Change Management Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Evaluate project cost variances in support of root cause analysis (RCA) and process change orders accordingly.
• Define and quantify scope of potential change based on internal feedback from project team members, customer input and/or input from Legal Contract Management team.
• Prioritize response of requested changes based on criticality to the impact of on-time execution of project schedule(s).
• Develop and utilize a standard change management process with standardized change management documentation.
• Based on precontract contract review, collaborate with project execution stakeholders to establish clear baseline of as sold scope and schedule, mitigating risk(s) through identified opportunities that can be managed…
• Establish/Maintain standardized Change Management Process along with a centralized Change Management tool to capture change logs by project/program which allows for internal review and approval of change order responses.
• Collaborate with Legal Contracts Management to identify any change order opportunities based on commercial contract language. (Ensure Contract Management is engaged and aligned with all change order opportunities.)
• Coordinate with Solution Development on Change Request estimating. Prioritize change order processing based on Execution team input and risk to project execution.

Job requirements

• Own and drive adherence to a standardized Change Management Process.
• Provide directive to BU leadership on evaluation of change impact and decision to pursue with customer.
• Communicate approved change order to project team. Notify project controlling of potential impact to realizing sales volume and/or impact on invoicing and cash flow .
• Support development of documented change order strategy with Sales, Solution Development, and Project Management leveraging Sales and PM Customer relationship on potentially contentious CO engagement
• Participate in the Quality Gate review process focusing on identifying potential change order opportunities. This should include pre-flight Quality Gate reviews as well (QG1B through QG7).
• Participate in quote development and contract language design to ensure solution is clearly defined so changes are easily identifiable and enforceable - not open to interpretation by customer.
• Collaborate with Procurement to identify and support processing of credits with our suppliers based on change in scope and schedule.
• Own and drive implementation of Commodity Indexation and Hyper-Inflation process, tracking contract baselines against indices, facilitating change orders and request for payment or customer refund.