- 5+ years of experience as a project manager.
- Utilities experience is not mandatory but good to have.
- Certification Requirements (Any Preferences): PMP
- Strong people & communication skills
Sr Project Manager - Portland, United States - BizTek People, Inc. | APA International Placement Consultants
Description
Title: Sr Project Manager
Duration: 8 Months
Location: Portland, OR
Description
Need a PM to get us through the funding process and then execution of AldenOne, It is a record management system that you can use for real-time storage and review in the field. The is a small team, mostly working with the biz, working through budgets, paperwork, and team to get this project done.
A lot of daily interaction with multiple teams and stakeholders. Conflicting priorities and the extended funding process.
RESPONSABILITIES
· Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices.
· Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
· Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
· Leads functional teams or projects.
· Takes full responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation, and satisfactory completion of projects (typically with direct business impact and firm deadlines)
· Identifies, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project.
· Ensures that realistic project plans are created and maintained and ensures regular and accurate communication to stakeholders, consistent with the methods in use (Agile, waterfall, etc.)
· Ensures quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure.
· Manages the change control procedure and ensures that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale and resource budgets and are signed off.
· Provides effective leadership to the project team and takes appropriate action were team performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
· Advises on the available standards, procedures, methods, tools, and techniques.
· Evaluates project and/or program performance and recommends changes where necessary.
· Contributes to reviews and audits of project and program management to ensure conformance to standards.
· Promotes and ensures use of appropriate techniques, methodologies, and tools.
· Manages financial planning and budgeting. Develops financial plans and forecasts. Monitors and manages IT expenditure, ensuring that all IT financial targets are met, and examining any areas where budgets and expenditure exceed their agreed tolerances. Analyzes actual expenditure, explains variances, and advises on options in use of available budget.
· Analyzes business processes; identifies alternative solutions, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches, typically seeking to exploit technology components.
· Evaluates the financial, cultural, technological, organizational, and environmental factors which must be addressed in the change program.
· Establishes client requirements for the implementation of significant changes in organizational mission, business functions and process, organizational roles and responsibilities and scope or nature of service delivery.
· Ensures that program/project leads and/or service owners adhere to the agreed project management approach and timetable and that they provide the appropriate information to agreed targets of timelines and accuracy. Produces reports as appropriate for project governance, including making recommendations for changes to the project.
· Defines solution development projects which support the organization's objectives and plans.
· Ensures that senior management is both aware of and able to provide the required resources. Facilitates availability and optimum utilization of resources.
· Monitors and reports on the progress of development projects, ensuring that projects are carried out in accordance with agreed standards, methods, and procedures (including secure software development).
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