Technology Project Manager - Consumer Products

Do you want the opportunity to leverage your skills to make a direct impact on the world's leading life sciences, consumer products, and retail companies? Join Clarkston Consulting as a Technology Project Manager - Consumer Products to help deliver creative business solutions to our market-leading clients as a part of our team of experienced professionals.

We are looking for motivated, self-driven leaders who are energized by team results and interested in joining a firm that values its culture and people as its biggest strengths. Together, we can help find the answers to our clients most challenging business problems.

What You'll Do

Clarkston's Technology Project Managers lead teams in implementation and roll-out of IT systems and serve as senior business systems managers on client engagements. As expert advisors, they lead their team in the review of the client's current business processes and computer systems, oversee the implementation of the IT applications to enable and support the new business processes, and ensure successful and timely delivery of the project.

As a Technology Project Manager - Consumer Products at Clarkston, you will:

Apply strong knowledge of the business processes and development lifecycle for a variety of technology implementations

Accountable for the successful delivery of all project phases, releases, and project components for large-scale projects

Responsible for overall quality, engagement, and adherence to the schedule and budget for the project

Coordinate project timeline with teams to ensure checkpoints and goals are met to the client's satisfaction

Manage overall resource allocation and capacity planning for the project

Report project-level status, metrics, issues and risks and manage overall completion and sign-off on project deliverables

Lead and manage small teams implementing business process improvements and implementing systems for our clients

Conduct solution architecting workshops with business managers

Work with client staff and end-users to determine the functional requirements for the system

Create detailed systems documentation, test scripts, and presentations

Leverage business and technical expertise to address technology architecture, blueprinting, data analysis, business modeling, technical design, application development, integration, and enablement

Provide leadership and guidance to other analysts and client personnel assigned to the projects

Assist with scoping prospective engagements and developing proposals

Conduct knowledge sharing and serve as a go-to subject matter expert for other company functional staff in support of client project deliverables

Be available to answer questions that may arise from past or current clients

How You'll Grow

At Clarkston, we feel that we provide the greatest value to our clients through a combination of our industry expertise, business process knowledge, and consulting excellence.

Beyond your day-to-day responsibilities, throughout your career at Clarkston you will:

Have the support and mentorship of your Clarkston colleagues and leaders

Own your career - you'll be able to take charge of your career journey with diverse opportunities to lead and expand your skillset both at the client site and within the firm

Have the opportunity to make a real and positive impact not only the clients you work with, but on the firm as well

Requirements

What We're Looking For:

An ideal Technology Project Manager - Consumer Products candidate would have the following qualifications and experience:

Five to eight (5-8) years prior consulting or equivalent industry experience

Experience in the consumer products industry is required

Global implementation experience working with multi-national companies in multi-cultural environments is a plus

Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and respect of senior-level executives

Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment

Strong client services orientation and accustomed to taking an active role in executing engagements and project plans/tasks

Excellent team-building, mentoring, and leadership abilities

An understanding of a variety of technologies and systems relevant to Life Sciences, Consumer Products, and Retail industries

Possess ability to manage a project from planning through delivery while staying on schedule and within budget

Capacity to understand clients' business processes and create solutions addressing the current and future needs of the organization

Minimum education requirement: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent discipline

Benefits

Our benefits include:

Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and more)

401k with company contributions

Paid vacation, personal days, holidays, and sick leave

Paid Parental Leave

Life and Disability Insurance

Company Equity or Stock Options

Training and Professional Development investments

Visit to learn more about our culture, benefits, and opportunities. We hope you'll join us!

Travel Statement

Travel is an integral part of this role and is estimated to average 30-50% and may vary based upon client and project needs. While travel is a requirement of the role, due to COVID-19 restrictions, all non-essential travel has been limited and any on-site requests are subject to review.

COVID-19 Vaccination Statement

While Clarkston Consulting has not mandated vaccination at this time, COVID-19 vaccinations are required in order to access Clarkston Consulting facilities and those of many of our clients. With this in mind, all prospective hires will be required to provide their vaccination status.