IT Project Management Advisor - Ampcus Incorporated

IT Project Management Advisor

 

This role is responsible for managing and planning multiple complex projects consisting of one or more project teams. Responsible for coordinating, scheduling and assigning project tasks, team building and maintaining working relationships across *** IT. Manages time-sensitive projects of various sizes and complexities from the systems perspective to deliver defined scope on time and within budget to meet business needs. Responsible for end-to-end delivery including the change management process and ensuring minimum business impact. Establishes, builds and maintains healthy working relationships and partnerships with clients, vendors, business counterparts and peers. Possesses strong planning and organization ability, as well as good communication and negotiation skills. Exhibit core project management capabilities including project planning, scope management, issue/risk management, resource planning and financial management.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Provides leadership level presentations, work initiatives, team metrics and operational metrics.
• Adjusts project scope and timing as needed by instituting and applying established best practices and project management methodologies.
• Develops communication plans and interfaces with matrix teams, IT leadership, business leadership, and external vendors/partners to execute on responsibilities.
• Ensure alignment to standards, following The Way We Get Work Done and meeting documentation needs in support of all internal and external audits.
• Creates a plan related to portions of a larger project or an entire small project.
• Partners with application teams and vendors, when appropriate, to deliver projects.
• Identifies constraints, issues and risks and provides mitigation/contingency plans.
• Provides information to make effective project decisions.
• Actively contribute to the functional direction and development strategies of the GIES Shared Services Delivery Team.
• Supports IT management in the creation and monitoring of service standards and development efforts which impact the Information Technology and client/business area.
• May coordinate and manage one or more project teams in their ISG tower, and may partner with other delivery teams across IT.
• Ensure that projects requiring tower participation are scoped properly according to the ISG team structure and standard practices.
• Ensure that resources required for project work are allocated correctly across projects.
• Support GIES Shared Services team and resource managers for resource planning that spans project and baseline needs.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, adhere to high quality standards, and meet stakeholder expectations.
• Helps determine project implications to schedule, scope, costs as fulfillment or scheduling issues arise.
• Basic understanding of key technologies used in infrastructure towers (mainframe, Open Systems, Storage, Backup, Middleware).
• Keeps teams informed about project scheduling needs and upcoming key dates.

Skills:

• 5 years of related work experience as a project team member, including 2 or more years in a project leadership position, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2 years Infrastructure engineering, operations, or application development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects from inception to successful implementation.
• Proven track record of executive level presentation strategies and materials (Project, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, technical, communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills; ability to present complex technical ideas to cross-functional audiences, business implications/priorities to technical teams, and can bring project challenges to management’s attention effectively.
• Expertise in the use of Project Management methodologies and tools, including MS Project, MS Office.
• Ability to foster effective working relationships with the project team, and partner IT and business departments.
• Proven ability to develop solid working relationships and establish a high level of credibility across functions and lines of business and infrastructure domains (voice and data networks, contact and service center, data center infrastructure and operations, information security and protection).
• Intermediate knowledge of Agile work flow process.

Since 1995, iTech Solutions Inc., has been providing IT Consulting and Direct Hire Services to the Insurance, Financial, Communications, Manufacturing and Government sectors with local offices in Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New Jersey / Pennsylvania area. Our recruiting strategy is simple, if you want to find qualified IT professionals then use IT professionals to find them. So at iTech Solutions, our personnel are all career IT professionals with a wide range of IT experience. We can honestly say our staff understands the technologies, the complexities of finding and selecting the appropriate personnel and the pressures of running successful IT projects.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

iTech Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.