Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

01 Mar 2024
South Carolina, Columbia, 29201 Columbia USA

Senior Project Manager

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DPP is seeking an

IT Senior Project Manager for an opportunity in Columbia, SC.

What you will be doing:
  • Develop and monitor project plans, risk management plans, and project documentation from scope to post implementation. Ensure project documentation and deliverables are complete, on budget, within scope, and in accordance with standards.
  • Identify items that impact the scope, budget, risk, and resources of the work effort. Monitor resource requirements based on project specifications. Ensure resources are assigned to meet project objectives while managing project hours budgeted.
  • Responsible for the development, execution, and maintenance of project communications. Facilitate effective communications between all parties involved in the project and/or work efforts. This will include meetings, correspondence, status reports and other documentation.
  • Identify the impact of issues arising from the work efforts and/or resource requirements. Manage the project issues throughout the project life cycle. Communicate the implications of changes to the project scope with senior management and other appropriate parties.
  • Responsible for ensuring all work efforts have appropriate documentation for audit purposes utilizing project methodology standards in accordance with the ISSM.
  • Responsible for overall coordination, status reporting, and stability of project-oriented work efforts.
  • Responsible for moderate number of work efforts simultaneously that vary from a smaller to a moderate scale, with smaller number of hours to moderate number of hours, and with moderate system impacts and moderate scope and complexity.
  • Adhere to project management processes and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budgeted hours, adhere to high quality standards, and meet ISSM expectations.
  • Monitor project plans, assignments and work efforts on a daily basis. Ensure resource needs are assigned appropriately and escalates functional, quality, timeline issues.
  • Track key project milestones and adjusts project plans to meet the needs of work effort.
  • Responsible for leading the project from inception to final business acceptance and implementation.

idealfIT® professional profile:
  • The Project Leader (PL) is responsible for all project management activities in a matrixed project environment utilizing waterfall/PMBOK-based methodology.
  • The project environment is fast-paced and deadline-focused.
  • The successful PL is able to work independently while keeping management informed, handle deadline pressures, and effectively escalate project issues.
  • SDLC Project Management experience; has led software development efforts
  • IT Leadership experience on multiple concurrent project teams
  • MS Office, including MS Visio
  • MS Project
  • MS Azure Boards
  • PMP Certification (Highly Desired)
  • CSM Certification (Highly Desired)
  • Experience writing scope / design / implementation documents
  • Can speak intelligently about the methodologies they have worked with
  • "Doers” with in-depth experience leading software development efforts in an organization with a formal methodology and a strong PMO environment.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and project management tools.

Work environment:
  • Must be able to work on-site (no remote work)
  • Must be able and willing to work overtime when project needs dictate, including weekends.
  • Must demonstrate strong leadership skills and ability to work in a large, complex environment.

What you will need:
  • 5 years of IT experience in a leadership capacity, including 3 years’ experience leading two or more concurrent project teams. Completion of the organization’s Training Program for Project Management may substitute for one year of experience; AND
  • Education/equivalency (one of the following):
    • Bachelor’s degree (any major);
    • OR, Associate’s degree (any major), plus 2 added years of job-related work experience;
    • OR, Extra 4 years of related work experience (total 9 years of job-related experience without a degree)
  • Experience working in a matrixed environment (3 years)
  • MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Azure Boards (3 years)
  • 3 years of in-depth experience in an organization with a formal methodology and a strong PMO environment
  • 3 years of in-depth experience leading software development efforts
  • Excellent communications (verbal and written) skills with assertive yet customer-focused style.
  • Advanced leadership skills in a team or project environment.
  • Excellent problem solving and conflict management/resolution skills.
  • Advanced analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail.
  • Strong understanding of project management principles and methodologies, information systems, business processes, and the key drivers and measures of success for the business unit and the organization.
  • Advanced competency in management of resources to meet goals and multiple projects.
  • Strong ability to lead multiple multidiscipline, high-performance work teams throughout project life cycle.
  • Strong ability to negotiate terms and scope of work documents.
  • Advanced ability to prepare and present formal presentations.
  • Ability to manage all phases of work effort from inception to completion.
  • Effective strategic thinking skills.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in conducting analysis of project triple constraints.

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Job Details

  • ID
    JC10441271
  • State
  • City
  • Job type
    Contract
  • Salary
    Up to $45
  • Hiring Company
    DP Professionals Inc
  • Date
    2021-02-19
  • Deadline
    2021-04-20
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