Project Manager

This PM will be focused on the IT portions of their Ship to Home project initiative which they view as a mission critical project.  This role will be very cross functional and will collaborate heavily between the three workstreams for this project and work closely with their Digital Team, their Merchandising IT Team, and their Store Team Member Experience teams.  They are looking for an experienced PM who is an exceptional communicator (executive presence) who has worked in a very cross functional role in the past.  They are also hoping to find someone with grocery and/or ecommerce experience who has ideally worked on a fulfillment expansion project such as this. 

This person will need to be onsite for cross collaborative meetings 1 to 2 times per month but will be fully remote outside of that.  They would like someone who is a drivable distance from Grand Rapids. 

Meijer is kicking off a project that will add the ability to ship directly to their customers from their stores.  This project will initially be focused on non-perishable goods but will likely eventually cover all of their product offerings.   They are looking for a project manager who will be part of their OMS team and will focus on the OMS aspects of this project initiative.  The PM will collaborate closely with members of their Store Member Experience team, Merchandising IT Team as well as their Digital team. 

There is an intake call scheduled with the manager for Wednesday morning but didn't want to wait to get this out because they are looking for someone who is located close enough to drive in to their Corporate HQ in Grand Rapids on occasion. 

Client Name:  Meijer

Job Title:  Project Manager

Onsite Requirement/Remote (Time zone?):  Remote with occasional trips to Corporate HQ when needed (Grand Rapids)

C/CTH/Perm + Duration:  Through fiscal year (end of Jan 2027) with long term extension after that. 

Bill Rate & Salary Conversion:  $55/hour on W2

USC

3-5 Must Haves (need to be highlighted in sizzle & present on resume)

·         Strong IT Project Management experience (5-8 years minimum) managing cross-functional IT projects

·         Retail, ecommerce, omnichannel fulfillment experience strongly preferred

·         Strong waterfall and agile experience

·         Must have exceptional communication skills with proven experience communicating at high levels (executive) within organizations

Job Description

The IT Project Manager will coordinate cross-functional delivery for the Ship to Home initiative across Digital IT, Store Team Member Experience, and Merchandising IT. This role will provide the structure, visibility, and follow-through needed to align team plans from requirements and planning through implementation, launch readiness, and stabilization. The project manager will maintain an integrated view of milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and actions while functional and technical leads retain accountability for their teams' deliverables and technical decisions.

Key Responsibilities

·         Develop and maintain an integrated project plan that connects milestones and dependencies across participating teams.

·         Facilitate cross-functional planning, status, risk, and decision-making meetings; document outcomes, owners, and due dates.

·         Track scope, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and actions, escalating blockers through established governance when needed.

·         Prepare concise, accurate status updates and leadership reporting that highlight progress, upcoming milestones, decisions, and delivery concerns.

·         Coordinate alignment of business and technical requirements, implementation

·         sequencing, testing milestones, communications, training dependencies, and launch criteria.

·         Support change control by documenting proposed scope or schedule changes,

·         assessing cross-team impacts with accountable leads, and routing decisions to the appropriate stakeholders.

·         Promote timely decision-making by bringing together the right subject-matter

·         experts, clarifying options and impacts, and following actions through completion.

·         Coordinate launch-readiness reviews and a defined post-launch stabilization and handoff period.

·         Build productive relationships across business and technology teams and maintain transparency without relying on formal authority.

Qualifications

·         5–8 years of experience managing cross-functional IT projects through planning, implementation, launch, and stabilization.

·         Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple delivery teams and business stakeholders in a complex enterprise environment.

·         Retail, e-commerce, omnichannel fulfillment, or store-technology experience strongly preferred.

·         Strong working knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall delivery methods, including environments where teams use different approaches.

·         Proven ability to manage integrated schedules, dependencies, RAID logs, scope changes, action items, and launch-readiness activities.

·         Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to

·         create concise, executive-ready status reports and translate detailed team updates into a clear project-level view.

·         Effective facilitation, organization, negotiation, judgment, and

·         problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority.

·         Experience using Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint for project planning, collaboration, analysis, and stakeholder communication.

·         Experience using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub to monitor delivery progress, milestones, dependencies, and work-item status.

·         Experience using Power BI to develop or interpret project dashboards and delivery reporting.

·         PMP certification preferred.

Success in This Role

Success means providing reliable project visibility, enabling timely resolution or escalation of cross-team dependencies, and helping the participating teams deliver a coordinated, launch-ready Ship to Home solution against agreed scope

and milestones