Description
Plan and manage the delivery of technology infrastructure in support of Corporate Real Estate projects, including office moves or closures; colleague relocations; and office integrations. Proven ability to effectively manage geographically distributed, cross-functional, matrixed teams and partner with vendor and customer project teams is essential to success. Experience working within a full life cycle, structured project management framework is required. Knowledge and experience with data center relocations or the planning/delivery of end-to-end technology infrastructure for a new facility is a prerequisite.
Apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, organize and manage infrastructure projects. Apply knowledge of principles, practices, standards, terminology and trends in IT project management on projects managed. This includes systems and project planning, estimating, execution, implementation and defining on-going support. Responsible for managing technology and consulting vendor/partner relationships, service delivery and overall performance as well as supervising IT staff and implementing IT policies and procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities
Apply strong working knowledge of job methodologies and processes in completing assignments that are varied in nature and may require the use of creative problem solving to achieve results. Work on business issues and problems of moderate and sometimes varied scope where analysis of situations requires the evaluation of identifiable factors. Demonstrate good judgment in selecting the methods and tools needed to develop solutions.
1.Project Management: Direct the activities and manage technical projects of significant complexity and scope. Develop project plans, manage milestones and drive projects forward. Accountable for keeping all projects on track. Anticipate project issues and lead collaboration to avoid or manage problems.
2.Collaboration: Pro-actively engage current and future project stakeholders in design, prioritization of goals and implementation of project outcome. Build consensus and manage resistance to idea sharing and minimize counter-productive discussion or actions to ensure project deliverable remain on track. Establish and maintain partnering relationship with selected vendors to ensure cohesive delivery of project scope.
3.Project Delivery: Deliver projects on time and in budget. Make changes to project phases as needed to address changes or problems to original project scope. Communicate with management regarding project obstacles and make recommendation for changes to project team makeup and project scope.
4.Change Management: Interface with team members and stakeholders to manage change to the project which may involve changes to technical requirements, changes business requirements and timelines. Develop plans to manage organizational changes needed based project outcomes upon implementation. Identify and develop actionable plans to identify opportunities for business process improvement within the project scope.
5.Communication: Convey project status and technical concepts to others in a way that builds understanding of work.
6.Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
The duties and responsibilities described above are the essential functions of the job. The qualifications below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bachelor degree in IT or related discipline. 7 years of overall experience in project management/administration with at least 4 years of proven infrastructure project management and delivery of technical projects.
Must have the capability of working independently. Ability to balance competing and changing priorities. Strong organizational, interpersonal, analytic and problem-solving skills. Ability to work as part of a diverse team. Ability to manage projects and approach tasks in a structured and systematic manner.
Excellent relationship management skills and the ability to gracefully manage through change are critical success factors for this role.
Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.