Senior Project Manager

South Carolina  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Sr. Project Manager

Columbia, SC

1 year+ contract with annual extensions & option to hire

Candidate Technical Background:

  • SDLC Project Management experience
  • IT Leadership experience on multiple concurrent project teams
  • MS Project, MS Office, and Visio
  • PMP Certification is highly desired, but not required.
  • Experience writing scope/design/implementation documents
  • Able to speak intelligently about various development methodologies

Responsibilities:

  • The Project Manager is responsible for all project management activities in a matrixed project environment utilizing Waterfall/PMBOK-based methodology.
  • The project environment is fast-paced and deadline-focused.
  • The successful PL is able to: work independently while keeping management informed, handle deadline pressures, and effectively escalate project issues.
  • The Project Manager is accountable for the delivery of projects on time, on budget, and on target.
  • Facilitating project team through the definition of scope, requirements, and design.
  • Responsible for authoring (using input from project team) required project documentation, including scope document, design document, and implementation document.
  • Responsible for facilitating the WBS process and translating WBS into an MS-Project project schedule, detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity.
  • Responsible for keeping the project schedule updated throughout the project life cycle, and for managing a change control process to reflect changes in requirements, deliverables, dates, or budget.
  • Responsible for facilitating the identification of project risks and issues, and tracking these through the project life cycle.
  • Responsible for coordination of customer testing, with the assistance of a Test Analyst on larger projects.
  • Responsible for scheduling, facilitating and recapping project team meetings.
  • Responsible for the escalation of project issues, and for communications of project status to all levels of management on both customer and I/S side.
  • Must demonstrate strong leadership skills and ability to work in a large, complex environment.

Breakdown of Responsibilities:

  • (20%) Develops and monitors project plans, risk management plans, and project documentation from scope to post implementation.
  • Ensures project documentation and deliverables are complete, on budget, within scope, and in accordance with standards.
  • (20%) Identifies items that impact the scope, budget, risk, and resources of the work effort.
  • Monitors resource requirements based on project specifications.
  • Ensures resources are assigned to meet project objectives while managing project hours budgeted.
  • (20%) Responsible for the development, execution, and maintenance of project communications.
  • Facilitates effective communications between all parties involved in the project and/or work efforts.
  • This will include meetings, correspondence, status reports and other documentation.
  • (20%) Identifies the impact of issues arising from the work efforts and/or resource requirements.
  • Manages the project issues throughout the project life cycle.
  • Communicates the implications of changes to the project scope with senior management and other appropriate parties.
  • (10%) Responsible for ensuring all work efforts have appropriate documentation for audit purposes utilizing project methodology standards in accordance with the ISSM.
  • (10%) Coaches, develops, mentors other team members. May provide guidance and leadership to staff pertaining to training and department initiatives. May provide oversight for a group of work efforts as requested. May perform peer reviews of project artifacts.

Working Hours/Conditions:

  • Must be able to work on-site (no remote work)
  • Must be able and willing to work overtime when project needs dictate, including weekends.

Education/Work Equivalency:

  • Bachelor's Degree or a total of 11 years of related work experience
Start date
ASAP
Duration
1 year+ contract with annual extensions & option t
(extension possible)
From
Software Specialists
Published at
08.10.2016
Project ID:
1216926
Contract type
Freelance
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