Project Manager III - Service

Paychex provides payroll, HR, benefits, and advisory services through a connected HCM platform. The Project Manager III - Service plans, monitors, and manages internal projects from initiation through completion, coordinating resources, stakeholders, risks, deliverables, reporting, and project documentation. The role ensures projects meet technical quality, reliability, schedule, and cost requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Works on projects of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise
• Manages projects through the application of comprehensive project management concepts that include leading and coordinating groups/resources, organizing and tracking tasks, mitigating risks, engaging stakeholders, creating and monitoring deliverables, and reporting on obstacles to ensure effective project outcomes
• Maintains project documentation, including charter, plan, scope statement, communication plan and deployment timeline
• Researches, provides, formats, and analyzes data. Observes and analyzes patterns, trends, and correlations to make recommendations on company strategic issues and projects. Applies a wide application of theoretical concepts, principles, and practices to the analytical process
• Controls and mitigates project risks by performing the qualitative and quantitative analysis of risks and trigger events, planning risk response, establishing contingency plans, anticipating dependencies affected by ongoing project changes, and recommending ways to mitigate future risks to management
• Responsible for tracking and reporting on key metrics (i.e. deliverables, financials, duration, benefits, readiness) and communicating findings to stakeholders and leadership
• Manages the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships with internal partners, third party vendors, and leadership

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree - Required
• 6 years of experience in project management
• Master's Degree - Preferred
• Project Management and/or other relevant discipline (PMP, CAPM, etc.) - Preferred