PPM Implementation Project Manager - Vector Talent Resources, Inc.
Reston, VA 20190
About the Job
Location: Remote
Client: Major IT Institution supporting an electric utility company
Contract Duration: 6+ Months
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and Paid Holiday
Pay: Up to $58/hr
Job Description
Are you interested in improving and shaping the delivery of IT projects? We're seeking an IT Project Manager who is motivated by variety, is seeking a challenging environment for professional growth, and is interested in running information technology projects for our utility clients. This candidate will be joining an established team that has been delivering IT projects to utility clients for over 20 years.
This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and implementing a complex PPM (Project Portfolio Management) solution in coordination with a PPM implementation partner for one of our major utility clients. The solution is to be integrated with the utility's financial data from SAP and project schedule data from Oracle P6.
The ideal candidate will maintain the efficiency of important aspects of the project management process such as planning, budgeting/forecasting, risk assessment and monitoring/controlling project execution. The ideal candidate is required to have excellent project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from vision to implementation involving internal personnel, contractors, and vendors. Strong communication skills are required to drive the team and report project status to client executives.
Location: Role will be remote. Travel required on as needed basis, estimated at about 25%. Candidates living in NJ area preferrable, but not required.
Responsibilities:
Required Education & Experience:
Desired Qualifications:
Client: Major IT Institution supporting an electric utility company
Contract Duration: 6+ Months
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and Paid Holiday
Pay: Up to $58/hr
Job Description
Are you interested in improving and shaping the delivery of IT projects? We're seeking an IT Project Manager who is motivated by variety, is seeking a challenging environment for professional growth, and is interested in running information technology projects for our utility clients. This candidate will be joining an established team that has been delivering IT projects to utility clients for over 20 years.
This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and implementing a complex PPM (Project Portfolio Management) solution in coordination with a PPM implementation partner for one of our major utility clients. The solution is to be integrated with the utility's financial data from SAP and project schedule data from Oracle P6.
The ideal candidate will maintain the efficiency of important aspects of the project management process such as planning, budgeting/forecasting, risk assessment and monitoring/controlling project execution. The ideal candidate is required to have excellent project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from vision to implementation involving internal personnel, contractors, and vendors. Strong communication skills are required to drive the team and report project status to client executives.
Location: Role will be remote. Travel required on as needed basis, estimated at about 25%. Candidates living in NJ area preferrable, but not required.
Responsibilities:
- Plan, coordinate and manage a PPM implementation project.
- Integrate all functions and activities necessary to perform the project/program to meet the client or customer requirements.
- Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface.
- Manage technical, cost, and schedule of assigned tasks or functions.
- Provide strong, proactive and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.
- Makes decisions at the project team level and properly escalate those decisions that cannot be resolved on a timely basis.
- Lead project team members such as executives, line of business subject matter experts, controllers and schedulers through the lifecycle of a project.
- Manage project teams that typically includes multiple vendors with onshore and offshore resources.
- Create project management plans, set expectations, execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
- Coordinates with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
- Ensures that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
- Ensures projects are delivered on-time, on budget, and remain in scope. Monitors and tracks project dependencies.
- Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
- Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals.
- Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards and project updates.
- Actively monitor, track and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.
Required Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS or similar degree
- 8+ years of Project Management experience managing IT application projects
- Solid understanding of Project Management and Project Management Office
- Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment while keeping the team informed
- Excellent customer facing skills
- Excellent researching, decision-making and organizational skills are required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
- Working knowledge of Project Management tools
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other guidelines where appropriate
- Ability to travel
Desired Qualifications:
- PPM tool implementation experience preferred
- Utility experience preferred
- Active PMP certification
Source : Vector Talent Resources, Inc.