Project Manager II - Maryville, TN

JP00659

Project Manager II

Position Summary

As Project Manager II, you will excel as a collaborative team player who can lead and manage project teams, oversee project development, and ensure project objectives are achieved. Using your expertise in project management methodology and tools and your exceptional negotiation skills, you will proactively resolve problems and facilitate the achievement of outcomes. With guidance from a more senior project, portfolio, or program manager, you will coordinate projects or a phase of larger projects, ensuring an excellent business partner experience from a solutions, timing, and accuracy perspective.

Your day-to-day activities will include managing complex projects throughout their entire lifecycle, leading communication efforts across multiple teams and business units, and defining project tasks and activities. You will develop moderately complex plans, potentially with inter-dependent activities, and independently review status and progress. Your experience will enable you to complete a qualitative/quantitative analysis of current risks and develop solutions and/or mitigation plans with minimal supervision.

About The Team

As a Project Manager focused on Enterprise Architecture, you will be instrumental in advancing our architecture practices and implementing solutions that benefit the entire technology organization. Your primary responsibilities include maturing architecture methodologies and standards, aligning enterprise architecture initiatives with strategic goals, and overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of architecture-related projects. You will collaborate closely with the Enterprise Enablement Team (EET) to design and deploy scalable and robust solutions, engaging various stakeholders to ensure alignment and integration. Additionally, you will manage risks, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and maintain comprehensive project documentation for projects such as yearly tech priorities and audit responses for our shared services teams.

This role requires proven project management experience, a general understanding of technology processes, and excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. If you are a strategic thinker passionate about architectural excellence and project success, we invite you to join our team.

Primary Responsibilities
• Lead and manage project teams to achieve project objectives.
• Use project management methodology and tools to proactively resolve problems.
• Coordinate and manage complex projects or project phases to ensure an excellent business partner experience from a solutions, timing, and accuracy perspective.
• Define project tasks, activities, and plans, potentially with inter-dependent activities.
• Conduct qualitative/quantitative analysis of current risks.
• Develop solutions and/or mitigation plans with minimal supervision
• Owns communication efforts across multiple teams and business units
Primary Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or a related discipline, or equivalent technical and business experience.
• 3-6 years' experience managing technical projects, including project planning, delivery coordination, and risk management.
• Experience in project management and group facilitation, with a successful track record of project delivery.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills for identifying and mitigating risks.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams, with a flexible approach to adapt to changes in priorities and timelines.
• Initiative-taker with experience coordinating activities across multiple teams, delivering quality projects on time and within budget.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project and/or JIRA, and a good understanding of Plan Driven and Agile Methodologies (including Scrum and Kanban).
• Excellent communication skills for interacting with diverse groups of team members, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Experience in Agile Methodologies preferred, with a desire to continuously learn and improve project management skills.
• Active certification in CAPM, PMP, or PMI-ACP, or a desire to obtain the certification.
• Proficiency in the use of a variety of project management tools to effectively manage project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Experience utilizing advanced features of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Zoom, Teams, and other office productivity tools to enhance project communication and collaboration.
• Additional certifications in agile, risk management, or program management that demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development and continuous improvement.
Desired Skills
• Demonstrated strong organizational and multi-tasking skills with a track record of meeting project deadlines.
• Proven success in delivering complex technology projects.
• Strong team management and leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire team members to achieve project goals.
• Exceptional attention to detail, even when working under pressure, to ensure project quality and accuracy.
• Comprehensive understanding and aptitude of information technology systems and the ability to apply this knowledge to drive project success.

Behavioral Competencies
• Driving results
• Team building
• Influence and persuasion
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Deliberative decision making
• Planning and priority setting
• Composure and resiliency
• Communicating
• Analytical thinking
• Accountability
• Managing innovation

Why Clayton Homes?
Founded in 1956, Clayton is a Berkshire Hathaway Company committed to opening doors to a better life and Building Happyness® through homeownership. Through its family of brands, Clayton builds, sells, finances, and insures traditional site-built homes and off-site built housing – including modular homes, manufactured homes, CrossMod™ homes, tiny homes, college dormitories, military barracks, and apartments. Corporate headquarters is located in the Knoxville, Tennessee area, specifically, Maryville, Tennessee. Clayton is the recipient of numerous industry awards including 2019 Builder of the Year and ranks as the #2 builder of homes in the U.S. by units sold. Our site-built division, Clayton Properties Group, is the 8th largest site builder in the U.S. We achieve our results through the strength of our people and have been recognized on the 2021 Forbes Best Employers for Diversity and 2021 Forbes America’s Best Employers Lists. To learn more about Clayton Homes, got to: https://www.claytonhomes.com

Benefits
• Competitive benefits including 401(k) with 100% company match of the first 4%; medical, dental and vision plans; paid time off days and holidays.
• Quarterly bonus program.
• Forbes lists: America’s Best Employers, America’s Employers by State, Best Employers for Diversity, Best Employers for Women.
• Recognized as one of East Tennessee’s top technology workplaces.
• Wellness programs that focus on emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, physical, and financial well-being.
• Onsite fitness facility with full gym, workout classes, volleyball and basketball, ping-pong, and disc golf course.
• Paid Time Off for Volunteer work.

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