Hybrid - 3 days per week on site in Downtown Chicago
Duration: Long Term Contract (multi-year) OR Contract to Hire
Interview/Start: ASAP
Required Experience:
5-10 Years of experience as an I.T. Project Manager (ideally enterprise class orgnization experience
Strong expeirence with Cloud Migrations
In depth experience managing on-prem technologies (mainframe) to AWS
5+ years of expeirenc creating project charters, integrating project plans, resource planning, contingency plans, etc.
Position Description:
This person will be responsible for managing complex and cross-functional projects for the Network Operations Center (NOC). These projects will enable United to deliver tools and technology to our NOC users, primarily those focused on Weight and Balance/Load Planning, Aircraft Routing and ATC/IRROPS application. This work tends to cross many IT and business lines so it requires coordination and influence. More specifically, a large part of this position will be managing the migration of a mainframe system to the Cloud (AWS) and then overseeing its maintenance and support.
Primary Tasks:
Direct large-scale, complex projects involving cross-functional teams; including internal teams and third-party vendors
Migrate the mainframe systems/applications to AWS/Cloud
Status updates: manage communication to all groups including working team, stakeholders, peripheral teams and executive sponsors. Create updates and deliver updates when appropriate
Project scope: understand the project ask, dive into root cause including processes and potential business improvements and ensure all stages of project are met (requirements, design, funding, build, etc.)
Financials: put together budget, get approvals from business and IT stakeholders, build business case, submit accurate monthly forecasts, manage the budget
Project schedule: develop and maintain project schedule. Own the schedule to make sure all relevant teams stay on track
Lead a variety of different types of projects including launching new digital products and services, large-scale application development, systems integration, process reengineering, and infrastructure upgrades and deployments
Represent the project in various project governance and inter-department forums
Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan
Proactively identify and mitigate risk to ensure successful completion of project
Develop the project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related project management artifacts