrix and/or global organization preferred.
• Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP), Certification in Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), Project Management Professional (PMP), or willingness to obtain preferred.
• Czech language (Fluent) English Language (intermediate B1 or B2)

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Information Systems Skills.  Demonstrated knowledge of IS systems, software, hardware, and IT infrastructure. Strong understanding of IS terminology. Ability to gain knowledge of new software and hardware quickly and efficiently.
• Project Management Skills. Knowledge of principals of project management, including creation of charter and scope, establishing project teams, applying comprehensive root cause analysis, implementing intervention, ensuring organizational alignment, and measuring progress and success. Excellent planning and relationship building skills. Ability to liaise with middle and upper Pyrotek management for scope negotiation in a manner that upholds Pyrotek’s values and reflects positively on IS. Ability to manage multiple projects and/or program across multiple sites/regions, both domestic and global. Ability to remove assumptions, effectively communicate projects risks, and determine when escalation of project concerns is required. Demonstrated knowledge of different project management frameworks/methodologies, such as Waterfall, Scrum/Agile, etc.
• Core People Skills. Ability to positively interact and work collaboratively with a diverse group of people at all levels of the organization and across the globe. Genuine with high ethical standards and values, and personal integrity and honesty. Displays humility and adaptability.  Ability to apply a large measure of common sense to a variety of situations. Entrepreneurial attitude toward work center excellence.
• Communication Skills. Ability to speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, listen and obtain clarification, and respond well to questions. Proficiency in writing clearly and concisely and editing work for spelling and grammar. Ability to consult with stakeholders, explain technical details and provide exceptional customer service to our users.
• Interpersonal Skills.  Ability to cultivate relationships and deliver feedback to move projects forward. Relates well to all people, both within and outside of the company. Builds appropriate rapport and constructive relationships with the ability to adapt to changing priorities. Proactive and self-motivated with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Strategic Change Agent. Courage to make and encourage others to make difficult decisions. Ability to foster commitment to the shared mission and vision of Pyrotek and actively lead in development/execution of strategic goals and objectives related to assigned responsibility. Ability to make decisions based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement.
• Computer/Applications Skills. Proficient MS Office computer skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Sharepoint.
• Core Business Skills. Ability to exercise sound judgement and discretion in handling of proprietary and confidential information. Displays willingness to make decisions and work independently, without significant direction and to use resources effectively to “figure it out”. Strong critical thinking skills, judgment and keen attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to work collaboratively within a matrix environment.  Exceptional prioritization, time management and organizational skills. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Highly organized, detail oriented and self-disciplined.
• Global Collaboration.  Ability to work collaboratively with people from around the world. 
• Flexibility/Travel. Exhibit flexibility in work schedule and perform beyond a normal workday. Ability to travel by land and air, both domestically and globally up to 25%. Valid driver’s license and Passport, or ability to obtain.

Physical/Sensory Requirements
The following physical activities described here are representative of those required by a team member to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation, if feasible, will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions of position.

Must be able to sit for long periods-of-time, bend and reach, use stairs, lift up to 25 pounds occasionally and communicate effectively in English by telephone, in person and in writing. Effectively use a personal computer, office equipment and telephone.

Working Environment
While performing the essential responsibilities of this position, the team member will generally work in an office environment with exposure to a manufacturing environment that may present loud noise, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles.  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including approved footwear, respirators, and safety glasses/goggles may be required.

Additional Information

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Type of Employment:  Full-Time

Contract Type: Employment Contract

Required Languages: Czech (advanced) and English (intermediate)

Employer: PYROTEK CZ, S.R.O.

Work Location: Blansko

Language:  Czech / English (Intermediate)

CZK 90000 - 150000 / annual