Project Manager

Job Title - Project Manager


Number of Positions - 1


Job Location - Parsippany, New Jersey, United States of America, 07054


Job Start Date - 8/17/26


Job End Date - 2/19/27


Job Description -

JOB DESCRIPTION


Job Title: Project Manager


Start Date: ASAP


Duration: 6 months with extensions


Location: 4:1 Hybrid out of GAF HQ (Parsippany, NJ)


Hours/Week: 40


Schedule: Monday to Thursday on-site, core EST business hours


Positions: 1


Reason for Opening: new hire

Interview Process

• 1st with HM
• 2nd: two product directors (panel)

Job Description

Focus of the role: planning , tracking, working with stakeholders, driving, holding folks accountable

Lead Delivery Manager

SUMMARY


Lead Project Manager will be responsible for delivering multiple strategic efforts across various departments. This role will be a part of the Project and Portfolio Management organization and reports to the Director - Project and Portfolio Management.


Key responsibilities include:


Using hands-on and a proactive approach to ensure that value is delivered - with full responsibility for all aspects of a project including managing milestones, identifying and tracking issues and risks, and driving the team to meet project goals.


Creating visibility into the project activities and milestones while balancing the desire to follow an agile and iterative software development process.


Partnering with other digital delivery groups to align ongoing efforts


Contributing to the team by participating in solution definition and removing roadblocks


Attaining full knowledge of the functional area and helps the project teams to focus on achieving desired business outcomes.


Surfacing challenges that require cross team coordination or leadership intervention prior to them impacting scope, cost or the timeline.


Establishing a good cadence for communicating outside the team including conducting effective meetings for the given audience by managing the agenda, running the meeting and communicating/tracking follow-ups.


Establishing strong relationships with IT and business stakeholders


Helping the team in identifying development opportunities and challenging the team to actively work on improving their performance


Managing budgets, forecasts and vendor teams; Coordinates vendor selection and contracting.


Ensuring alignment of project objectives with the overall IT strategy and roadmap.


Ensures project or framework specific governance is implemented


ESSENTIAL DUTIES


80% Project delivery Management


10% Coaching and managing other PLs/PMs


10% Perform other duties as assigned including organizational improvement activities


LEVEL BASED COMPETENCIES


Level Based Competencies are to be designated based on job level and content.


Strong Decision Making, Collaboration, conflict management, facilitation and delegation skills


Excellent experience in dealing with C-level executives


Can coach other project managers and business team members in applying right methodology


Ability to juggle multiple priorities with competing deadlines


Ability to drive deliverables through completion and hold team members accountable for their work


Ability to identify potential risks and provide proactive mitigations


Technical knowledge/skills


Advanced knowledge of IT standards, policies and procedures


Advanced knowledge of Networking and Infrastructure project components


Advanced knowledge of Tools for Managing and Reporting team progress


Proficient working with technology platforms


Job / General knowledge/skills


Positive can-do attitude, solutions-oriented and willingness to extend beyond day-to-day project manager responsibilities


Strong ability in Problem Solving, Forward Thinking, Influencing Stakeholders


Strong Adaptability and Sense of ownership


Strong ability to Build Relationships and Credibility with Management


Strong Ability to Influence and Drive Cross Functional Decisions and Initiatives


Leadership/Supervision


Minimal to no Supervision and Oversight required


Adherence to Performance review and Goal setting process


Strong ability to provide feedback and apply feedback received to improve performance.


Education/Experience


Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or relevant experience


10+ years of managing initiatives in information technology specifically in application development, COTS implementation and integration projects


Proven experience in delivering customer facing applications


Must have experience in applying project management frameworks that are best suited to the needs of the project to deliver value.


Must have strong experience in managing large, complex projects


Training and certifications in traditional project management and/or agile methodologies is preferred