IT Project Manager

Description:

The Project Manager will manage IT projects through their full lifecycle, prepare project documents and artifacts, and facilitate the implementation of emerging technology projects. Key responsibilities include defining requirements, monitoring progress, coordinating stakeholder meetings, and delivering regular status and financial reports.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Deliver a weekly status report listing current and planned activities, as well as monthly reporting on hours spent on the contract, hours remaining on the contract, and other requested financial contractual details.
Define requirements, capture technical work to be performed, monitor progress towards completion of the project objectives, and record lessons learned/retrospective information.
Manage IT projects through the full lifecycle.
Prepare project documents and artifacts.
Conform to existing frameworks, policies, practices, and standards governing technology at the client.
Provide actionable advisory assessments highlighting solutions to problems encountered.
Facilitate the implementation of emerging technology projects.
Coordinate and facilitate project and stakeholder meetings including follow up on action items to drive completion.
Work with technical staff and leaders to collect and analyze project data and translate it into project documentation and stakeholder briefings.
Lead data gathering efforts, and
Other duties as assigned.

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to customers, engineers, and leadership.
Ability to comply with standards governing Change Management, Risk Management, and Cybersecurity.
Experience creating communications, dashboards, information radiators, presentations, reports, and other supporting documents for technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience managing enterprise IT projects, particularly demonstrating aptitude in providing planning, scheduling, and monitoring to drive large projects to completion.
Knowledge of current industry best practices for managing projects.

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Advanced degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or similar is preferred.
Experience with requirements elicitation.
Experience with IT modernization, technology refresh, or cloud projects.
Experience with assessing project deliverables for satisfaction of requirements.
Experience with Microsoft Project and any of the following : Microsoft Planner, ClickUp, Jira, Asana, or Kanban Boards.
Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
Agile certification (PMI-ACP, DASM, CSM, CSP, or similar) is preferred.
Certifications or comparable experience in ITSM, technology governance, or process improvement/quality is preferred, and
Previous experience working at or delivering consulting services to the client is preferred.

Notes :
Work 8 hours per day, Monday-Friday, for a total of 40 hours per week (approximately 1,920 hours per year) during HIR's core business hours of 08 : 00 AM to 06 : 00 PM ET

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status