Description
We have an immediate opening for an energetic, high self-motivated Infrastructure Project Manager. This is a great opportunity to join an industry leader on an enterprise-level initiative.As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for using best practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/sponsor’s needs and deliver on desired outcomes.
Education/Experience
• Bachelor degree in an IT-related discipline
• PMP certification required and SCRUM certification required - Very important
• 10+ years experience managing projects
Skills and Competencies
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to develop project plans, manage individual deadlines and goals
• Knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics
• Ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis
• Advanced proficiency with all MS Office applications, MS Project and/or Visio
• Highly organized with good time management skills
• Customer service orientation, and strong interpersonal skills
• Analytical thinker with creative problem solving skills and attention to detail
Major Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develop integrated baseline project plans applying estimating models, identify resources and skills required, document estimating assumptions, refine plans and manage performance against them
• Recommend best solutions based on understanding of business issues
• Provide task-based schedule and cost forecasts and assist in assessing risk-based provisions
• Capture and track program metrics and perform analysis
• Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk
• Manage client expectations, anticipates operational and tactical risks and tracks them
• Clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalate to immediate manager where required
• Manage project closure initiatives, such as client satisfaction survey and closure analysis
• Document and archive project activities, deliverables, tools and findings for future projects