Senior Epmo Project Manager

Open Systems Technologies is a national provider of smart staffing solutions, providing contract staffing, permanent placements and executive searches in the following skill areas:

- Technology

- Finance, Accounting, and Operations

- Government Services

- Legal

- Global Services

Established in New York in 1990, Open Systems Technologies is one of the largest, privately held, staffing companies in the world. We have experienced organic growth over the past 25 years and currently employ over 1,500 consultants in 16 domestic and international markets. Through our brands of Open Systems, OST Financial, OST Legal, OST Government Services, and OST Global we strive for continued expansion and excellence in the staffing industry. With the Global Services division, starting Jan-2012, Open Systems has expanded into the ITO & BPO Projects/Solutions business.

Our client is hiring an ePMO Senior Project Manager to be accountable for the overall successful planning, management and execution of business and technology projects. This candidate will have primary project responsibility over the replacement of the General Ledger accounting system with JDE Financials. The candidate will manage the ERP integration vendor and vendor deliverables and the internal cross-functional teams throughout the project life cycle through project closure.

Responsibilities

• Perform all project management standard tasks following ePMO methodologies
• Manage vendor project resources to ensure successful planning and execution of deliverables
• Lead team meetings throughout the project life cycle by managing and resolving team and project dynamic issues
• Create and maintain project schedules using MS Project to develop timelines
• Define the project path and major milestones to ensure that all project phases meet timeline
• Manage and report on project budget
• Accountable for communication with all project stakeholders, team members and other Project Managers on project status
• Manage and obtain approvals for change requests that impact timeline, cost or the quality of deliverables
• Facilitate the development of documentation, project scope, use cases, business and technical requirements, design or integration documents
• Risk and issue assessment and management

Skills:

• 7+ years cross-functional, cross-disciplinary project management experience
• PMP Certification required
• Experience with both waterfall and agile methodologies
• Experience with managing a virtual team with team members in multiple geographic regions and time zones
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Knowledge of industry best practices, third-party providers, and technologies
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms
• Strong customer relationship skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Prior consulting experience with top tier consulting group and experience with media companies
• Experience managing projects involving infrastructure, systems integrations and data migration
• Some experience in implementing ERP platforms, JDE financial management integration experience preferred
• Familiarity with financial and accounting terms and accounting business processes preferred
• Travel will be required between Scranton, PA and New York, NY

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.