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This international industry leader has an immediate 6+ month contract opportunity (with strong chance for extension) for a Senior Project Manager. Can work 100% remotely from anywhere in the United States, working EST or CST business hours. May be expected to report to the nearest office from time to time for meetings. As a Project Manager, you’ll be expected to support several projects, within the Audit Technologies Portfolios. Project Managers are expected to ensure that their projects deliver on the required outputs detailed in their Project Charters, within the specified time and financial constraints. There is a strong focus on financial management, coordination of delivery team resources, and closely monitoring and maintaining detailed project plans. It is expected that status reporting, issue and risk management is undertaken on a timely basis and adheres the reporting cycles within their individual portfolios and executive reporting mandated by the Audit Technology PMO team.
Project Managers will be expected to follow the in-house project lifecycle from inception to completion using standard project lifecycle practices and artifacts.
Key requirements:
*Experience managing data projects including Informatica ETL.
*Experience running large agile projects: knowledge of SAFE (scaled agile) or similar methodology
Responsibilities:
• Coordinate and facilitate amongst project resources to ensure project execution
• Ensure project is delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Develop project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Develop detailed project plan to track progress
• Direct projects through the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) inclusive of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, and Close Phases
• Manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs and follow a formal CR process
• Report and escalate issues / risks to management as needed
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with the client and stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Track and manage project budget by developing a detailed project forecast and validating against actuals each month to provide accurate financial reporting to stakeholders.
Requirements:
• Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in project management disciplines, with experience planning and executing projects and programs. Strong experience managing both IT and Business projects preferred.
• Experience managing 3-4+ projects simultaneously using Agile methodology.
• Experience managing Informatica ETL and Data projects.
• Experience creating project schedules.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum best practices.
• Strong project management skills with experience in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing projects from definition through implementation, involving internal personnel and third-party contractors
• Requires excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively with project team members, project sponsors, functional leads, and senior management in a matrixed environment
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and passionate
• Flexibility to travel as required to regional locations
• Drive and demonstrated success working independently in a virtual environment
• Capable of strategic thinking and of moving strategic plans into action
• Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Bachelors degree from an accredited university
• Certification: PMP and Scrum certified or comprehensive experience
• Organization, follow-up and strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage various deliverables from different teams/individuals
• Solid understanding and ability to manage Assumptions, Risks, Action items, Issues, Change, Scope
• Analytic and decision-making skills - Ability to analyze and document a situation/scenario and propose options, recommendations and cost impact
• Project financial management
• Forecasting of resources and cost
• Validation of forecast against budget
• Tracking of project spend, and justification for change requests
• Project planning and monitoring
• Definition of key milestones
• Development of detailed plans
• Approach/forum to facilitate gathering of status information, and surfacing of progress limiting issues
• Communication/presentation skills
• Clear, concise status reporting
• Ability to craft leadership / executive level communications
Senior Project Manager - REMOTE
- Location: Naranja, 07645
- Salary: $75.00 - $85.00 / hour
- Job Type:Contract
Posted 7 months ago
- Pay 75 to 85
- Function: IT Project / Program Management
- Job Ref: 241648
Project Managers will be expected to follow the in-house project lifecycle from inception to completion using standard project lifecycle practices and artifacts.
Key requirements:
*Experience managing data projects including Informatica ETL.
*Experience running large agile projects: knowledge of SAFE (scaled agile) or similar methodology
Responsibilities:
• Coordinate and facilitate amongst project resources to ensure project execution
• Ensure project is delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Develop project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Develop detailed project plan to track progress
• Direct projects through the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) inclusive of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, and Close Phases
• Manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs and follow a formal CR process
• Report and escalate issues / risks to management as needed
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with the client and stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Track and manage project budget by developing a detailed project forecast and validating against actuals each month to provide accurate financial reporting to stakeholders.
Requirements:
• Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in project management disciplines, with experience planning and executing projects and programs. Strong experience managing both IT and Business projects preferred.
• Experience managing 3-4+ projects simultaneously using Agile methodology.
• Experience managing Informatica ETL and Data projects.
• Experience creating project schedules.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum best practices.
• Strong project management skills with experience in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing projects from definition through implementation, involving internal personnel and third-party contractors
• Requires excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively with project team members, project sponsors, functional leads, and senior management in a matrixed environment
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and passionate
• Flexibility to travel as required to regional locations
• Drive and demonstrated success working independently in a virtual environment
• Capable of strategic thinking and of moving strategic plans into action
• Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Bachelors degree from an accredited university
• Certification: PMP and Scrum certified or comprehensive experience
• Organization, follow-up and strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage various deliverables from different teams/individuals
• Solid understanding and ability to manage Assumptions, Risks, Action items, Issues, Change, Scope
• Analytic and decision-making skills - Ability to analyze and document a situation/scenario and propose options, recommendations and cost impact
• Project financial management
• Forecasting of resources and cost
• Validation of forecast against budget
• Tracking of project spend, and justification for change requests
• Project planning and monitoring
• Definition of key milestones
• Development of detailed plans
• Approach/forum to facilitate gathering of status information, and surfacing of progress limiting issues
• Communication/presentation skills
• Clear, concise status reporting
• Ability to craft leadership / executive level communications
Candidates will be responsible for following the client's COVID-19 protocols. Please refer to your MATRIX representative for specifics.
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