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

*Due to security clearance eligibility requirements, only US citizens can be considered for this role. The clearance can be obtained after an offer of employment is made and is not a prerequisite.

Required Skills/Experience:

  • 7 years of SDLC Project Management experience
  • MS Office proficiency
  • MS Project experience
  • Experience working in a matrixed environment (ie worked with upper management, etc.)
  • Experience using the Waterfall methodology and taking technical projects through the entire life cycle.
  • Job stability/stable work history.

Desired Skills/Experience:

  • PMP Certification
  • SharePoint

PMO Information:

  • The ICT PMO provides project management for all Infrastructure and Technology driven change, including coordination across all impacted LOBs - leveraging LOB PMOs and Client Management teams as necessary.
  • 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.

Responsibilities:

  • Work independently while keeping management informed, handle deadline pressures, and effectively escalate project issues.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Responsible for ensuring all work efforts have appropriate documentation for audit purposes utilizing project methodology standards in accordance with the ISSM.
  • 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.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Behavior Characteristics:

  • Excellent oral and written communications skills, flexible, detail oriented. Willingness to relocate and stay in Columbia for the assignment.

Education/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
24.11.2016
Project ID:
1243859
Contract type
Freelance
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