W2 - IT Project Manager III; Plan RAID, Control, Documentation & Audit - Remote

Integrated Project Plan & Schedule Management

• Develop and maintain the integrated Food Minerva project plan, aligning milestones, dependencies, and timelines across data engineering, governance, testing, change & adoption, and cutover work streams.
• Maintain detailed plans aligned to PI, testing, and cutover timelines.
• Track milestones, critical paths, and inter‑workstream dependencies.
• Ensure plan updates reflect approved scope, sequencing, and delivery changes.

Execution Tracking & Delivery Oversight

• Drive disciplined execution of the project plan by monitoring progress against scope, schedule, and key deliverables.
• Track workstream status and delivery commitments.
• Identify schedule variances and drive corrective actions.
• Ensure deliverables meet agreed acceptance criteria and timelines.

Risk, Issue, & Dependency Management

• Own the active management of project‑level risks, issues, and dependencies to minimize delivery disruption.
• Maintain and regularly update RAID logs.
• Proactively surface cross‑workstream dependencies and bottlenecks.
• Drive mitigation plans and elevate risks requiring leadership intervention.

Governance Cadence & Status Reporting

• Establish and run project‑level governance routines to ensure transparency and timely decision making.
• Prepare and deliver weekly project status reports and dashboards.
• Support steering, CAB, and leadership forums with clear status, risks, and decisions needed.
• Ensure alignment between project‑level reporting and program‑level governance.

Cross‑Functional Coordination

• Act as the central coordination point across Food Minerva work streams and stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, testing, change, cutover, and business teams.
• Ensure handoffs between phases (build, test, UAT, cutover) are planned and executed.
• Support alignment between Product Owners, Delivery Leads, and Program Leadership.

Change Control & Scope Management

• Support disciplined scope and change management across the project lifecycle.
• Track scope changes and ensure impacts to schedule, cost, and resources are understood.
• Facilitate change intake and approval workflows.
• Ensure approved changes are reflected in plans, reporting, and delivery commitments.

Cutover & Hypercare Coordination Support

• Provide project management support through cutover and stabilization phases.
• Coordinate readiness activities across testing, change, and cutover leads.
• Track go‑live action items, issues, and stabilization milestones.
• Support post go‑live reporting and closure activities.

Documentation & Audit Readiness

• Ensure project documentation is maintained to enterprise and program standards.
• Maintain project artifacts including plans, RAID logs, decision logs, and status reports.
• Support audit, compliance, and leadership review needs.
• Ensure documentation reflects final delivery outcomes.