Rockwell Automation

Senior Project Manager, LCS Portfolio PMO

Rockwell Automation

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Milwaukee • Ohio • Wisconsin • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

PMP

About the role

  • Lead projects through all phases of the lifecycle including initiation, planning, execution, release, and close
  • Define and manage project scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and risks.
  • Drive rigorous planning and execution to achieve commitments on time, within cost targets, and aligned to quality and performance expectations
  • Proactively identify, mitigate, and escalate risks, issues, and dependencies across projects and teams
  • Coordinate work across multiple functions, teams, and external partners to ensure alignment and integration
  • Provide clear and transparent communication on projects that is aligned to needs and expectations of various business stakeholder
  • Be the primary point of accountability for stakeholder communication, ensuring shared understanding of priorities, progress, risks, and outcomes
  • Drive decision‑making by clearly articulating tradeoffs, impacts, and recommendations
  • Apply change management principles (e.g., ADKAR) to drive adoption and sustained outcomes
  • Build strong relationships across LCS, engineering, product management, finance, and operations
  • Manage and track project budgets, forecasts, and spend. Document the causals for any variance
  • Ensure financial discipline and alignment between scope, funding, and delivery commitments
  • Measure success through defined KPIs including schedule, cost, quality, risk, and business outcomes
  • Support continuous improvement of PMO metrics, reporting, and execution effectiveness
  • Contribute to the evolution of LCS PMO standards, tools, and best practices
  • Implement and adopt tools that drive efficiency within projects such as AI, SmartSheets, dashboarding, reporting tools, etc.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
  • Typically requires 8+ years of experience in a project management or project leadership role.
  • Demonstrated experience in project planning, execution, risk management.
  • Lean six sigma/green belt certification or equivalent process improvement experience
  • Strong experience applying change management frameworks (e.g., ADKAR)
  • PMP certification
Benefits
  • Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
  • 401k
  • Paid Time off
  • Parental and Caregiver Leave
  • Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementproject planningrisk managementbudget managementresource planningchange managementKPI measurementcontinuous improvementexecution effectivenessprocess improvement
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder managementdecision-makingrelationship buildingproblem-solvingcollaborationtransparencyaccountabilityalignmentproactive identification
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeLean Six Sigma Green BeltPMP certification