Title: IT Project Manager Location: Abbott Park, Illinois, 60064 Duration: 10 months/ W2
Description:
Plan, execute, and manage IT projects within the defined scope. Manage and coordinate a multitude of IT Infrastructure project activities within the constraints of human, schedule, and financial resources, adjusting to changing priorities as needed to ensure the successful completion of projects.
Core Job Responsibilities
Work with IT management and project stakeholders to establish and gain consensus on project goals, objectives, and deliverables. Develop and execute a work plan, including identifying and obtaining appropriate resources to ensure all activities are performed. Coordinate resources and effectively assign tasks and deliverables to team members based upon their abilities throughout project execution.
Assess the degree to which changes to scope, issues and risks will affect projects working with department, divisional management, and sponsor to escalate if needed and to gain agreement for resolution. Monitor and measure performance to assure the project is progressing as compared to original schedule and budget. Communicate project progress by producing project reports to provide timely and accurate project status and decision support information to Project Team, Department, Customers, and IT Leadership.
Upon project completion, obtain final project approval from sponsor and stakeholders, perform appropriate closure tasks, and gather lessons learned.
Must be well versed in Organizational Change Management and be able to take project through all aspects of change methodology. Understand, communicate, and contribute to the IT organization change program goals and strategies.
Create an environment that encourages cooperation, open communication, and teamwork. Maintain productive and professional relationships with peers and management across the IT organization, as well as with business partners. Serve as a role model by demonstrating a commitment to business priorities and high performance.
Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
Position Accountability / Scope
Manages Global Projects at the department or division level.
Makes decisions that impact projects or Departments. Influences or has final decision authority for project level budget and activities
0-$10MM = direct project financial responsibility
Minimum Education, Skills, Experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
At least 5 yrs. experience in managing Infrastructure projects on an enterprise and/or global scale.
Must be able to lead projects that could include various types of technologies including, but not limited to: Unix, Linux, Windows/VM Ware, Citrix, Hosting/Storage, Cloud Architecture, Collaboration/0365/SharePoint, DevOps, Data Center, Cyber Security, Mobile Solutions, End User Computing, Active Directory, Identity Management, Database Administration.
The following experience / skills are strongly preferred:
Experience with various project management methodologies/frameworks: Waterfall and Agile
Experience managing 3rd party suppliers.
Strong analytical skills, including demonstrated proficiency in tools such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint. PowerBI a plus.
Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls, and monitoring processes.
Proven negotiation and influencing skills.
Strong collaboration and partnering skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy-to-understand business terms to senior leaders.
Ability to design and optimize processes.
Demonstrated ability to assess customer/client needs, creatively approach solutions, decide, and influence appropriate courses of action.
Experience of indirect management – managing by influence as opposed to positional authority
Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, and changing environment.
Strong understanding of all phases of software development life cycle and software development methodologies.
Ability to work within a diverse, performance-based team environment.
Proven leadership skills, including the ability to lead meetings and communicate course of action.
This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, SPECTRAFORCE and the assigned client reserve the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. · Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, and hospital indemnity insurances. Additional benefits SPECTRAFORCE offers to the eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE offers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law. · Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at NAhr@spectraforce.com if you require a reasonable accommodation.
Come to work each day with an inclusive and collaborative business technology team. As an ICC Duty Manager in AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS), you’ll assist in the delivery of Major Incident Management services as well as other Incident Command Center services which contributes to the technical production stability of a leading biopharma company, helping to create solutions that impact patients and their communities for the better.
