D&IT Project Manager

R D&IT Project Manager (Open)

Location:

Houston, TX (HO) - Digital & IT - Hub Radnor, PA (Airgas HO) - Management

World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3.6 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of the company's activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide's ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term performance and acting responsibly.

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3.6 million customers and patients. Air Liquide's ambition is to lead its industry, deliver long term performance and contribute to sustainability thanks to a customer‑centric transformation strategy relying on operational excellence, selective investments, open innovation and a network organization.

Air Liquide has identified three major trends which represent growth opportunities, and among them digitization.

The Americas Digital & IT team is responsible to build and support digitalization of Air Liquide businesses and operations, with a strong focus on value creation, total cost of ownership, user adoption and change management while ensuring reliable and safe operations.

The D&IT Project Manager is responsible for evaluating, prioritizing, planning, executing, and tracking IT‑related projects, as well as supporting the PMO roadmap in order to continuously improve the PMO processes and services. The position requires an individual with a strong project management background and deep understanding of managing complex projects across various functional disciplines.

• Manage the entire project lifecycle from project initiation through closure
• Be accountable for on‑time and on‑budget project execution in IT, serve as the first point of contact/liaise between project stakeholders and project team to ensure project success
• Create, execute, monitor and revise project plan to meet changing project requirements and resources; plan, prepare for and facilitate all project status meetings; manage resolution of project issues including proper escalation to project stakeholders
• Identify project resource requirements and timelines and negotiate with IT service owners on resource availability and allocation; lead team members to complete assigned tasks within specified timelines and ensure all team members feel engaged, productive and effective
• Facilitate project procurement (products and services required by third parties) and consult IT resources as needed; manage project time and cost expectations with project stakeholders
• Lead efforts to deliver IT applications and services to the business community by leveraging internal resources and third party relationships
• Collaborate with Ops Controller and participate in project budget preparation
• Manage project budgets
• Develop and execute procedures, processes and guidelines that enhance the overall effectiveness of project management execution
• Develop and implement new IT processes, procedures, and workflows that enhance the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the Digital & IT department
• Provide reports and dashboards with an overall performance overview of project management services
• Effectively collaborate with other teams to document project scope, resources, timing, goals and deliverables for the purposes of obtaining IT gating and financial approval
• Monitor and report on progress of projects or the project portfolio to all key stakeholders, including key risks and issues identification and resolution
• Facilitate issue identification and resolution
• Document project change requests and assess change impact
• Conduct project Lessons Learned meetings and use results to continuously improve project and IT processes; promote project management process and the institutionalization of project management standards and best practices through mentoring and lead‑by‑example
• Work effectively across cross‑functional teams to reach a…