Infrastructure Project Manager

Georgia  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Infrastructure Project Manager

Skills:

Ability to manage multiple enterprise-wide IT/Infrastructure projects, PMP, PMBOK methodologies, Business Analysis and Project Management skills a must!

Don't want to be bored but don't want to be overworked? Enjoy work/life balance in an educational setting where your work is valued!

Summary

Client seeking a crafty Project Manager, strong communicator with both BA and PM skills. The Project Manager coordinates, plans, supports, and executes enterprise-wide IT projects. Provides strategic input for project plan development, budget, and scope. Manages the Project Management Life Cycle from beginning to end and establishes cohesion for achieving multi-disciplinary stakeholder and project team buy-in. Applies industry-accepted methodologies (ie, Project Management Institute [PMI]) to ensure adherence to project management standard requirements and to provide stakeholders with continual reports on project progress and performance. Meets with stakeholders to validate business cases and to gather facts for establishing and gaining agreement on project charters. Applies PM tools and methodologies to ensure project milestones are achieved and scope is maintained. Observes project team dynamics to ensure effective team member synergies and to resolve issues. Gathers and analyzes project metrics to evaluate project performance and to manage issues, risk and changes of scope. Communicates with stakeholders, senior management, and project leaders to review project progress, discuss issues and resolutions and to authorize scope changes. Utilizes PM tools to manage project timelines and accuracy, ensure project resource commitments are met, and to track activities and variances. Performs assessments throughout projects to identify risks and potential impact and to develop response strategies for managing and mitigating risk factors. Closes project contracts to validate supplier statements of work (SOWs) and verify deliverables. Conducts project management research and studies trends and developments under the direction of the PMO Director to support PMO team members and industry colleagues. This is a 6+ month contract opportunity ITP (inside the perimeter).

Responsibilities

  • Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
  • Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities.
  • Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
  • Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client.
  • Performs project management research to improve and refine skills and to identify trends and best practices for improving PMO performance.
  • Effectively applies our methodology and enforces project standards.
  • Prepares for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.
  • Creates project charters and analyzes business cases to validate and clarify issues, justify use of project resources and to anticipate risks.
  • Consults with project sponsors to clarify project directives, scopes, deliverables, and timelines and to analyze risk. Minimizes our exposure and risk on project.
  • Conducts bid sessions and/or vendor RFP efforts to select and manage suppliers and supplier payments.
  • Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.

Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in a related field and three years of Project Management and Business Analysis experience, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus
  • Experience managing multiple enterprise-wide IT projects utilizing Project
  • Professional/Project Server and PMBOK methodologies.
  • Possesses general understanding in the areas of infrastructure.
  • Understands Internet, Intranet, Extranet and Client Server architectures.
  • Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on client engagements.
  • Strong customer focus.
  • Facilitates team and client meetings effectively.
  • Holds regular status meetings with project team.
  • Keeps project team well informed of changes within the organization and general corporate news.
  • Effectively communicates relevant project information to superiors.
  • Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.
  • Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
  • Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.

Benefits

Our IT consultants enjoy a wide array of benefits including: medical, dental, 401K, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program and more. Once converted perm - enjoy great medical/dental/vision, normal work hours and 10% match on 401K!

Start date
2 weeks
Duration
6 months +
(extension possible)
From
AGILE
Published at
27.03.2013
Project ID:
512422
Contract type
Freelance
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