Job Description
About the Role
As a Senior Project Manager, you will either be working to drive large multi-faceted projects to success, or you will be facilitating the delivery of high-quality software across a number of scrum teams.
In Project Manager roles, you will be responsible for ensuring that the company investment in time and dollars delivers successful outcomes as defined by our Leadership, Product Management and Architecture teams. These projects are critical components of our overall delivery commitments and the project health directly impacts the performance of the business. You will be working with our teams driving Agile, Scrum, Lean and Waterfall projects with resources who are co-located and are responsible for business design, engineering and testing within their feature area.
In Scrum Master roles, you will help guide, lead, and serve your teams so that together you deliver awesome software solutions that deliver exceptional value to our customers. You'll coach team members to deliver to their full potential, structure work to deliver value iteratively, and provide exceptional visibility into team velocity and achievable results.
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the health of several projects which may include serving as the Product Manager and/or Engineering Manager as needed during the project lifecycle. Your ability to drive calm and focus in this dynamic environment will serve the organization and ultimately our customers well allowing for open and transparent communications throughout the project lifecycle. Last but not least, you must manage through the power of influence and persuasion to deliver projects on time, within budget, and driving optimal return on our investment.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...
- Drive the definition of project roadmaps, working with the product teams and leadership.
- Drive decisions on priority, scope, and design to ensure lean and rapid deployment.
- Outline the risk profile with appropriate mitigation plans and stakeholder responsibilities.
- Provide detailed/transparent tracking of large, complex project budgets and forecast.
- Perform accurate variance analysis (including schedule, costs vs. budgets, resources and changes to scope).
- Drive communication with 3rd parties, contract/SOW management, etc.
- Deliver resourcing strategies to ensure optimum support for projects and for the day-to-day operational activities.
- Provide team feedback and contribute to performance reviews.
- Own program communications at all levels across Technology and Business stakeholders.
- Ensure team backlogs are groomed and ready following the Playbook documentation.
- Lead scrum ceremonies: standups, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
- Ensure resolution of impediments to the team's progress.
- Manage the teams velocity, and identify ways to improve velocity, estimation, and quality.
- Protect the integrity of the team and its velocity from unnecessary external influences.
- Coach the team on continually improving communication, process, estimation, quality, and velocity.
- Care for the team - seek to unlock the energy and potential of the team to be the best it can be.
Why you will love working at Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
- We are changing the way we deliver our solutions and want you to be part of driving this change
- We're a successful, fast-growing company with an entrepreneurial vibe
- A technologically and data-driven business
- Competitive salaries, and comprehensive health benefits
- We're at the forefront of tech and retail, redefining technology for the next generation
- We're passionate about our customers and live/breathe the customer experience
- We get to be creative on a daily basis
- A smart, experienced leadership team that wants to do it right and is open to new ideas
- We believe in autonomy and reward taking initiative
- We have fun!
Desired Skills And Experience
We're excited about you because...
- You have a BE/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- You've been working for 10 years or more in software delivery or a related field
- You have managed the delivery of projects that have had a measurable business impact:
- Using Agile, Scrum, or Lean methodology
- You have a solid understanding of what it takes to deliver great software, fast
- You've got an entrepreneurial energy and ability to find solutions to challenges your team faces
- You communicate concisely
- You act like a leader to influence others to choose the right path
- You work like a coach in your passion to get your team to perform at its best
- You have a strong understanding and experience engaging with Agile teams
- You're a star at coaching teams on backlog prioritization, story-writing, and story estimation
- You have appropriate certification or related experience:
- Scrum certification: ideally CSP, at least CSM, and preferably SAFe
- PMP certified or some other certification in project management
- You can get the job done using JIRA, Confluence, and Slack
About Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom,
home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.
Williams-Sonoma Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
About Us
Williams-Sonoma India Pvt. Ltd.
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States largest e-commerce retailers with some of the best known and most beloved brands in home furnishings. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teens, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally. Our products are also available to customers through our catalogs and online worldwide.
Williams-Sonoma India sourcing office was established in 2013. We are based in Gurugram, India. We are sourcing premium products across all categories of Home Furnishing and recorded double digit year-on-year growth. We have a dynamic team of over 100 members handling versatile vendors across India, Nepal & Bangladesh. We are looking to onboard talented people and create successful professional journey.
