Senior Project Manager - Tallahassee, United States - Optomi

Description

The Sr.

Technical Project Manager will identify, plan, and coordinate a set of projects to manage their interdependencies in support of specific business strategies across Data Platforms & Products You will apply project management principles, practices, and techniques to lead and control project schedule, scope, quality, cost, and performance risks independently, for multiple complex technology projects.

The Sr.

Technical Project Manager will coordinate the activities of the project team by becoming familiar with project scope and goals, and the role and function of each team member.

The Sr.

Technical Project Manager will work closely with cross-discipline technology teams, leadership, and business partners to understand technical and business direction, milestones, and budget, and provide thought leadership to project management team.

Key Responsibilities:
Drive project initiation
Coordinate RFP/RFI process with Sourcing partners for vendor/product selection
Manage project planning during discovery phases
Manage execution of program
Coordinate and facilitate delivery of project goals
Ensure completion of tasks, maintaining project schedule and target dates
Lead high-priority matrix projects, which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration and interaction with project sponsors and teams
Conduct project meetings at leadership and executive director levels
Develop and manage a project change control process to ensure project team operates within the scope of change approval process
Provide input and feedback to team members
Identify and evaluate the risks associated with project activities and take appropriate action to mitigate the risks
Review available resources to maintain first-hand knowledge of where resources can be best allocated; reevaluate current resources to determine project resource surplus and shortfalls
Ensure adherence to quality standards and review deliverables
Track progress and review project activities to make certain deadlines are met appropriately
Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer goals
Prepare and execute project communication
Communicate with stakeholders to gain support for projects
Liaise with managers to ensure effective and efficient project delivery
Conduct regular status meetings with all partners, keeping the stakeholder's requirements in view
Collaborate with development staff and support staff to maintain thorough knowledge of capabilities, and to ensure precise communications between project teams and stakeholders
Create presentations and reports for executive leadership and stakeholders
Present program status and issues to leadership through formal presentations
Proactively communicate program status, issues, and risks to management
Manage project budget
Ensure that projects operate within the approved budget
Monitor all budgeted project expenditures
Ensure that all financial actuals for the project are up-to-date
Work with IT Project Controllers to oversee budget expenditures

Basic Qualifications
4+ years of Technical Program/Project management experience in data platforms & products leading high-profile projects, and are viewed as the "go-to" individual
Technical project team experience working with technology, business, and vendor teams
Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills
Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
Strong knowledge of project management processes including Agile, Kanban, Waterfall
Experience working with remote and global teams
Experience using JIRA, Confluence, and GitHub.
Experience with financial/budget management and complex cost-benefit analysis
Experience managing and prioritizing projects withing the portfolio
You are intently focused on the delivery of quality software, regardless of the challenges


Preferred Qualifications:
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Agile Certifications (CSM; ACP; CSPO; SAFe; LeSS)
Experience with portfolio management tools like Clarity
Experience with collaboration tools like SharePoint, SmartSheets
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Industry
Entertainment Providers
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Functions
Project Management
Skills
Jira
SharePoint
Clarity

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