Description
Location: Norcross
Status: Contract
Compensation: $58.00 per hour
Education Level: Not Specified
GREAT opportunity to join one of the global leaders in information management and electronic commerce systems for the financial services industry. Our client is looking for a skilled Senior Project Manager! In this role you will manage all aspects of project management and project life cycles by effectively initiating, planning, scheduling, controlling, and bringing to closure multiple, large, high profile, high priority projects. Act as a role model and mentor on project management methodology, standards, strategy, quality and change leadership. Serve as an influential leader by demonstrating PM professionalism, passion/enthusiasm, providing communication/motivation and creating teamwork and collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Manage all aspects of project management and project life cycles by effectively initiating, planning, scheduling, controlling, and bringing to closure multiple large, high profile, high priority projects.
- Create and maintain an effort-driven project schedule for each project by identifying and monitoring: overall project timeline, project milestones, tasks, resources, task dependencies, and critical paths.
- Control and track project performance, time allocations, cost, and quality by constantly evaluating project progress and conducting regular team status meetings.
- Determine, monitor, and review all project economics, including costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, and risk.
- Provide leadership, direction and integrate activities with other departments to ensure successful implementation and support.
- Anticipate and identify risks and issues that may impact deliverables and develop and implement mitigation and corrective actions.
- Monitor and report on the status of project efforts (including weekly time reporting, monthly resource forecasting, monthly executive reporting, issue management and risk prevention/mitigation).
- Ensure the project remains focused on key objectives and goals and comply with established methodologies. Develop and manage project expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas are engaged on the project.
REQUIREMENTS
- Strong IT infrastructure project management background.
- Solid executive and team communication.
- Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas.
- Well developed negotiation skills.
- Ability to build consensus.
- Detail and big picture orientation.
- Ability to step into projects already in progress or in need of rescue.
- Organization and time management skills: Operates independently with minimal guidance by management.
- Problem-solving skills with ability to perform root cause analysis.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in project management processes.
- Knowledge and demonstrated experience in the development project life cycle.
- Extensive experience in meeting planning and facilitation.
- Demonstrated experience in making articulate and effective oral presentations to different audiences.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.
- Proficient with Project Management tools including MS Project.
- Experience with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services a plus.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor-s Degree in technology or business-related field.
- Seven to Ten years of previous project management, program management and/or consulting experience.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES REQUIRED
- Six Sigma Yellow or Green Belt Certification a plus.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
Application Requirements
- Client will not accept subcontractors
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Bachelor's Degree
- Project Manager
- PMP Certification
- MS Project
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- and Life Insurance for Full-time W2 Consultants. Supplemental Disability and Long-Term Care Insurance
- Dependent Care Assistance. 401(k) with Roth feature. Free E-learning Courses
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