Please note:  This is a 1099 contractor role; 10-month assignment.

We are hiring a self-motivated Project Manager with experience managing and leading multiple technology projects.  This PM will work with Technology Department, other Departments and Stakeholders to ensure that the technology project deliverables happen on time and within budget. The PM responsibility will also be to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used, that projects are tracked and reported upon across department and company. This PM will work with several team members on the Datacenter Migration project.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Intake responsibilities include:

Track the inflow of project requests and evaluate if a new Project is required. Assist with the Change Management Process and documentation; including answering questions, helping to prepare Change Advisory Board materials, and providing feedback on next steps.

Project Management responsibilities include:

Maintain the roadmap of the network infrastructure and cybersecurity teams.

Managing several projects and initiatives simultaneously, working within department and with business unit managers across company, as well as other project team members to achieve project completion. This requires the ability to schedule tasks and coordinate with various team members to accomplish the results. This role will be responsible for keeping the projects on track with time and budget.   

• Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements (Project Management plans, Communication plans, Test Plans, Risk Mitigation plans, and other Project Management and planning documents).

• Responsible for overall migration planning of IT infrastructure. Provide datacenter migration expertise and coordination in support of overall project.

• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities. Control timeline of the project, communicate with the stakeholders and meet deadlines.

• Anticipate and mitigate project risks to avoid impacts to timelines and deliverables

• Communicate with senior management and PMO on project status, issues, risks, etc.

• Keep project team and key stakeholders informed of changes

• Coordinate work of multiple parties involved in projects

• Identify, communicate, and assist teams in removing roadblocks

• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects

• Effectively apply our methodology and enforce project standards

• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and retained

• Prepare standard project management deliverables

• Facilitate project team meetings effectively and status/update meetings with project teams

• Coordinate work of different teams within Technology

QUALIFICATIONS

 Qualifications include:

• Highly motivated

• Self-directed

• Persistent

• Having good understanding of finance-related technology, especially cloud

• Proven track record of delivering on time and budget, technical IT infrastructure and cloud migration projects

• Advanced time management and analytical skills

• Skilled in conflict resolution

• Effective communication across various levels of the company

• Result-oriented

• Organized and efficient

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 7-10 years of project management or similar experience (experience managing to deliverables and milestones) of technology projects (ie AWS data migrations)

• Experience with Datacenter closures and migration

• Experience leading small to medium size projects or business initiatives

• Experience facilitating team meetings

• Strong written communication skills and facility with Microsoft Office applications

• Strong knowledge of JIRA

• Solid Experience with AWS 

• EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

• Project Management Certification (PMP) or minimum 4 years Project Management experience

• Knowledge of Project Management methodologies

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

WORKING CONDITIONS

 Some projects may require evening and weekend work where required due to testing, project releases and implementation, etc