As a senior IT project manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing large-scale IT projects within our organization.
You will oversee all aspects of project planning, execution, and delivery to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet high-quality standards.
Responsibilities:
Project Planning and Management
Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
Team Leadership
Lead, coach, and motivate globally distributed project team members on a proactive basis.
Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
Conduct performance evaluations of team members and provide constructive feedback.
Resource Management
Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
Track project milestones and deliverables.
Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
Financial Management
Estimate the costs of all the resources, activities, and contingencies involved in the project, and align them with the available funds and the expected benefits.
Track and monitor the actual spending and performance of the project against the planned budget.
Report the budget status and progress to the stakeholders and sponsors regularly and transparently.
Risk Management
Proactively manage changes in project scope, budget, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project lifecycle.
Quality Assurance
Ensure that projects are completed within budget and on time.
Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer information systems or a related field.
MS degree preferred.
Experience
At least 8 years in the role of project manager, including 4 years' experience with full life-cycle software development.
An equivalent combination of education, training and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.
Knowledge
Must have thorough knowledge and understanding of process design, project estimation, Microsoft Project, as well as risk assessment and mitigation.
Abilities
Ability to work across organizational boundaries to accomplish team goals as well as work within a close team environment, be self-motivated and adhere to project schedules and meet deadlines.
Must be able to grasp complex solutions in a broad fashion and resolve issues and assignments utilizing logical thinking, process, and clear communication.
Requires ability to handle simultaneously, multiple projects and deadlines.
Skills
Conversant with a variety approaches and technologies used to build modern web and mobile applications.
** 3rd party and subcontract staffing agencies are not eligible for partnership on this position. 3rd party subcontractors need not apply.
This position requires candidates to be eligible to work in the United States, directly for an employer, without sponsorship now or anytime in the future. **