IT Project Manager

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IT Project Manager
 
SOBRE NOSOTROS 
Looking for more than just a job? At Thompson Machinery, we’ve been powering progress since 1944. We are the go-to Caterpillar dealer for Middle and West Tennessee and North Mississippi. Come join a team where our mission is simple: deliver smart solutions, build lasting partnerships, strengthen the communities we call home and invest in your growth
 
WHAT YOU WILL DO 
The IT Project Manager provides visibility, predictability, and coordination across Thompson
Machinery’s IT project portfolio to support reliable delivery of business value, working closelywithtechnical managers, business stakeholders, and vendors to maintain delivery forecastscoordinate execution, facilitate governance, and support informed decision-making by IT
leadership. The role begins with an assessment of current delivery practices and implementation
of approved improvements, followed by ongoing operation and continuous improvement of the
delivery framework.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBLITIES 
 
Portfolio Planning & Forecasting:
  • Maintain the approved project portfolio, delivery forecasts, sequencing assumptions, and capacity forecasts based on manager-provided resource data.
  •  Identify resource constraints, dependency conflicts, and delivery risks.
  • Provide forecasting, portfolio analysis, and recommendations to support governance and prioritization decisions.
 
 Project Delivery:
  • Directly manage projects assigned by the Director of IT.
  • Maintain project schedules, milestones, forecasts, RAID logs, and stakeholder communications.
  • Coordinate delivery activities across Infrastructure, Data Engineering, Application
  • Development, business stakeholders, and vendors.
  • Facilitate issue resolution and coordinate recovery plans when commitments are at risk.
  • Maintain portfolio-wide visibility, reporting, and coordination, including projects led by technical managers.
Portfolio Visibility & Governance:
  • Maintain a single, trusted source of project portfolio reporting for IT leadership.
  • Consolidate project information across PM-led and manager-led initiatives.
  • Facilitate portfolio review and governance meetings.
  • Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, constraints, and delivery impacts.
 ERP Sustainment & Vendor Governance:
  • Coordinate ERP (DBS and D365) enhancement requests, defect remediation efforts, support escalations, and vendor-managed project work.
  • Monitor vendor commitments, risks, and delivery performance through regular reviews and escalation.
  • Ensure ERP sustainment activities are incorporated into portfolio planning and reporting.
Delivery Framework Ownership:
  • Assess project delivery, reporting, governance, forecasting, and tooling practices.
  • Recommend practical improvements that increase visibility and delivery predictability.
  • Implement approved framework improvements.
  • Maintain the approved project delivery framework, reporting standards, governance processes, and forecasting practices.
Working Relationships:
  • Technical managers are responsible for requirements, estimates, resource assignments, technical execution, and technical quality.
  • The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning, forecasting, governance, communication, and delivery coordination.
  • The Director of IT is responsible for prioritization, approvals, resource conflict resolution, budget authority, and major process decisions.
Required Competencies:
  • Build and maintain realistic, capacity-based delivery plans across multiple workstreams.
  • Re-plan quickly when constraints or priorities change; make scope, schedule, and tradeoffs explicit.
  • Experience identifying and escalating delivery risk before deadlines are threatened.
  • Operate effectively without positional authority, influencing through clarity, facts, and alignment.
  • Partner with functional managers and technical leads to maintain predictability, clarify ownership, and coordinate execution across teams.
  • Demonstrated predictability and transparency in delivery reporting, with proactive signaling to minimize late surprises.
WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU

We all have different backgrounds, yet we all use our unique contributions to provide the highest quality of service. 
 
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE 
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • Seven or more years of hands-on project management experience.
KNOWLEDGE, TECHNICAL SKILL & ABILITIES 
  • Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities.
  • Experience with forecasting, capacity planning, governance, RAID management, stakeholder communication, and vendor coordination.
  •  Experience using project management, portfolio management, and work management tools.
  • Ability to learn, administer, and operate project and portfolio management tooling selected by Thompson Machinery.
  •  ERP implementation, enhancement, sustainment, integration, or vendor-management experience is a plus but not required.
QUÉ HAY PARA TI
En Thompson Machinery, creemos que las grandes prestaciones son algo más que ventajas: son esenciales para el bienestar y el éxito de los empleados. Hemos diseñado un paquete de beneficios que va más allá de lo ordinario, garantizando que los miembros de nuestro equipo prosperen tanto personal como profesionalmente. A continuación le ofrecemos un resumen de nuestras ventajas, incluidas algunas que nos diferencian de nuestros competidores.
 
THE BASICS
  • Diversas opciones de planes médicos, incluida una opción gratuita
  • Seguro dental y de visión
  • Seguro de invalidez a corto y largo plazo a cargo de la empresa
  • Seguro de vida básico a cargo de la empresa
  • 401k de contrapartida
  • Participación en beneficios
  • 8 días festivos pagados al año
  • Inicialmente, hasta 15 días de tiempo libre retribuido al año, que aumentarán tras cinco años de servicio.
  • Programa de Asistencia al Empleado (PAE)
WHAT SETS US APART
  • Salario competitivo
  • Exposición a formación y desarrollo CAT de categoría mundial
  • Reembolso de matrícula
  • Asistencia en la compra de herramientas para adquirir herramientas de alta calidad con grandes descuentos
  • Estipendio anual para la compra de botas de trabajo
  • Programa de incentivos de la empresa
  • Vacaciones de veterano pagadas anualmente a todos los miembros del servicio
  • Programas de formación y desarrollo
  • Uniformes de trabajo y servicios profesionales de limpieza
  • Programas de bienestar financiero
Thompson Machinery offers competitive salaries and a complete benefits package. Compensation for this position will be commensurate with candidate experience and background. Thompson Machinery is an equal opportunity employer: Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.
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