Project Manager - IT

Project Manager - IT

Project Manager

Leadership

• Lead a team consisting of 6 to 20 people.
• Lead Management Consulting engagements.
• Mentor less experienced project managers or those aspiring to move into the PM role.
• Handle difficult personnel situations directly, using appropriate discretion, HR advice, and respect for the individual.

Project Management

• Clear understanding of all project roles.
• Manage large projects.
• Set and manage client expectations specific to the project.
• Facilitate team and client meetings effectively.
• Deliver engaging, informative, well-organized business solutions and presentations.
• Responsible for project and quality of delivery from original concept through final implementation.
• Oversee cross-functional projects and exhibits understanding of critical cross module integration points.
• Effectively communicate project expectations, goals and scope to the teams.
• Communicate project direction, approach, priorities, events and status to all project resources and business sponsors.
• Insure project deliverables are on time and on budget while meeting customer satisfaction expectations.
• Clearly understands project roles and definition of each team member in order to effectively manage the activities of the team.
• Maintain experience in tracking and managing projects using MS Project or similar PM software.
• Implement software development life cycle procedures for team members, if not already in place.
• Mitigate project risks and manages issues.
• Manage project scope and change.
• Accurately forecast, report and manage project costs (budget). Effectively establish and use budget tracking approach and metrics that  accurately tracks team productivity and earned value.
• Provide reliable top-down and bottom-up estimates as is necessary.
• Exhibit excellence in all aspects of business and project management.
• Anticipate client needs and proposes appropriate solutions.
• Easily recognize areas for improvement and develops plans for implementation, when possible.
• Lend expertise to teams and task forces.
• Understand, comply with and enforce standard policies and procedures.

Education Requirement

4-year college degree, preferably in Computer Science and Business-related studies.

Experience Requirement

6+ years of experience including demonstrated on-the-job leadership of people and projects.