Sr. IT Project Manager
Experience with planning and implementation of large-scale, complex network infrastructures.
7-10 years of PM experience highly preferred.
Experience working in IT as a PM required.
Familiarity with project management software required.
Must have strong customer service and communication skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Creates and executes project communication plan.
• Develops and communicates project goals, responsibilities, expectations, risks and feedback with all parties in a timely manner.
• Sets and manages customer and stakeholder expectations specific to the project.
• Communicates project direction, approach, priorities, events and status to all project resources and business sponsors.
• Builds working relationships with team members, vendors and other departments involved in the projects.
• Influences decision-making on projects; works with key stakeholders, sponsors and senior management to secure acceptance and approval of deliverables.
• Analyzes and selects appropriate project management methodologies to develop plans, assign roles and responsibilities, manage tasks and deliverables, authors improvements to methodologies.
• Develops project charter, budget, and work breakdown structure (WBS) and other required components of the project plan (change management plan, scope management plan, cost management plan, risk management, procurement management plan, stakeholder management plan, communications management plan, quality management plan, human resource management plan).
• Identifies needed resources, negotiates use of those resources, assigns responsibilities, and develops timeframes to facilitate successful completion of project activities and deliverables Manages execution of project and program plans to support the ongoing needs of the IT department's customers.
• Tracks and monitors project and program health utilizing standard metrics for schedule, scope, budget and stakeholder engagement.
Skills:
• Demonstrated skills in project management and analysis, negotiation, leadership and team building, client relationship management, process improvement, strategic planning
• Proven ability to creatively solve problems and to influence outcomes through persuasion, effective communications and relationship building.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities such as conflict/issue resolution
• Ability to organize and work effectively in a matrix organization with cross-functional project teams from various departments and locations
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience with ITIL framework
• Extensive experience using project management and various systems development methodologies including Agile techniques
• Demonstrated skills in project management and analysis, negotiation, systems analysis, leadership and team building, client relationship management, process improvement, strategic planning
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively
• Strong familiarity with project management software such as MS Project
• Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience
