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Form of workJob Description
Responsibilities & Qualifications:
- Take ownership of planning and tracking a system software releases, from inception through monitoring.
- Lead the assigned project team, create clear project plans that are updated regularly.
- Learn systems development process and utilize detailed understanding to remove project barriers and roadblocks.
- Utilize Confluence to track milestone based project plans.
- Ensure best project management principles while supporting innovation and the creative process by balancing business plan commitments and team development.
- Define activities, sequences of events, dependencies required to launch the Outsource Fixed Bid project
- Facilitate and participate in cross-functional project meetings to monitor progress, share information and develop action items for assigned project team members
- Organizes specific project meetings appropriate for Outsource Fixed Bid projects (staffing, etc. Add what you believe is appropriate)
- Monitor launch milestones and report on progress and status to management; flag missed milestones.
- Be accountable for project launch completion by scheduled date.
- Escalate non-routine operating issues or problems to gain cooperation of senior members of the team.
- Assist in removing impediments.
- Facilitate Team Collaboration.
- Maintain overall pulse on the Program / Project Health.
- Communicate health/risks to appropriate levels of Management.
- Experience with project management scheduling tools, such as MS Project or Clarity.
- Facilitate standup meetings, planning sessions and retrospectives.
- Bachelor's degree (preferably in Management, Business, Engineering or Information Technology) or equivalent experience.
About Harvard Partners Trusted IT Advisors:
Harvard Partners is a management consulting firm focused on helping companies more effectively leverage their IT investment. We engage with the C-Suite and Technology Team to help them better understand their IT infrastructure and process in order to align the technology strategy and organization to reach the firm’s strategic business goals.Some of our practices include:• Program/Project Management and "PMO as a Service"• IT Assessments• Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery• Optimized Infrastructure• Concierge Managed Services• Data Center Strategy, Transformation, and Migration• Cloud Management Programs• Security Assessments and Remediation• Staffing, technical & tacticalWorking with the client’s staff, vendors, and consultants, we deliver supportive and collaborative engagements where direct dialog, simplified reporting, productive meetings, and clear responsibility and accountability encourage active participation resulting in consensus-based business outcomes.
