at Avanade Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Introduction:
Are you ready to steer the ship of successful project delivery? Join Avanade as a Senior Director of ERP Project Management, where you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring exceptional project execution. This is your opportunity to drive impactful solutions, uphold budgets, timelines, and client expectations, and make a significant impact in the realm of ERP projects.
Come join us:
As a Senior Director of ERP Project Management, you will play a crucial role in shaping the success of projects, driving strategy, and delivering value to our clients. Your leadership and expertise will enable Avanade to thrive as a leader in delivering cutting-edge solutions. You’re a visionary leader with a knack for navigating complex challenges. Your extensive experience and strategic thinking make you an indispensable asset in steering projects to success. Together we do what matters.
What you’ll do:
- Lead ERP project delivery: oversee budget, timelines, resources, scope, and client expectations.
- Manage program-level solutions providing expert guidance on terms, economics, schedule, and quality benchmarks.
- Secure senior management buy-in for critical plans, leveraging consulting expertise to navigate complexities and manage associated risks effectively.
- Direct change management efforts, serving as a trusted advisor to clients, and guiding them through technology and digital transformation processes to ensure seamless integration and adoption.
- Align with stakeholder goals and ensure effective communication.
- Mentor team members, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence, and overseeing relationships with suppliers/subcontractors.
- Develop governance and control strategies, proactively managing service levels, agreements, and resource priorities to optimize outcomes and resolve delivery issues.
- Drive large-scale, complex business, and digital transformation initiatives managing portfolios worth at least $5 million, annually.
Skills and experiences:
- Experience with managing large enterprise ERP implementations, particularly for Dynamics 365 F&SCM, is preferred.
- Showcase strong leadership skills with direct people management experience.
- Exhibit expertise in contract terms and interpretation.
- Proven ability to think systematically and logically while driving change in unstructured environments.
- Possesses negotiation skills and strong business acumen.
- Showcase proficiency in Microsoft platform technologies and project management tools.
- PMP or similar certification preferred but not required
About you:
Characteristics that can spell success for this role:
- Consultative, collaborative, relationship builder
- Resilient, adaptable, flexible
- Intellectually curious and passionate about tech
- Convincing storyteller and engaging content creator
Enjoy your career:
Some of the best things about working at Avanade :
- Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
- Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
- Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
- Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you
Find out more about some of our benefits 1 here.
A great place to work:
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our 2 Inclusion & Diversity page.
Create a future for our people that focuses on
- Expanding your thinking – Experimenting courageously – Learning and pivoting
Inspire greatness in our people by
- Empowering every voice – Encouraging boldness – Celebrating progress
Accelerate the impact of our people by
- Amazing the client – Prioritizing what matters – Acting as one
Learn more:
To Learn more about the types of projects our ERP team works on check out these case studies:
- 3 How Norma Group transformed automotive supplier processes by harvesting the power of cloud-based ERP
- 4 MSDW Podcast: What it means to be a modern manufacturer Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade?
Check out our blogs:
- 5 Avanade Insights – exchange ideas that drive tomorrow’s innovation
- 6 Inside Avanade – explore what life is like working at Avanade Compensation for roles at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience.
References
Visible links
1. https://www.avanade.com/en/career/benefits
2. https://www.avanade.com/en-us/about-avanade/inclusion-and-diversity
3. https://youtu.be/V6D-gdjWbgw
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qb6Lq40vtQ&list=PLoP-4KVd7rBwPIOn4\_J0RVzvlkc48-w2w
5. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/avanade-insights
6. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade