It Project Manager

Work Schedule: Primarily remote, currently 1-3 days a month onsite.
Needs to be either a US Citizen or Green Card holder.
Senior Level (greater than 8 yrs exp.).

Job Summary:

• Maintains information technology strategies by managing staff; researching and implementing technological strategic solutions.
• Primary Responsibilities:
• Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.
• Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.
• Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.
• Verifies application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented.
• Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.
• Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
• Accomplishes financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by staying current on state-of-the-art practices.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Business Management, Business Administration, or other related discipline Experience in the IT industry, including development work and customer interaction
• PMP Certification

Top 5 Skill sets
1. SKILL Overall management of overall project management life cycle ? requirements, design, build, test & deploy in agile and waterfall settings.
2. SKILL Responsible for the development and execution of a comprehensive testing plan - test plan, test cases, status reports and metrics
3. SKILL Translates high level business requirements into detailed requirements (user stories)
4. SKILL Communicate and develop detailed project plans and timelines
5. SKILL Strong interpersonal skills, verbal, and presentation skills

Job Type: Contract

Salary: Up to $39.00 per hour

Experience level:

• 8 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• LIFE CYCLE: 8 years (Required)
• TEST PLAN: 8 years (Required)
• BUDGETING OR FINANCIAL: 8 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• PMP Certification (Required)

Work Location: Remote