Senior IT Project Manager-Whitehouse Station, NJ - Georgia IT Inc.
Whitehouse Station, NJ
About the Job
Senior IT Project Manager
Whitehouse Station, NJ
3 Months (Extension Possible)
We currently have an opening for a Senior IT Project Manager on our PRS IT PMO team. The Senior IT Project Manager will have responsibility for the management and coordination of multiple concurrent projects within the PRS application portfolio. IT projects in this portfolio are varied in size and complexity. .
Responsibilities
• On-time, on-budget delivery of project(s) per agreed upon scope and quality metrics
• Execute projects in alignment to Client Project Management Framework – Client Change Delivery Framework (CDF)
• Develop detailed work stream plans; manage and report on progress
• Staff teams and execute to plan
• Own work stream deliverables and assist with cross work stream integration
• Identify and resolve work stream issues and risks; proactively raise any potential issues or risks with respect to solution, schedule, quality, people, etc. to Program Management
• Understand project and release scope, business outcomes and priorities; integrate this into daily execution approach
• Align stakeholders and all impacted downstream and other IT areas in terms of staffing and allocations.
• Assist with managing agreed upon scope and direct specific outcomes of the project(s) and releases. Define and execute Key Success Criteria (Go/No Decision making framework)
• Create, deploy and manage Communication Plan including all key stakeholders
• Assist with planning project effort estimates and high level duration planning, resource planning, ensuring ability to meet these timelines
• Identify, communicate and manage project risks and issues. Manage escalation and change control process for project(s). Negotiate with business and IT on change items (time, budget, scope).
• Financial reporting for assigned work streams/ project
• Understand and apply corporate IT standards, ensure SOX and Audit compliance
• Manage integrated project plan (where applicable), coordination of multiple work streams and dependencies within
• Manage coordination of dependencies with other IT areas (e.g., ICC, Claims, Genius, Tracker, Print) where applicable
• Work collaboratively within and across program team members to execute work stream/project tasks and complete deliverables, per scope, budget and timeline Similar to various bullets above – are we repeating responsibilities?
• Apply strong communication, collaboration, risk mitigation, sound contingency management and problem solving skills to provide leadership and strategic direction to assigned project(s)
• Define and execute transition of the project(s) to production support team after 30 days warranty period post go live
• Provide input to Governance and Dashboard reporting for assigned work streams/ project for steering committee and executive governance board
• Strong ability to manage multiple small to large projects concurrently.
Skills
Skills Suggestions:
• Bachelor's degree and 15 years business/IT experience required
• Solid technical background with managing application development.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Solid leadership and cross-functional team development abilities
• Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with peers and management
• Organization-wide perspective
• Solid problem solving and decision making skills
• Proved track record of results orientation
• Effective management of issues, escalations and tasks
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Accountable and is able to hold others accountable
• Flexible and adaptable
• Customer focused
• Solid influencing skills
• Passion for learning
• Good listener and open to different points of view
• Self-directed, self-motivated and independent work
• Knowledge of MS Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint
• Significant experience with MS Project
• Industry certifications including PMO, Agile, SCRUM a plus, but not required
Whitehouse Station, NJ
3 Months (Extension Possible)
We currently have an opening for a Senior IT Project Manager on our PRS IT PMO team. The Senior IT Project Manager will have responsibility for the management and coordination of multiple concurrent projects within the PRS application portfolio. IT projects in this portfolio are varied in size and complexity. .
Responsibilities
• On-time, on-budget delivery of project(s) per agreed upon scope and quality metrics
• Execute projects in alignment to Client Project Management Framework – Client Change Delivery Framework (CDF)
• Develop detailed work stream plans; manage and report on progress
• Staff teams and execute to plan
• Own work stream deliverables and assist with cross work stream integration
• Identify and resolve work stream issues and risks; proactively raise any potential issues or risks with respect to solution, schedule, quality, people, etc. to Program Management
• Understand project and release scope, business outcomes and priorities; integrate this into daily execution approach
• Align stakeholders and all impacted downstream and other IT areas in terms of staffing and allocations.
• Assist with managing agreed upon scope and direct specific outcomes of the project(s) and releases. Define and execute Key Success Criteria (Go/No Decision making framework)
• Create, deploy and manage Communication Plan including all key stakeholders
• Assist with planning project effort estimates and high level duration planning, resource planning, ensuring ability to meet these timelines
• Identify, communicate and manage project risks and issues. Manage escalation and change control process for project(s). Negotiate with business and IT on change items (time, budget, scope).
• Financial reporting for assigned work streams/ project
• Understand and apply corporate IT standards, ensure SOX and Audit compliance
• Manage integrated project plan (where applicable), coordination of multiple work streams and dependencies within
• Manage coordination of dependencies with other IT areas (e.g., ICC, Claims, Genius, Tracker, Print) where applicable
• Work collaboratively within and across program team members to execute work stream/project tasks and complete deliverables, per scope, budget and timeline Similar to various bullets above – are we repeating responsibilities?
• Apply strong communication, collaboration, risk mitigation, sound contingency management and problem solving skills to provide leadership and strategic direction to assigned project(s)
• Define and execute transition of the project(s) to production support team after 30 days warranty period post go live
• Provide input to Governance and Dashboard reporting for assigned work streams/ project for steering committee and executive governance board
• Strong ability to manage multiple small to large projects concurrently.
Skills
Skills Suggestions:
• Bachelor's degree and 15 years business/IT experience required
• Solid technical background with managing application development.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Solid leadership and cross-functional team development abilities
• Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with peers and management
• Organization-wide perspective
• Solid problem solving and decision making skills
• Proved track record of results orientation
• Effective management of issues, escalations and tasks
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Accountable and is able to hold others accountable
• Flexible and adaptable
• Customer focused
• Solid influencing skills
• Passion for learning
• Good listener and open to different points of view
• Self-directed, self-motivated and independent work
• Knowledge of MS Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint
• Significant experience with MS Project
• Industry certifications including PMO, Agile, SCRUM a plus, but not required
Source : Georgia IT Inc.