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Our client, a government-sponsored bank, is seeking a Sr. Project Manager.
Location: Chicago, IL
Schedule: Hybrid, in Office 3x Week
Position Type: Contract
Job Summary:
• The role of the Sr. Project Manager is to apply knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques throughout the entire project lifecycle in to deliver projects succesfully with high quality.
• This requires planning, managing team and project progress, collaborating and communicating with multiple stakeholders, and resolving any issues timely and effectively.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop project plans, timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Identify, obtain and adjust resources needed to achieve project goals.
• Negotiate with department managers for the acquisition of required personnel
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Delegate tasks and assignments to appropriate team members.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Track progress on project milestones, deliverables, timeline and budget
• Manage cross-functional teams effectivelly
• Collaborate with different areas of IT and the business to provide appropriate solutions for the Bank
• Provide escalation path for problems, issues, or risks that project teams cannot resolve or manage on their own, such as a shortage of funding, resources, or deadlines that cannot be met
• Follows Bank's delivery and governance framework during the entire delivery lifecycle
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
• Must have experience using MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• 6-8 years of experience in project management
• 4 year or higher in Business or a technical discipline required
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Professional (ACP) certification desired.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & BEHAVIORS:
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Organized with attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating
• Ability to influence stakehodlers
• Ability to defuse tension among project team
• Ability to bring project to successful completion, addressing any challenges along the way
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products
• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Results driven with a keen attention to detail
• Ability to absorb and retain information quickly
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly way
• Ability to problem solve and think critically
• Ability to deal with difficult situations
Requirements:
• Hands-on PM experience managing middle to large scale enterprise level technology projects
• Having experience in Agile, PMP related knowledge, DevOps, SAFe and the like would be beneficial but not required.
• Anyone whose used ServiceNow, Salesforce, Workday, Aha, JIRA, MS office suite etc. would be big bonus
• Will be responsible for varying sized projects including some large scale enterprise wide initiatives and expected to follow project from inception to deployment with minimal supervision
• Must be confident and comfortable with executive interaction
• Understanding of technical projects but does not need to have an specific technology skills
• Must be proficient in: PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Word
• Knowledge of Agile and Change Management
• How to address different situations
• 7+ years of experience
• Need to be humble but aggressive enough to move things forward
Salary/Rate: $110 hr
Location: Chicago, IL
Schedule: Hybrid, in Office 3x Week
Position Type: Contract
Job Summary:
• The role of the Sr. Project Manager is to apply knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques throughout the entire project lifecycle in to deliver projects succesfully with high quality.
• This requires planning, managing team and project progress, collaborating and communicating with multiple stakeholders, and resolving any issues timely and effectively.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop project plans, timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Identify, obtain and adjust resources needed to achieve project goals.
• Negotiate with department managers for the acquisition of required personnel
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Delegate tasks and assignments to appropriate team members.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Track progress on project milestones, deliverables, timeline and budget
• Manage cross-functional teams effectivelly
• Collaborate with different areas of IT and the business to provide appropriate solutions for the Bank
• Provide escalation path for problems, issues, or risks that project teams cannot resolve or manage on their own, such as a shortage of funding, resources, or deadlines that cannot be met
• Follows Bank's delivery and governance framework during the entire delivery lifecycle
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
• Must have experience using MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• 6-8 years of experience in project management
• 4 year or higher in Business or a technical discipline required
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Professional (ACP) certification desired.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & BEHAVIORS:
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Organized with attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating
• Ability to influence stakehodlers
• Ability to defuse tension among project team
• Ability to bring project to successful completion, addressing any challenges along the way
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products
• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Results driven with a keen attention to detail
• Ability to absorb and retain information quickly
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly way
• Ability to problem solve and think critically
• Ability to deal with difficult situations
Requirements:
• Hands-on PM experience managing middle to large scale enterprise level technology projects
• Having experience in Agile, PMP related knowledge, DevOps, SAFe and the like would be beneficial but not required.
• Anyone whose used ServiceNow, Salesforce, Workday, Aha, JIRA, MS office suite etc. would be big bonus
• Will be responsible for varying sized projects including some large scale enterprise wide initiatives and expected to follow project from inception to deployment with minimal supervision
• Must be confident and comfortable with executive interaction
• Understanding of technical projects but does not need to have an specific technology skills
• Must be proficient in: PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Word
• Knowledge of Agile and Change Management
• How to address different situations
• 7+ years of experience
• Need to be humble but aggressive enough to move things forward
Salary/Rate: $110 hr
