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Estimated Length: 6 months Full-Time Monday to Friday, 9.00 AM- 5.30 PM, 60 minutes unpaid lunch break. Paid weekly, 37.50 hours per week.
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Consultant Qualifications
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in Project Management role
- Undergraduate degree in related field required
- 8+ years of related work experience including 4+ years of technology project management experience
- PMP certification preferred
- Strong project management experience with demonstrated achievements in planning, directing and implementing multiple and concurrent enterprise projects
- Familiarity with all functional areas in an IT environment and their interactions
- Detailed understanding of, and experience with, ITIL processes
- Excellent oral, written, presentation, and communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 2013 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Proficiency with Microsoft SharePoint version 2010 or higher
- Familiarity with Microsoft Project version 2010 or higher
- Proficiency with Microsoft Visio for flow charts/process flows version 2010 or higher
- Excellent inter-personal skills including the ability to work with individuals at all levels of the organization
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute in a high-pressure environment
- Ability to independently set priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment; a self-starter
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and within tight deadlines
- Ability to manage rapidly and frequently changing priorities
Responsibilities
Assist the PMO with overall day-to-day project management for system development related initiatives.
- Responsible for tracking and supporting systems development solutions from project initiation to project closure
- Lead, coordinate and facilitate meetings to review project status with core project team members, key stakeholders and corporate leadership team members.
- Prepare project status reports and other presentation materials for upper management (CIO, VP, President, etc.).
- Effectively communicate project status and expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
- Develop and track progress against detailed project plans including schedules, technical and business requirements, cost estimates, resources plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans, issues resolution and capacity planning.
- Act proactively to maintain progress and minimize risk.
- Maintain effective project controls.
- Operate as a critical liaison between various disciplines within the client's IT Department and external entities including technology consultants, technology equipment vendors and space planning architects.
- Create and execute project charter, work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
- Maintain open and timely communication with supervisors, managers and working groups involved in the projects.
- Prepare and submit cost estimates, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
- Manage project financials tracking budget to actuals
Define and create project schedules and goals
- Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business requirements in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
- Create detailed project work breakdown structure (WBS) that organizes and defines project work scope, identifies project tasks, dependencies, resource requirements, costs, critical path activity, risks and risk mitigation strategies.
- Manage and maintain Project Plans to track all tasks and deliverables and publish status reports, executive briefings, meeting minutes and other collaboration tools to effectively communicate project activity.
- Work with Core project team to assist in the development of test plans for new applications and oversee unit testing and system testing to ensure the delivery of functional, low-error systems and solve critical business problems.
Adhere to a Standard Project Development Lifecycle approach
- Develop and/or manage development of critical project deliverables throughout the project cycle, from Initiation and Planning & Analysis stages through Design, Development, Test, Implementation and Closeout. This includes but is not limited to As-Is and To-Be process flows, Project Plan, Requirements Documentation, Design Documentation, Test Plans, Implementation Plan, User Manuals, etc.
- Manage and support integration testing, UAT, and implementation cutover testing.
- Manage transfer to Operations & Maintenance Groups and Change Management control processes.
Quality Control and Risk Management
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, schedule, and budget.
- Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately per PMO guidelines.
- Adhere and comply with the client's IT PMO framework and enforces quality control and project standards.
- Proactively manage potential and risks, and define contingency and mitigation strategies.
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