Lead IT Project Manager

Cleveland-Cliffs has an immediate opportunity for a Lead IT Project Manager. This position is on-site at our Indiana Harbor facility located in East Chicago, IN. The Lead Project Manager (PM) will manage and lead large enterprise-wide, cross-functional strategic initiatives and are typically assigned to large-scale, high impact projects with moderate to high risk and complexity.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Direct, coach and mentor other Project Managers, both employees and contract Project Managers.
• Work very closely with the IT Director responsible for Project Management Office (PMO) to support all aspects of Project Management (PM), PM Processes and tools.
• Expected to be the highest-level expert in all of the company PM Processes on SAP projects.
• Promote and support Project Management best practices.
• Fully understand and support company PMO practice methodology; stage-gate process, deliverables and approvals.
• Support PMO practice methodology improvements; strategic vision and strategic execution.
• Direct large-scale, complex projects that may involve multiple internal and external Stakeholders.
• Develop the project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related project management artifacts.
• Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value.
• Strong negotiation skills to solve conflicts involving the stakeholders (including project team, business users, high level managers).
• Validate financial forecasts and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures.
• Partner with Business Sponsors and Stakeholders to define success metrics and criteria. Build, lead, and coach multiple project teams throughout project lifecycles.
• Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects.
• Assess and resolve all high priority project risks as they are encountered.
• Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company.
• Continually update relevant business stakeholders of project status and periodically publish project status reports.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in routinely briefing key Stakeholders on different aspects of assigned initiatives.
• Represent the project in various project governance and inter-department forums.
• Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall and integrated delivery plan.
• Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in the business case.
• Ensure end results are of the highest caliber with a clearly articulated scope and quantifiable business benefit.
• Assist, share learning, and mentor others within the PMO regarding standards, organizational understanding, and relationship building to promote the successful delivery of projects.
• May have supervisory responsibilities in the future.
• Travel 15% of the time to plants across the Midwest.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent.
• Five years of experience as a Computer Systems Analyst or related.
• Must have 5 years of experience managing IT projects and/or small programs in a large operating environment in the steel industry.
• Waterfall and Agile methodologies; leading cross-functional teams of other project managers, outside stakeholders, and IT functional experts.
• SAP project management; and legacy IT system integration to SAP ERP.
• 3 years of experience mapping SAP data to MES systems using middleware services such as IBM WebSphere.
• 2 years of experience with Microsoft Visio, OneNote, and Project.
• Must be willing to travel 15% of the time to plants across the Midwest.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. We offer an excellent total compensation package including competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, retirement, paid time off, and more.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail tocareers@clevelandcliffs.comor call 1-(312) 899-3097 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Do not email your application materials to this email address. Application materials sent to this email address will not be considered.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is an equal opportunity employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability. We are a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment screening as a condition of employment.