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Job Title: IT Project Manager III
Job Location: Schaumberg IL (Onsite)
Contract
Role & Duties: • Responsible for detailed Project Planning, execution and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed on time and to the required standards • Proactively manage Project RAID Items and compliance with the project management processes • Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure their needs are met; building and maintaining strong relationships with team members and stakeholders • Leading & coordinating project teams to ensure tasks are completed effectively and on time • Facilitate Scrum framework and ensure the team stays focused and on track, helping them identify any impediments and discuss progress • Identify and access potential risks and develop risk mitigation strategy • Coach the team members in adopting Agile practices and mentor the team members to adopt a truly Agile mindset, including ownership, self-management and empowerment • Create a collaborative environment which allows the team & stakeholders to interact closely • Collaborate with project and program leads to create overarching delivery timelines • Drive activities to achieve measurable outcomes by managing schedule, resource, scope, budget, risk, issue, and dependencies; escalating issues to stakeholders and challenging scope changes
Expected Skills: • Project management skills: create and execute project plans, proactively manage risks/issues, maintain compliance with project management processes, an eye for detail, independently maintain project documentation, drive follow-up on open actions etc. • Excellent oral and written communication skills: Identifies opportunities or problems and acts quickly and decisively to respond to the situation. • Ability to drive productive conversations and team meetings. • Strong collaboration skills and ability to form valuable partnership and working relationships with key stakeholders • Strong Team Player with people skills to foster teamwork and a positive environment to the project team • Experience managing Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects and awareness of Core Business processes • Proficient in basic Google Applications (Sheets, Docs, Slides) and Atlassian application (Jira and Confluence)
Required Experience: • Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, or related field from an accreditied University • Minimum 6-8 years experience leading projects across multiple cross-functional teams • Certified Project Management Professional or Scrum Master Certification • Experience in Agile and Scaled Agile Framework • Proven experience in using Agile project management tools such as Jira and Confluence
A reasonable, good faith estimate of the $75/hr to $88/hr with Benefits for this position.