The Project Lead is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.
Responsibilities:
Manages a large multi-faceted project/account/campaign or multiple projects at the same time.
Owns project goals leveraging expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team.
Organizes new challenges and drive business results. Uses best practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers' needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes.
Drives end results of the project as a representative of the business. Works closely with the Business, Risk & Controls, Technology and Senior Management to define a project scope and objectives for project members.
Chairs project meetings, prepares, maintains, and submits clear and concise minutes, activity/progress reports and time recording/management reports and related project artefacts.
Assesses project risk potentials and discover potential problems before they occur.
Applies a proactive approach in routinely tracking the project participant progress against project goals. Sets up follow-up calls/ meetings to bring to conclusion planned activities. Defines, teaches, and enforces the use of good project management practices such as techniques in resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled.
Identifies and where required amends the approach to the context and constraints of each project.
Constantly improving their own and their teams' skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion.
Possess the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to recognize when problems surface or potential problems are looming. Articulates problems, bring the right people together to solve problems and know when the problem has been properly addressed and closed.
Promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status upward and to the Client.
Applies lessons learned from recent projects to future projects. Communicates to all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential customer escalation issues.
Proactively follows escalation and change control processes.
Owns all management reports on a given engagement. Promotes good working relationships across a project, cultivating the people skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders: its sponsors, those who will make use of the project's results, those who command the resources needed, and the project team members.
Qualifications:
6-10 years of project management experience - preferably from Risk & Controls, Regulatory Change environment, Change Management practice
Ability to develop project plans, manage individual deadlines and goals.
Knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics. Ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis.
Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk. Manage client expectations, anticipates operational and tactical risks and tracks them; clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalate to immediate manager where required.
Proficient in MS Office applications, MS Project, VISIO, Adobe Acrobat Professional. Stays abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars.
Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian's platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.
Dexian's brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.
Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status