Technical Project Manager

Lasko Products, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of portable fans and heaters for over 100 years, is seeking a Technical Project Manager to join our team.  In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead project management of IT focused initiatives and the creation and maintenance of key projects to drive the efficiency of Lasko’s IT infrastructure.

The Technical Project Manager (IT) leads the planning, execution, and delivery of technology initiatives across the organization, partnering with business and technical teams to deliver measurable outcomes. This role is best suited for an experienced project leader who can drive complex, cross-functional programs (e.g., ERP and enterprise application implementations, integrations, infrastructure modernization, and digital transformation) while improving business processes and strengthening delivery governance. The Technical Project Manager works closely with the PMO, technical teams, and business stakeholders to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.

 Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex IT and business initiatives, controlling scope, schedule, budget, quality, and benefits realization.
• Coordinate program changes or potential program changes to the baseline and ensures the approved changes are communicated and implemented. 
• Plan and facilitate cross-functional working sessions to define requirements and map current-state/future-state processes—including uncovering undocumented workflows—then document issues, pain points, and roadblocks and translate them into actionable requirements and priorities.
• Proactively identify, document, and manage risks, issues, and dependencies; drive mitigation plans, remove blockers, and escalate effectively when needed.
• Interacts and influences regularly with key stakeholders including senior executives, customers, and board members
• Partner with senior leaders and functional stakeholders to set priorities, manage expectations, and drive decision-making across competing business needs.
• Lead ERP and enterprise application projects such as software implementations, system upgrades, application development, and infrastructure initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, resource plans, and milestone schedules across internal teams, vendors, and system integrators.
• Track and communicate progress against plan; drive resolution of cross-team dependencies, and ensure timely delivery of key decisions, deliverables, and approvals.
• Identify cross-project interdependencies and constraints; partner with the PMO and business sponsors to build and maintain an integrated program roadmap, sequencing work to optimize value, capacity, and risk.
• Execute a comprehensive communication and change management approach, including stakeholder analysis, training coordination, cutover planning, and go-live readiness.
• At the completion of a project or project phase, captures key lessons learned and communicates to PMO and business. Effectively applies lessons learned in subsequent projects. 
• Develop project charters, business cases (as needed), and success metrics; define KPI targets and post-implementation validation plans.
• Lead the development of cross functional, cross-company project team; provide input leadership and direction when project scope or timing changes. 
• Brings a comprehensive understanding of business practices and operational workflows, enabling informed questioning, proactive risk identification, and effective alignment of systems projects with strategic business needs.

 Skills & Attributes

• Strong ability to synthesize complex business and technical information into clear plans, decisions, and action items.
• Exceptional facilitation, interviewing, and workshop leadership skills; able to build trust with end users to elicit undocumented processes, surface root causes, and drive alignment on solutions and trade-offs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail 
• Passionate about bringing people of all disciplines (engineering, sales, marketing, supply chain, finance) together to capture opportunities and/or solve problems that have the greatest chance of overall success. 
• Excellent project management skills, with ability to prioritize and meet deadlines with acute attention to detail.
• Exemplifies the Lasko Core Values of Be a Leader, Be the Change, Be Bold, Be Accountable and Be Together 

KPI’s of which the employee will be measured by:

• Schedule Attainment
• Project Budget Accuracy
• Resource Capacity