Project Manager

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...

Establish governance for the Project Management Office. Initially you will oversee projects in your own portfolio and eventually lead other project managers to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget and to satisfaction of the customer, Pure and Account team leadership.

The PMO will define and govern standards for project initiation through project completion.  These standards will guide the Project Manager through the process for staging, presentation and signoff of key deliverables such as Project Kickoffs, Project Plans, Change Orders, regular Status and Risk reports. He/she will also facilitate planning sessions at various stages of the project lifecycle.   

Critical to the success of this role will be the setting and management of customer expectations, in regards to project scope, the Pure Storage delivery model, stakeholder roles and responsibilities, timelines, escalation and change management-processes, communication and risk management plans. 

This includes overall responsibility for the profitability of the project portfolio. Including evaluating the impact of change requests on overall customer satisfaction, profitability and business potential. Another key position attribute is having accountability for compliance with Pure Storage's revenue recognition rules and policies. 

This role will also be integral to our business development efforts working closely with our sales organization, our partners and customers defining proposals and SOW’s and assuring Pure has identified the right scope and strategy to successfully deliver the desired outcomes.  This role includes working with various teams to craft standard solutions for our service portfolio. The PMO will create methodologies and best practices and act as a change agent to build a culture of continuous improvement.

The PMO will provide support, assistance and guidance to project managers as needed in their day to day duties

• Throughout the project life cycle including but not limited to producing project documents including project definition, risk and requirement documents, weekly/monthly project status reports that report on the general health of projects and financial details
• Developing project plans and tracking progress versus the plan
• Maintain project/program reporting materials (via an online document repository such as Google Docs, Box and/or NetSuite) and maintain project status documentation
• Assist in reporting the impact of projects and effectively communicating the impact on the organization
• Establishing work timelines and effectively managing them
• Providing input into the program management process based on lessons learned
• Analyzes project financial performance and reports findings or trends
• Accomplish Pure’s mission by completing relevant duties as needed when requested by management

As the office expands the PMO will lead team of project managers by providing project management, leadership and oversight to project and/or work streams. Acts as role model provides feedback and coaching. The PMO will also be tasked to stay abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars. Its also expected that the Project Manager will complete and maintain industry recognized project management certifications and accreditations.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...

• 10+ Years background in the delivery of Professional Services including significant migration project experience, working with Large Enterprise Accounts, with global operations and multi PB storage landscapes in Japan.
• Deep migrations expertise, having lead large scale multi-PB migration projects, in mission critical environments, primarily business applications and complex SAN infrastructure
• Technical background with 10+ years storage experience
• Experience working in Tier one storage companies, or Enterprise level System Integrators or GSI’s
• Previous experience delivering through to completion, as Project Manager, managing and overseeing the delivery of migration services through hybrid delivery resources (Pure and Pure badged partners)
• Senior management ‘presence’ able to work in demanding environments with client IT Operations management teams
• Good communication skills.