Description
Summary:- Position will work with Customer Projects. Already have a few projects lined up (Changing bill print format of bills and changing remittance banks)
- Manage IT projects, initiation through closeout, as assigned and within the parameters of cost, quality, schedule and objectives.
- Provide leadership for IT project team members and the Project Management process.
- Position generally used for projects requiring integration of multiple functional organizations.
- Works independently and mentors other project managers.
- Responsible for the pursuit of cost reductions and maximizing value on all assigned projects.
- Responsible for project communications and required negotiations with internal and external organizations.
- Directly accountable for the management of projects with an aggregate annual cash flow of over $3 million.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Technical or Management Discipline with 10 years overall experience of which 6 years have been as a project team member.
- OR 12 years of directly applicable industry experience, 6 years of which must be in the field of management of projects AND PMP Certification.
- Experience Managing Software Development Projects is required
- Any Experience with Oracle Customer Care and Billing (CC&B) is a big plus
- Any Utility/Energy Industry Experience is a plus
- IT Technical (developer/systems analyst) prior work experience is a plus
- Must be fully proficient with Microsoft Project
- Must have strong communications/organizational/technical aptitude
- Experience with HP Quality Center/HP Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a plus
- Candidates should have prior experience managing various vendors, software and have experience with financial and status reporting
- Since this role is working with customer systems, prior exposure as a PM to custom application development projects is a must.
- Candidates can have a combination of infrastructure and custom development in their background as a PM
- Candidates who were tech analysts/developers early in their career usually do well in this role
- Experience with HP ALM/QC/PPM is a plus
- Experience with MS Office and Project is required
- Past Java and SQL experience required