Mid Level Project Manager (3-5 Years Of Experience ONLY) at TEKsystems

W2 ONLY, NO C2C

100% REMOTE but MUST live in EST or CST time zones

3-5 years of PM experience ONLY-This is a Mid-Level Role, Not 10+ years of experience

Any type of Artificial Intelligence initiative/project experience is ideal

Description

Our client is seeking a Project Manager who can manage and coordinate various AI initiatives to implement throughout various business areas.

• Responsible for several aspects of IT project for assigned application initiatives: scope, schedule, risks, issue, change and communications management

• Will be coordinating with various business units (marketing, Sales, Operations, Finance, etc) on how they are planning to leverage their AI solutions.

• Will work with internal IT on the business need to offer advice

• Will create dashboards that IT and business leadership will utilize for reporting, tracking and updates on AI.

• Project Management/Coordination: Help plan and track project timelines, resources, and deliverables, ensuring projects are completed on time and within scope.

• Team Collaboration: Facilitate communication between cross-functional teams, including developers, business and leadership.

• Track Progress: Maintain project management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello) to track and report project status, risks, and dependencies.

• Support Agile Practices: Assist in maintaining the Scrum board and sprint backlog, ensuring that all tasks are properly organized and prioritized.

• Risk Management: Identify potential roadblocks and work with the team to develop solutions to mitigate risks.

• Documentation: Ensure proper documentation of project requirements, meeting notes, and status updates to keep all stakeholders informed.

• Continuous Improvement: Participate in retrospectives to contribute ideas for improving team processes and project outcomes.

Presentation skills in front of executives, business and IT leadership.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks, SaFe

• Familiarity with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana).

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

Qualifications / Skills

• BS in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 5 years of experience working within the project management space

• Strong functional and technical knowledge / understanding of Application development process

• Extensive experience and good understanding of IT program management principles, techniques and release management processes

• Proven ability to collaborate and lead global large cross-functional business and IT teams for requirements, design, development, testing and deployment

• Excellent leadership, facilitation, and communication skills

• Strong experience or expertise in SDLC, Agile, Scrum, SAFe.

• Strong customer relationship, influencing, facilitation, and collaboration skills

• Demonstrates knowledge and use of PMI PMBOK language and concepts.

• Advanced skills in PC based documentation tools including, MS Office, Projects and sharepoint

• Highly experience in effectively managing projects/ programs in a fast-paced, high growth, rapidly changing environment

• Ability to create and maintain program dashboards for providing the overall program status

• Ability to collaborate effectively with proven interpersonal skills

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication, change management and strong organization skills

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Dec 27, 2024.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.