Sao Paulo Senior Project Manager Job - 2015

Thomson Reuters is looking for a delivery-driven Senior Project

Manager for one of its most innovative global technology

programs.The Senior Project Manager will lead a project team

tasked with delivering the next generation of its information

products. We require a self-driven Manager that will focus a

high-performance team to deliver cutting edge technology

products for our Global Growth Operations markets, including

China, the Middle East, Russia, India, Spain and Latin

America.The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate

ability to implement project governance to focus large teams

onto delivery goals and ability to articulate specific business

needs to a global technology organization, spanning several

locations in Latin America and Asia.

ROLE PURPOSEThe Senior Project Manager will define, scope,

initiate and manage large projects with moderate to high risk

while supporting business and program management staff. Typical

scope of the projects will be greater than 6 months, involve

more than 10 FTEs which are cross functional and be a project

that is critical to the company meeting its objectives.Team

members in a Project Manager role are expected to display core

competencies such as Project Delivery, Financial Management,

Risk Management, and Estimating and Planning. Expected

expertise in each of these areas will vary based on job

level.The Senior Project Manager will develop a fluid working

relationship with Business Owners throughout Brazil and the

global GGO organization and will act as a facilitator, ensuring

critical programs are managed transparently and fully in

alignment with the Business and GGO Technology needs.

RESPONSIBILITIESDefines, documents and executes projects of

extreme high risk, complexity and visibility, actively

participating in all phases of the project. Identifies,

assesses and manages risks to the success of the project.

Drafts feasibility studies, risk assessments and statements of

work. May develop or assist in developing business cases for

large projects with significant impact to company goals.

Responsible for producing all typical project documentation –

detailed project plans, work plans, schedules, project

estimates, conversion schedules, resource plans and status

reports. Determines project methodology. Defines project scope

and objectives.Agrees scope and constraints to enable costs,

timescales and resource requirements for the successful

completion of each project to be estimated.Has responsibility

to ensure project deliverables are demonstrably fit for

purpose.Gains commitments to ensure corrective actions are

taken if costs, timescales or resources deviate from agreed

tolerances.Manages the change control procedure gaining

agreement for revisions to the project from project

stakeholders and ensure full impact of significant changes are

understood by project stakeholders.Ensures all parties are

aware of project scope and milestones. Highlights divergence

from that scope, and adjusts it where necessary to reflect

changing circumstances, acts a communication liaison.SCOPE

& IMPACTWill define, scope, initiate and manage large

complex and business critical areas of project work while

supporting business and program management staff.Leads the

definition, delivery and deployment phases of the Thomson

Reuters Project Process, including liaison with the budget

holderInitiating and managing multiple large projects in

parallel, based in multiple locations and with multiple

dependencies in & out, with no supervision.Produces project

financial reporting. Works with functional units to coordinate

staffing to align with funding.Assists management with staffing

including resource planning, forecasting, and

recruiting.Analyzes capacity planning across projects. Uses

influence to eliminate bottlenecks and potential resource

alignment problems.Deliver projects to support Thomson Reuters’

ability to achieve revenue targets in customer segments.Manages

programs within standard project management methodologies to

time, quality and budget. Many different parts of the

organization need to be involved to achieve goals, some may

have conflicting priorities and working (cultural) practices

are very different.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be prepared to work at a global

level. Fluency in Portuguese and English is a must. Spanish

will be highly advantageous.Language Proficiency:Portuguese:

Native or high proficiency

English: Native or high proficiency

Spanish: Medium to high proficiency.Experience with delivery of

large software development programs will be an advantage.The

successful candidate will have over 7 or more years of industry

experience.Project Management Methodology:Project Delivery –

Fully CompetentProject Risk Management – Fully CompetentProject

Staff Management – Fully CompetentProject Communication – Fully

CompetentProject 3rd Party Management -Fully CompetentImproving

Project Performance – Fully CompetentProblem Solving &

Decision Making – Fully CompetentChange & Transformational

Programs – Fully CompetentFinancial Management & Project

Accounting – Working KnowledgeBusiness Knowledge – Working

KnowledgeProject Dependency Management – Fully

CompetentStakeholder Management – Fully CompetentProject

Estimating & Planning – ExpertProject Governance &

Assurance – Working KnowledgePortfolio Management – Working

KnowledgeRELATIONSHIPS: INTERNAL / EXTERNALInternal:

Program Team, Project team, senior line management, GGO

Technology PMOExternal: senior business stakeholders and

management, vendor management, other project teamsThe candidate

will be expected to travel regionally with some frequency.

We are the leading source of intelligent information for the

world’s businesses and professionals, providing customers with

competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique

synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and

innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the

knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions

faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and

risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and

science and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted

news organization.

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are

passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our

business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as

one – collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing

through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over

60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly

across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape

industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic,

evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a

catalyst in driving our performance – and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and

thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we

seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around

the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including

pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin,

religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status,

citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected

classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is

proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action

Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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Job: Project Management Family Group
Primary Location: Sao Paulo, BR
Other Locations:
Organization: GGO Ops Centre Site BA
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level: None
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
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