Description
Qualifiers
- Unix & Windows Servers (including virtual) (not desktop)
- Datacenter moves/adjustment/migrations
Disqualifiers:
- End user computer and desktop focus
- Network experience focus
- Creates and implements project definitions, schedules, budgets, and objectives for one or more medium sized projects of low to moderate complexity.
- Prepares detailed statements of work and gains concurrence and approval from stakeholders regarding various project aspects and adjusts accordingly.
- Participates in delivery assurance reviews to ensure adherence to project management policies and procedures.
- Assists in the staffing of projects. Organizes project team members to ensure communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives. Participates in work as applicable.
- Manages costs, schedules and quality by overseeing project deliverables.
- Ensures schedule and budget are met. May revise as appropriate.
- Performs ongoing review of project status; identifies possible project risks.
- Recommends and implements risk mitigation solutions as approved and as appropriate.
- Works in conjunction with team members and stakeholders to manage changes to technical requirements, business requirements and schedule of the project.
- Provides input on possible changes needed based on current project status.
- Manages client, company and project team expectations for agreed upon project performance by obtaining and providing project metrics.
- Recommends changes or alternate paths based upon performance and metrics.
- Oversees assigned personnel for projects. Assigns work and provides direction with regard to timeliness and completion of project objectives.
- Addresses performance issues within prescribed guidelines. Provides performance input upon completion of project.
Story Behind the Need
- Manage a Portfolio of IT infrastructure projects worth Approx. $10m per year, mostly labour.
- Managing a team of 12-14 full time Project Managers and approx. 5 full time PMO.
- Utilising approx. 100 leveraged engineers and architects to deliver 100 concurrent, usually urgent, highly visible, business critical and often interdependent projects at any one time, each project ranging between $2k and $1m+
- Highly customer facing at customer head office site in Milton Keynes
Candidate requirements
Top 3 Skills
- Managing infrastructure projects, including
- Servers (including virtual)
- Datacenter moves/adjustment/migrations
- Unix and Windows Server (not desktop)
- Management of concurrent multiple projects
- Lots of stakeholder/customer/client experience
Basic Qualifications
- Six or more years of experience in project management
- Experience working with project management methodology such as Catalyst including budget development, project planning, control and assurance methodologies, project management software and finance and accounting concepts and practices
- Experience working with client vision, business objectives, and critical success factors
- Experience working with delivery assurance principles and appropriate procedures relevant to area
- Experience working with techniques and approaches related to the architecture, development, integration, and deployment of project phases
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology, engineering or related field preferred
Other Qualifications
- Skilled in estimating and common project management desktop tools
- Good communication skills
- Good leadership skills to train, guide and mentor the work of less experienced personnel
- Creative thinking and problem solving skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and switch between tasks quickly
- Ability to manage medium sized projects
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to create and maintain formal and informal networks
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