Director, IT Project Management COX Farms

About Cox Farms

Cox Farms which operates Mucci Farms and BrightFarms is part of the Cox Enterprises family of businesses and is a pioneering leader in the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) industry. Backed by Cox Enterprises long-standing commitment to building stronger businesses and a better world Cox Farms is dedicated to revolutionizing food production through sustainable and innovative technology. Our cutting-edge facilities leverage advanced agronomic production and greenhouse systems to deliver fresh high-quality produce to consumers year-roundminimizing environmental impact while maximizing resource efficiency.

As we continue to expand and innovate we are seeking an experienced Director of IT PMO to act as a key bridge between our business stakeholders and our technology delivery teams.

Job Summary

Job Title: Director IT Project Management
Location: Remote
Department: Information Technology / PMO
Reports To: AVP of Digital Product
Employment Type: Full-time / Permanent
Compensation:$175000

Position Summary

The Director IT Project Management is responsible for leading complex crossfunctional technology projects from initiation through delivery. This role partners closely with business and technical stakeholders to define scope build plans manage risks and ensure solutions are delivered on time within budget and to agreed quality standards. The ideal candidate has deep experience managing enterprisescale IT initiatives and can operate comfortably at both strategic and handson levels.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead endtoend delivery of multiple concurrent IT projects (e.g. application development systems implementation cloud migrations infrastructure upgrades integrations).
• Define and manage project scope objectives deliverables and success criteria in collaboration with sponsors and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans work breakdown structures schedules resource plans and budgets; track progress and adjust as needed.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Partner with IT and Business Project Leaders to enable communication between business units IT teams vendors and leadership.
• Facilitate project kickoff meetings status meetings and steering committee updates.
• Provide clear concise and timely communication on project status risks issues and decisions to all levels including executives.

Governance Risk & Quality

• Work with Core Project team to identify assess and manage project risks issues dependencies and change requests; drive mitigation and resolution.
• Ensure projects adhere to organizational PMO standards SDLC/Agile practices security policies and compliance requirements.
• Establish and track KPIs/metrics to measure project performance and benefits realization.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Partner with IT and Business Project Leads to lead crossfunctional project teams including business analysts developers architects QA infrastructure security and external vendors.
• Lead through influence to set project expectations assign tasks and monitor workload; promote accountability and high performance.
• Mentor and coach junior project managers or team members in project management best practices.

Process Improvement

• Continuously look for ways to improve IT project delivery processes tools and templates.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to the evolution of IT PMO standards and methodologies.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Business or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 57 years of experience managing IT projects including large complex and/or multiyear initiatives.
• Proven track record delivering projects on time within budget and in alignment with business objectives.
• Experience with both traditional (Waterfall) and Agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban or hybrid).
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT concepts (e.g. applications databases integrations/APIs data lakes networking cloud security).
• Demonstrated experience managing thirdparty vendors and system integrators.
• Excellent communication facilitation and stakeholder management skills including with senior leadership.
• Strong analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking abilities.

Preferred

• Professional certifications: PMP PRINCE2 Agile/Scrum (CSM PSM) or equivalent.
• Experience in Agriculture and/or Controlled Environment Agriculture
• Experience with project and portfolio management tools (e.g. Jira Azure DevOps MS Project Smartsheet ).

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Ability to translate business needs into technology solutions and actionable plans
• Leadership and team motivation in a matrixed environment
• Negotiation and conflict resolution
• Adaptability in a fastpaced changing environment
• Strong ownership and sense of accountability

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation includes a base salary of $175000. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidates knowledge skills and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Culture & Values at Cox Farms

At Cox Farms we live out our Rooted Together culture:

Our Purpose Vision & Mission

• Purpose: Nourish the Planet
• Vision: To be the most trusted partner in food
• Mission: Delivering the world a reliable supply of healthy and sustainable food powered by our people
• Anthem: The Future of Food Grows Here

Our Core Values

At Cox Farms our culture is Rooted Together. We live our values every day:

• Growth & Innovation Always learning improving and finding better ways
• Responsibility (Ownership & Accountability) Own results act like owners
• Open & Honest (Transparency Trust Speaking Up) We build trust through clarity candor and courage
• We Before Me (Collaboration Care Service) Support our people our partners our communities and the consumers we serve
• Safety Safety in everything we do

Employment Notice

This role will support all Cox Farms businesses. The employer for this role is BrightFarms Inc. and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to age race color religion or creed national origin or ancestry sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability veteran status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

For roles based in the United States: Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without the need for employer sponsorship. For roles based in Canada: applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada.