Project Associate

Lead assigned projects ensuring delivery on-time, within scope and within budget • Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan with resource capacity and actuals analysis • Liaise with resource managers to ensure resources are available to support the timelines within the project schedule • Utilize risk management strategies to actively manage project risks that may impact project cost, quality, scope or schedule • Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation • Review and approve time cards associated with your project • Create business case financial models • Forecast, monitor and report on project financials, and maintain financials in project management tools • Manage change requests by assessing impact to scope, schedule and cost; and communicate with key stakeholders • Liaise with the supplier management groups as needed on supplier engagement, quality of services, experience and cost • Partner with the project team to ensure compliance with regulations, policies, standards, procedures, and associated documentation including but not limited to computer systems validation, SOX, and PM standards • Continually update relevant business stakeholders of project status and periodically publish project status reports • Represent the project in various project governance and inter-departmental forums • Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in business case • Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value • Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria and deliver project to meet those metrics and criteria • Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company • Assist, share learning, and mentor others within the PMO regarding standards, organizational understanding, and relationship building to promote the successful delivery of projects
Expected Core Competencies
accurate, good in Excel
Qualifications & Experience
•Minimum 5 years of professional experience is required
•Proven record of planning and delivering complex projects
•Experience managing remote project teams desired
•Experience and proficiency in Microsoft Project preferred
•Demonstrated experience in full project management lifecycle for software/maintenance/ development/ implementation projects and IT methodologies (ITIL)
•Experience with projects in multiple technologies and functions; demonstrated experience managing customer relationships
Soft Skills
•Good Communication Skills
Analytical