Project Manager (Technical) - Remote at Be The Match in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Job Description:

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POSITION SUMMARY:

This position plans, coordinates and monitors projects and project groups from initiation through delivery and evaluation. Oversees all aspects of assigned projects. Leads and directs the organization and administration of technical systems development projects while utilizing the Project Management best practices framework. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. Identifies risks, issues and key stakeholders. Develops and implements strategies to encourage and obtain stakeholders and/or business awareness and support and identifies project partners. Typical manages low to moderate complex initiatives and projects. This is a remote position (US). #LI-Remote

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ACCOUNTABILITIES :

Project Initiation :

• Develops an initial project plan.
• Determines staffing requirements and requests staff in order to form project teams.
• Develops best practices, project standards, procedures and quality objectives including metrics for assessing progress. Utilizes established project standards, procedures, and quality objectives.

Project Planning:

• Further develops project plan; Project Charter, Scope Statement, WBS, Project Procurement and Sourcing Strategy, Project Schedule, Project Governance, Phase Exit Criteria, Cost Estimate and Budget, Risk Management Approach, Issue Management Approach, Scope Management Approach, Change Management Approach, Quality Management Approach, and Stakeholder and Team Communication Approach
• Conducts project kickoff meetings, communicating individual roles and project expectations. Forms project teams, ensures staffing requirements are met; assigns work tasks to project team members.
• Develop detailed project plans and schedules.
• Gains approval of project plan by project stakeholder(s).

Project Execution, Monitoring and Control:

• Provides work direction and leadership to assigned projects, including scheduling, assignment of work, review of project efforts.
• Leads execution and oversee all aspects of project. Leads project team in day-to-day execution and compliance with project management and SDLC processes.
• Monitors and audits project milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy of project schedule. Identifies ways to resolve schedule issues. Keeps management aware of the situation.
• Manages the project deliverable and milestone change control process.
• Provides required project status reporting. Assesses variances from the project plan, gathers metrics, and develops and implements changes as necessary to ensure that the project remains within specified scope and is within time, cost, and quality objectives.
• Provides regular communication of project status to project stakeholders and within the team.
• Facilitates changing management in cooperation with systems management.
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Provides the team with constructive feedback as it pertains to project performance. Uses past experiences to identify potential areas of improvement.
• Mediates and solves conflicts and provides active de-escalation management.
• Acknowledges team successes by providing positive feedback and recognition.
• Provides performance feedback to resource managers.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships with project sponsors, project stakeholders, vendors, and key clients.

Project Closure:

• Conducts formal review with business sponsor at project completion to confirm acceptance and satisfaction. Tracks client satisfaction levels.
• Ensures project postmortem is completed and reported.

Other Accountabilities:

• Coaches and mentors less experienced team members.
• Other duties as assigned by Leadership.

• Advanced knowledge of project management principles; project planning/execution/controlling; and software development methods and tools.
• Strong demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills. Intermediate skills with MS Office; Project, Visio, Excel and Word.

Ability to:

• Work in a complex, high speed, self-correcting environment in search of desirable results under conditions of high uncertainty and high change. Advanced written and oral communication, and presentation skills. Ability to use diplomacy in working relationships to address conflict and arbitrate solutions successfully.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in business, math, or computer science. Upon evaluation, equivalent related experience and/or education may be substituted for degree requirement. PMP certification strongly preferred.
• Three years' experience leading IT software development projects with demonstrated success in interdepartmental meetings and implementation of large-scale, cross-functional projects, analyzing improvements for business and quality processes, and business writing.
• Upon evaluation, five years of equivalent related NMDP project management or project team leadership experience may be substituted for the IT software development project experience requirement.

DEI COMMITMENT:

As part of our values, we are committed to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion at NMDP. We actively celebrate colleagues' different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their jou

BENEFITS :
NMDP offers regular, full-time employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability, accident/critical illness/hospital, well-being, legal, identity theft and pet benefits. Retirement, paid time off/holidays, leave and incentive plans are also offered to eligible employees. Please reference this link for more information: NMDP Benefit Information