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Form of workPay range: $80 - $85 hourly
This Project Manager role is to assist with the management and coordination of technical IT projects. This position will also work as a functional application analyst, including system implementation projects, process improvement initiatives, data management, report development, requirements gathering and analysis, end-user training and support, and participate in special project, plus assist with the management of financial budgets for the department
Duties include:
Project Manager skills and qualifications:
This Project Manager role is to assist with the management and coordination of technical IT projects. This position will also work as a functional application analyst, including system implementation projects, process improvement initiatives, data management, report development, requirements gathering and analysis, end-user training and support, and participate in special project, plus assist with the management of financial budgets for the department
Duties include:
- Develop project plans, define goals, targets and milestones, scope, deliverables, schedules and budgets
- Using project management tools to organize, manage, monitor and measure project progress to ensure quality results and on-time completion. Adjust to achieve project targets as needed to maintain deliverables, milestones and schedules.
- Track project performance and progress to schedule, and maintain project timeframes, budgeting estimates and status reports. Assign tasks to project personnel best positioned to complete them, while ensuring resources are actively working toward established milestones.
- Coordinate and organize project team members and departments; with meetings/schedules, assigning and monitoring tasks, and following through and motivating people to ensure completion of tasks with quality and on time. Manage project site on company portal.
- Conducting risk assessments and identifying and managing project risks
- Develop Communication Plans, and manage/assist with the preparation and delivery of project communications. Communicate with project team members, partners, department management to keep the project aligned with goals. Assist with organizational change management.
- Establish and implement training strategies and programs, and assist with end-user training and support
- Prepare budgets; tracking expenditures; analyze cost variances, and work with procurement to initiate purchases
Project Manager skills and qualifications:
- 10+ years of relevant work experience in IT, technical field, with project management.
- Project management and leadership skills for managing projects and cross-functional project teams
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles with mitigations and contingencies
- Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills
- Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
- Problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate with team members and management and explain technical issues
- Analytical and problem-solving skills to handle any issues that occur during project completion
- Organization and time management skills to keep projects on track and within budget
- Excellent resource planning and task scheduling skills
- Organizational and time management skills, and high degree of attention to details
- Experience mentoring, and coaching people on project management methodologies
- bachelor’s degree in fields of business or management, information technology, engineering or operations
- Project management certifications such as the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute, or equivalent.
- Knowledge of various project management methodologies (e.g., waterfall, agile, scrum) and high tech industry experience a plus
