Duration
: 33 months to start
Job Description:
Required Tasks to be Performed:
- Work with software developers, business analysts, data analysts, other project managers, and other technical and non-technical subject-matter experts to develop detailed project schedules, execute tasks and coordinate project activities.
- Manage and monitor project progress within the constraints of the project management plan, schedule, budget and resources. Proactively identify risks and issues affecting project schedules and objectives and appropriately escalate these issues, with recommendations, to senior managers.
- Effectively identify change and use appropriate protocols to manage and communication this change effectively.
- Collect, maintain and distribute project status meeting minutes to stakeholders
- Provide routine status reports and briefings to project team, customers and senior managers. Maintain ongoing and effective communications among all project stakeholders, both business and technical. Effectively coordinate resources and assignments among project assignees.
- Adhere to the client project management methodology, standards, policies and procedures, as well as those technical standards and policies relevant to assigned projects. Make recommendations to improve processes and policies.
- Manage relationships with client program area business partners. Develop strong and collaborative relationships with customers to achieve positive project outcomes.
- Work with multiple program areas to coordinate tasks and assignments, conduct meetings to solve problems and set direction, and effectively communicate a vision to increase stakeholder engagement.
- Demonstrate strong relationship and interpersonal skills in working with technical staff, program staff and vendor community.
- Comply with client project management standards, processes and procedures
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
- 2+ years’ experience in the coordination and facilitation of financial planning and accounting management-related functional activities.
- 5+ years’ experience in IT project management, specifically in managing medium-to- large scale software application development projects.
- 5+ years’ experience in managing multiple projects concurrently.
- 5+ years’ experience in developing and maintaining detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project.
- In-depth knowledge of the principles, theories, practices and techniques for managing the activities related to planning, managing and implementing software projects and programs.
- Documented and proven ability to formulate project plans for managing and monitoring progress on software development projects; to think logically and to analyze and solve problems; compile, organize and analyze data; to evaluate and monitor projects, plans and schedules and implement corrective action plans.
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (e.g., waterfall, iterative, agile, etc.).
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
- Ability to focus stakeholders on outcomes to make most efficient use of time.
- Ability to manage change resistance.
- Ability to facilitate updates to the organization’s business processes by business process owners.
- Ability to understand and solve complex problems.
- Ability to facilitate outcome-based discussions with multiple program areas.
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other Information Technology major, or equivalent work experience.
Required Certification:
- PMP Certification
