Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Project & Program Management

Additional Considerations (if any)

At Midwest Heritage, the core of our culture is taking care of the customer and taking care of each other. Our employees appreciate that their contributions make a direct impact on the success of our business as well as their own personal and professional growth.

Project Manager

Operations

Exempt

The Project Manager leads cross-functional initiatives that support Midwest Heritage’s strategic and operational priorities. Projects may include technology implementations, process improvements, infrastructure changes, organizational initiatives, and acquisitions. This position manages projects throughout the full lifecycle, from initial planning and requirements through implementation, transition, and closeout.

The Project Manager partners with business leaders, internal teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to establish clear objectives, maintain momentum, manage risks, and deliver high-quality outcomes within the approved scope, timeline, and budget. Success in this role requires strong organization, communication, business judgment, and the ability to lead teams through influence rather than direct authority.

• Organization
• Communication
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Decision Making

Chief Information and Technology Officer

None

• With the input of management and team members, develops project scope, documents the project objectives, and facilitates agreement on project roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Manages multiple moderate-scale projects, ensuring that they will be completed timely, within approved budget and that the project meets the business objectives.
• Manages projects throughout the full project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, testing, implementation/go-live, transition to applicable production team, and project closeout.
• Coordinates the daily/weekly project team meetings and assignments, monitors progress against the work plan to ensure that objectives are met.
• Coordinates testing, user acceptance testing, implementation readiness, go-live activities, and post-implementation follow-up as appropriate for assigned projects.
• Coordinates with third-party vendors and implementation partners to establish expectations, monitor deliverables and timelines, resolve issues, and eliminate concerns when necessary.
• Works with applicable management for approving/denying changes with projects and identifying obstacles to completing a project timely, within approved budget, and impacts to functionality.
• Ensures the quality of the overall program through constant monitoring, control and auditing of the various assigned initiatives following proven PMI processes and procedures.
• Identifies, qualifies, and tracks risks and issues with the project team and stakeholders. Document the mitigation, contingency and action plans. Coordinates with functional leaders to secure appropriate resources, escate to management when necessary and communicate status to the project stakeholders.
• Creates and maintains project methodology SOP to be used by Midwest Heritage, including supporting forms, documents, plans, etc. to be utilized in management of simple and moderate scale projects.

• Identifies resource requirements and properly communicates those requirements in a timely manner to help ensure the project is properly staffed with the skilled resources required.
• Continually monitors progress of tasks/activities, motivates team members to complete their work on time and provides guidance and support to team members regarding project expectations and methodology. Identifies and reports…