We are presently in the market for one Project Manager contractor position with excellent communication, vendor selection, vendor management, application development and software package implementations experience. Please note this is not a remote position and requires the candidate to be on-site at our Deerfield Beach, Florida campus a minimum of 3 days a week.
Required Skills/Experience: • Executive presence and effective communication
o Must be able to clearly articulate project updates to stakeholders and members of the senior
leadership team
o Must possess a strong presence with confidence and polish
o Excellent planning and coordination skills • Waterfall and Agile Methodology
o Must have strong experience running waterfall, agile and hybrid projects, aligning processes,
deliverables and project metrics/dashboards/reports as needed
o Experience with various dependent projects potentially being executed with different
methodologies
? Vendor Management
o Experience with Vendor contracts management
o Experience with and Vendor package implementations
o Strong experience in managing internal, external and hybrid teams
? Technical
o Prior experience managing technology roadmap projects
o General knowledge and understanding of the technology field and technology projects
o Understanding of core infrastructure
Key Responsibilities: • Manage projects that involve multiple vendors and complex integrations • Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables • Develop and track full scale project plans including external integration points and dependencies • Establish and coordinate project teams • Direct and oversee the project team • Define project tasks and manage project resource allocation • Manage project budgets • Identify project risks and issues and develop and execute mitigation plans • Manage project changes to achieve project goals • Monitor and report project status to all stakeholders • Provide guidance and direction to external vendors as applicable • Participate in quality audits • Develop Requests for Information/ Proposals (RFI/RFP) for external services as applicable • Demonstrate leadership, and strong organizational, presentation and communication skills
Education and Experience: • Bachelor's Degree or higher required • Project Management Professional (PMP) required • Minimum 5 years of project management experience • Experience with vendor management and vendor package implementations • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project • Experience with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow, and Azure DevOps a plus • Strong technical background a plus • Certification or a degree in computer science, information systems or engineering a plus