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Form of workOur client, a leading global healthcare solutions company, is seeking an Project Manager II
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Position Type: Contract
Job Summary:
Develops, refines, validates and manages project plans to ensure on time and on budget delivery of major technology initiatives across the enterprise. Responsible for utilizing project management methods, standards, project integration as well as the coordination of all internal and external resources required to complete assigned projects. Provides timely and concise communications to functional leadership regarding project status and pending issues; analyzes processes and makes recommendations for optimizing resources and product delivery.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develops project plans based on specifications provided by the Portfolio Management staff and manages effective execution of the initiatives.
- Builds consensus among multiple processes leads relative to project scope, task execution, staffing and issue resolution.
- Brokers services within IBS and ABC vendors on behalf of the business area represented.
- Provides overall financial direction for the projects to manage the development of budgets, controls and measurements to monitor project progress.
- Identifies potential risks within the project; proactively manages issues. Participates in identifying project costs, resource allocation, project schedule changes and issue escalation.
- Frequently interacts with IBS staff including business area management, portfolio managers, vendors, consultants and other contractors.
- Must be willing to travel up to 35 percent of the time.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Skills:
- Good interpersonal skills Excellent relationship building skills
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Good group presentation skills.
- Good analytical and problem solving skills Good mathematical skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Good staff development skills Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with computer hardware such as general mainframe, midrange, network and desktop technologies; computer software includes application development lifecycle, MS Office Suite, Outlook.
