Project Manager

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Hi, I hope this email finds you well! My name is Julianna Spicer with ALTA IT Services. We have an opening for a Project Manager role with one of our top clients. If this position interests you, please reply and I will reach out to you

IT Project Manager
(Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Location: REMOTE
Pay Rate: Open to W2 and C2C for Independent Consultants
Position Type: Multiyear Contract

Requirements

• For all levels (1, 2, 3 and 4) candidates should have at minimum one of the following industry level certifications: PMP, Agile and/or SAFe Certification. For levels 2, 3 and 4 a current/active PMP Certification is required.
• Provide full project lifecycle management of small to medium difficult IT projects from inception to completion
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and in accordance with quality standards
• Provide project leadership to ensure overall success and delivery of expected outcomes in support of strategic goals

Responsibilities:

• Apply and adhere to project management best practices by following the policies, procedures and methodologies established within the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Ensure effective management of projects from inception through implementation
• Collaborate and negotiate with business partners and vendors to understand requirement needs and resolve any requirements gaps or risks/issues
• Prepare and deliver status reports regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues to management and stakeholders
• Oversee project progress to ensure project documentation and schedules are in compliance with previously agreed requirements and standards
• Maintain and archive all project related documentation
• Identify, communicate and resolve technical, tactical and operational project issues and risks
• Exhibit intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility to reassess, reflect and shift thinking as projects or strategic direction changes
• Communicate project plan, changes, direction, approach, and priorities based on changing business requirements, circumstances, new information and/or budget considerations to stakeholders
• Monitor and measure staff assignment results against project goals and task responsibilities
• Provide regular feedback to project members and input to the performance review process
• Build and maintain relationships with team members, management, key stakeholders and/or external contacts (vendors, etc.)
• Coordinate agile functions such as sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, sprint demos, story refinement, and release planning.
• Full life–cycle project management
  • Establish and lead project teams
  • Develop project plan/scope/schedule/cost/communications
  • Procure and/or manage resources/timelines/deadlines/quality
  • Ensure that vendor meets or exceeds their contractual obligations by delivering quality products/services on time and within cost structure
  • Manage all financial management aspects of vendor delivery and provide feedback on vendor performance
  • Ensure successful project implementation
  • Manage project-level risks, issues, dependencies, and change management

Qualifications and Education Requirements:
(For levels 3-4 the below “basic or exposure to” will require “expertise” for those bullet points

• Exposure to project leadership and execution, including initiatives with technology, processes, cross–functional teams and external partner team members
• Familiarity with development or operations framework methodologies, including Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Basic skill in project management to include establishing and leading project teams; managing timelines/deadlines/resources; ensuring successful project implementation
• Familiarity with project lifecycles and development methodologies, including agile project management principles and practices
• Exposure to leading agile development teams and facilitating team meetings in agile environment
• Exposure to working and participating in cross–functional, multi–dimensional teams and projects
• Exposure to managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment to achieve goals
• Exposure to collaborating across organizational boundaries and building partnerships across various functions
• Basic presentation skills with essential executive presence
• Exposure to leading, guiding and coaching professional staff
• Exposure to vendor engagement related to project delivery
• Basic skill building effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy and tact
• Basic skill using innovative thinking to solve problems and facilitate the decision making process
• Basic organizational, planning and time management skills
• Basic skill exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions
• Basic skill communicating with all levels within an organization
• Basic research, analytical, and problem solving skills
• Basic skill resolving conflicting requests and meeting changing requirements
• Effective verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
• Effective word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software skills