Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: California, United States Duration: Contract/Fulltime

Project Manager Role Description Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all contractual requirements, work products, and deliverables are met
• Ensure that projects are completed on schedule and within budget
• Develop and update a detailed project plan; develop all project management plans; manage resources; schedule activities; write status reports; manage risks; manage change control; and facilitate team and customer meetings
• Establish strong working relationship with customer and serve as the primary customer contact. Manage communications both internally (among team members and subcontractors) and with customers, including meeting facilitation, documentation, etc.
• Develop and maintain documents in SharePoint and schedules for projects using MS Project
• Develop and maintain risk analysis documents, including risk containment strategies and contingency plans
• Ensure all aspects of the project life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, implementation and documentation, are completed per required timeframes
• Contribute to a high-performing, motivated work group by applying interpersonal communication and collaboration skills to achieve project goals
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on project performance (budget, cost, schedule, scope, quality, risk, and issue) and financial status

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of hands on project management experience
• 8+ years of IT SDLC project and program management experience
• Prior experience working or managing IT Projects and successful implementations with project values up to $15MM
• Recent experience managing and monitoring all capital/operating expenditures for all phases of a project
• Ability to inspire continual improvement, instill team empowerment and transparency on projects
• Ability to influence Executive Steering Committee (DE/DRB) members in understanding and executing projects using SDLC/Agile methodology
• Demonstrated ability to manage diverse project teams incorporating both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong facilitation skills. Ability to facilitate and maintain communications between multiple work groups, including customers, vendors, and technical and functional staff ensuring increased awareness of project status of all stakeholders
• Results oriented focus with proven ability to deliver against challenging deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)
• Proficiency with MS Project, MS PPM - PMP/CSM certifications a plus