Project Manager

At a glance

Position:Project Manager

Primary Location:Midland (MI, USA), Michigan, United States of America

Additional Locations: Mumbai (IND) Houston (TX, USA) Sao Paulo (BRA) + More - Less

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:05/14/2024

Job Number:R2051276

Position Type:Regular

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

Dowhas an exciting opportunity for aProject Manager. This role can be located inMidland, MI, Houston, TX or Sao Paulo, Brazil, or Mumbai, India!

About you and this role

As the Project manager, you will lead cross functional project teams that deliver business process and IT solutions. This role also leads project planning and management throughout the project lifecycle including the overall delivery of the solution into a successful support model, and is accountable for budget, contingency planning, scope, issue and risk management. Helps improve productivity, streamline business processes, help make better business decisions and enhance customer relationships.

In this role, you will require in-depth conceptual and working knowledge of your discipline or functional area. You will need to understand your discipline's best practices and how they relate to others. You may need to lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements as well as serve as a resource for less experienced colleagues. You should also be able to explain difficult or sensitive information and work to build consensus with others.

It is your responsibility to analyze and resolve complex problems, examine information from multiple sources, and use judgement to evaluate established and new solutions. Your performance impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities within your own team and other related teams and requires that you work within established guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

• Determines the project approach and schedule, develops and reviews estimates and estimating assumptions, and creates project plan and tracking metrics throughout all phases

• Manages the overall schedule for project delivery

• Measures and monitors progress, including phase reviews and deliverable reviews and sign-offs

• Manages dependencies across projects in the program as well as integration with other projects

• Manages relationships with all suppliers and subcontractors on the project (monitor progress/adherence to schedule)

• Works with teams on quality assurance process, manages budget forecasting and cost control for the project, manages project issues, risks and contingency planning and escalates as required

• Ensures project follows methodology/approach to deliver solution and supports teams on scope change request and schedule implications

• Performs budget, scope, issue, and risk management tasks by estimating information technology project costs and working with external service providers and processes

• Completes project performance reports

• Deliver results by utilizing various delivery frameworks including Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree OR relevant military experience at a U.S. E6 rank or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or higher OR a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. A degree discipline in an Information Technology/Systems is preferred.

• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

• For US Applicants Only: A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Preferred Skills

• Influential leadership

• Strong communication

• Time management and organizational skills

• Problem solving abilities

Additional Notes:

• Relocation assistance is not available.

• While this role offers locations in several countries, the recruiting is managed in the United States. If able, please upload a resume in English.

Benefits – What Dow offers you

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career.  You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.

• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.

• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.

• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.

• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.

• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.

• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:

• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).

• ​Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.

• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visitingwww.dow.com.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available onwww.dow.com.

Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.