We have a full-time position currently open in the Boston, MA suburbs.
The base salary is competitive and includes a 15% bonus (based on
individual and company performance), a generous benefits package, and
relocation assistance to the successful applicant. Note that
relocation assistance will be in the form of a sign-on bonus but will
not equal the cost of a full relocation package.

Qualified H1B visa applicants will be considered if at least 2 years
remain on the visa from the original issue date. Note that the client
will not pay for the H1B transfer.

Apply to rbonczek (AT) nichetech (DOT) com

Job Description
• Manages global business intelligence projects, provides leadership
for functional and/or technical analysis, development, and
implementation of enterprise business intelligence capabilities.
• Provides timely portfolio status updates to the Enterprise Project
Management Office (PMO).
• Responsible for assembling project teams, assigning individual
responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources, and developing
plan and schedule to ensure timely completion of projects.
• Coordinates the activities of internal and external resources in a
matrix environment with cross Global Business Unit (GBU) partners.
• Follows standards in all projects as set forth by the Enterprise
PMO.
• Provide daily operational and user support as needed
• Communicates with Enterprise PMO and business executive management
regarding project status.
• Works with senior business management and IS Leadership Team (ISLT)
to establish priorities among identified projects.
• Participates in all corporate programs as directed by the Enterprise
PMO and senior management in the Global Information Systems (GIS)
organization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other
duties may be assigned.
• Executes, in the form of projects, multi-year process enablement
roadmaps aligning with global strategy and technology standards.
• Works closely with business partners across multiple business units
to define business requirements, determine functional approaches and
align business intelligence projects with overall company strategic
objectives.
• Implement process improvements and support organization change
management efforts as necessary to sustain change and realize benefits
related to assigned projects.
• Work with business partners and IT department representatives to
drive resolution of cross-GBU, cross-GIS issues and manage risk for
assigned projects.
• Leads global, distributed, cross-functional teams assigned to
deliver benefits to the business.
• Complies with Enterprise PMO methodology to track, measure and phase
gate review project metrics, schedule, budget and issues.
• Promote effective communications between the core teams, extended
teams and the rest of the organization.
• Supports and adheres to all policies, procedures and standards,
including GIS Guiding Principles, Project and Change Management
processes, Internal and External Health & Safety, Quality, Regulatory
and Finance compliance, and support of Internal and External Audits.
• Prepares and builds business cases for proposed projects.
• Leverages informal and formal contacts to overcome conflicts and
blockages.
• Skilled at internal/external consulting and relationship
management.
• Demonstrated ability in conflict resolution, issues and change
management.
• Understanding of legal issues and dealing with their resolutions for
the enterprise projects.
• Ability to express complex technical concepts effectively, both
verbally as well as written, to diverse groups at all organizational
levels.
• For Funds, Costs or Profits: Accountable to business and ISLT
sponsors for successful project execution within budget and schedule.
Budget authority up to $5 million.
• For Supervision: Directs and manages global, multi-cultural, virtual
teams in order to successfully execute projects. Projects affect
multiple global locations. Project teams may exceed 30 FTE in a
globally matrixed organization.
• For Internal and External Relationships: Works in a matrixed
organizational role reporting, for project purposes, to both GIS and
business executive management. Communicates and works with GBU
business and GIS VP/Group Director/Directors and Managers on a daily
basis concerning strategic, operational and tactical issues impacting
project solution delivery, business processes, applications and
systems. Supports executive level meetings as required. Coordinates
and negotiates with external vendors when necessary to resolve systems
issues or explore future capabilities.
• For Organization Influence: A big picture thinker, the successful
candidate will have the capacity to isolate issues for his/her team
and help the organization to focus on implementing both top-level,
strategic business intelligence solutions as well as operational
improvement projects that are necessary for business success.
• The successful candidate will not hesitate to get into the fray in
an active way, and will both champion ideas and accept disagreement
with maturity and with the good of the business at heart. Candidate
must manage the internal and external politics to ensure issues/ideas
are on the right agendas at the right time and at the right level of
the organization.
• The successful candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills
and communication abilities. The job holder must win the confidence of
individuals at all levels, both inside and outside of the group, to
foster teamwork and vision for the growth of the organization and
support the vision and goals of the GIS organization.

Required Skills
• Communication & Influencing: The job holder must clearly convey
information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or
groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand
and retain the message.
• Teamwork: An individual who can work effectively in a collaborative
environment and foster teamwork with their peer group, their local &
virtual team colleagues and with employees outside of the GIS
function.
• Technical Expertise: The job holder must have a background in
successful information technology systems associated with their
functional area.

Required Experience
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or information
technology management required.
• Masters degree in related business management and/or information
technology fields preferred.
• Leadership and management experience in an information technology
related capacity required.
• Experience managing geographically distributed, virtual teams
required.
• 5+ years of project management experience required.
• Deep competency in project management processes and methodologies
required.
• Proficiency with enterprise level project and portfolio management
tools desired.
• PMP project management certification desired.
• Business process knowledge in multiple business process area
desired. Successful candidate will have experience working in several
process areas including: Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain,
Manufacturing, HR and Finance.
• Experiences with full life cycle BI project delivery
• Business Objects and SAP implementation experience strongly
preferred.
• Experience leading business transformation initiatives with process,
organization and technology changes highly desirable.
• IT consulting experience with a global big 5 consulting firm
strongly desired.
• One or more of the following professional certifications strongly
desired: PMP, ITIL, Six Sigma.