Job Title: IT Project Manager
Duties: Responsible for overall coordination, status reporting, and stability of project-oriented work efforts. Responsible for lesser number of work efforts simultaneously and work efforts consisting of smaller size, low complexity and minimum system and customer impacts. Adheres to project management processes and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budgeted hours, adheres to high quality standards, and meets ISSM expectations. Monitors project plans, assignments and work efforts on a daily basis. Ensures resource needs are assigned appropriately and escalates functional, quality, timeline issues. Tracks key project milestones and adjusts project plans to meet the needs of work effort. Responsible for leading the project from inception to final business acceptance and implementation.
Skills: Required Skills and Abilities: Strong communications (verbal and written) skills with assertive yet customer-focused style. Demonstrated leadership skills in a team or project environment. Demonstrated problem solving and conflict management/resolution skills. Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail. Understanding of project management principles and methodologies, information systems, business processes, and the key drivers and measures of success for the business unit and the organization. Demonstrated competency in management of resources to meet goals and multiple projects. Basic ability to lead one or more multidiscipline, high-performance work teams throughout project life cycle. Ability to negotiate terms and scope of work documents. Ability to prepare and present formal presentations. Ability to manage all phases of work effort from inception to completion. Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking.
Required Software and Tools: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and project management tools.
Keywords:
Education: Required Education: Bachelor's Degree or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in any major.
Required Work Experience: 3 years IT experience in a leadership capacity on one or more project teams. Completion of the Training Program for Project Management may substitute for one year of work experience.
**Credit Check is required**
Required Education: Bachelor's Degree or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in any major.
Required Work Experience: 3 years IT experience in a leadership capacity on one or more project teams. Completion of the Training Program for Project Management may substitute for one year of work experience.
Partial Onsite - Onsite -Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, other days as required by project planned deliverables.
Required Technologies: Windows applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint Online, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, Teams, etc.)
Nice To Have: Azure Boards, Project
The expectations for a typical day for this role:
• Lead several projects (one to five) in a strong matrix environment executing Software Development Lifecycle methodologies.
• Developing and monitoring project plans, communication plans, risk management plans, and project artifacts from project initiation to post implementation/closure.
• Ensures project deliverables are complete on time, on budget, within scope, and in accordance with standards:
o Responsible daily for the development, execution, and maintenance of project plans and project communications:
o facilitating effective communications between all parties involved in the project, including meetings, correspondence/recaps, status reports and other project artifacts per our standards.
• Monitors resource requirements and assign deliverables based on project specifications. Ensures resources are assigned to meet project objectives while managing project hours budgeted.
• Identifies and manages tasks and issues that impact the scope, budget, risk, and resources of the work effort to ensure delivery as planned.
• Provides both written and verbal project status updates upon request.
• The candidate should be versed in IT SDLC
Soft Skills:
Demonstrated organizational skills.
Demonstrated IT project management experience.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Dependability
Accountable for results.
Adaptable
Presentation skills.
The Team: The Project Manager will report to a Portfolio Manager with a team of 8 - 10 Project Managers. Most project teams will range between 8 - 20 team members. My team supports various portfolios including Data Exchange, Telephony, Mobile/Full Site, and AEM.
Financials: