Job Title: Sr. Project Manager
Location: Columbus, GA
Duration: 3+ Months Contract to Perm
Job Description:
Leads and manages medium- to large-scale projects classified as Enterprise endeavors (assessed above 8 under the IT Governance Assessment); operates in a matrixed environment with responsibility to the business units and specified IT management; assists business units with the requirements phase to define and identify the scope of the projects; reports to specified IT management for the duration of the projects to execute the technical project delivery from requirements through warranty support
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
Manages one or more medium to large, moderately to highly complex projects
Assesses variances from the project plan; gathers metrics; develops and implements changes as necessary to ensure that the project remains within specified scope, time, cost, and quality objectives
Gathers and further defines project requirements
Develops best practices, project standards, procedures, and quality objectives, including metrics for assessing progress; uses established project standards, procedures, and quality objectives
Develops detailed project plans and schedules
Provides the technical project team with constructive feedback pertaining to project performance; uses past experiences to identify potential areas of improvement
Manages all aspects of the design, development, and implementation of projects, such as staffing requirements and forming technical project teams
Provides work direction and general technical project management to assigned projects, including scheduling, work assignments, and reviews project efforts to ensure that the project meets technical specifications as outlined in the conceptual and detail design documents
Monitors project milestones, technical status, and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy of project schedule; identifies ways to resolve schedule issues; keeps management aware of the situation
Coaches or mentors less-experienced employees and provides technical assistance as required
Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors, and key clients
Conducts project kickoff meetings, communicates individual roles and project expectations, and ensures that all project team members have the tools and training required to perform effectively
Conducts formal review with business sponsor at project completion to confirm acceptance and satisfaction; tracks client satisfaction levels
Performs other related duties as required
Education & Experience:
Bachelor s degree and at least eight years of project management experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Master s degree (preferred)
Certified Project Management Professional (required)
Experience in application development processes and life cycle (required)
Demonstrated experience and understanding of system development life cycle, dynamics of software development projects, and IT practices and methods
Behavioral Competencies:
Customer Service Orientation: Thinks proactively and independently about clients' needs and collaborates with clients to develop best approaches to certain issues; synthesizes the needs of multiple customers in the coordination of complex multiple services
Establishing Expectation: Confronts others openly and directly when performance does not meet expectations; works effectively with others to establish agreement and/or understanding of success criteria and objectives; explicitly reviews performance against standards or expectations and changes others behavior, decisions, and actions to achieve success
Influencing Others: Solicits in advance the involvement of others who will be affected by a decision, initiative, or program to build their sense of ownership; uses subtle or indirect approaches, including involving others not directly involved, to achieve acceptance; takes calculated approaches and actions to negotiate skillfully and achieves planned outcomes in difficult or risky situations
Team Leadership: Seeks and acts on opportunities for cross-team collaboration that will improve processes and business results; adjusts the team membership; moves people on and off the team as appropriate, to deliver optimal results for the current team goals; provides opportunities for team members to lead project functions, coaching them through the process and developing their skills; shares credit for team accomplishments
Thoroughness: Offers assistance to others to increase thoroughness and detail among peers; possesses deep knowledge of activities needed to perform flawless execution of tasks; double-checks work prior to customer acceptance; accepts complex and new work as a way to challenge his/her level of thoroughness
Business Competencies:
Business Process Knowledge: Maps business processes and understands how process flow impacts design; identifies ideas for process improvement; sees projects within the context of overall business processes
Client Satisfaction Metrics Knowledge: Knows customer requirements and measurements used for own work; identifies metrics in own area of work and relates these to related areas; has proficiency in methods, tools, and procedures used for collecting performance data; develops custom data collection processes as needed for customers
Negotiation: During negotiations, can effectively probe client for underlying concerns about loss of project control, exposure, or vulnerabilities; negotiates client concerns by seeking win-win solutions; can suggest a variety of data sources to support project negotiations for time, people, money, or quality
Please reply back with matching resumes to sujeet.kumar@pyramidci.com
Regards,
Sujeet Dudhankar
Senior Executive - Resourcing
Pyramid Consulting, Inc.
SEI-CMMI Level 3
5525 N. Macarthur Blvd. Suite 612, Irving, TX 75038
|Direct: 678-922-1459 | Fax: 678-840-2109 |
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2011 GMSDC Supplier of the Year (Class IV)
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