Project Manager - Rosemont, United States - 360-TSG (Tech Staffing Group)

Description

Work Experience
5 years of experience managing technology related projects involving custom development or systems integration projects. 3 years' experience managing cross-functional, large platform implementation programs or projects
Job Opening ID
ZR_153_JOB
City
Rosemont
State/Province
Zip/Postal Code
60018
Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join an organization as a Project Manager within the PMO. You will have the opportunity to serve in a critical role as a PM in the PMO office.

As a project manager you will be responsible for leading teams to deliver projects that span cross-functional business teams, managing resources, schedules and budgets while ensuring adherence to the PMO's standards and guidelines for project management and systems development delivery.

This includes the management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.

The Project Manager, PMO will also be accountable for contributing to process improvement initiatives as it relates to project delivery.

The role will work independently and be accountable for project implementations on a day to day basis.

This includes ensuring that assigned projects produce the required deliverables of quality within the specified constraints of time, cost and/or resources while still achieving the stated business outcomes.

As the PM you will ideally have a solid understanding of cross-enterprise system implementations including the ability to plan and lead initiating and planning activities including requirements and specification elicitation leveraging the best fit methodology for the project including, but not limited to, agile epics and stories, business requirements, use cases, wireframes, etc.

You will manage assigned projects that span one or more cross-functional teams; accountable for full project life cycle ownership; successful project delivery will include full system implementation from initiation to deployment.

You will prepare estimates and detailed project plans for all phases a project, in addition to managing the day to day project activities and resources.

Participates in and/or manages the execution of feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders.

Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables.

Demonstrates a functional acumen to support how solutions will address stakeholder needs while aligning to best practices; demonstrates expertise in scope planning and management and requirements elicitation and management.

Develop and deliver scope overviews, status reports, project proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences including project teams, sponsors, senior leadership and key stakeholders.

Provides detailed analysis of business needs to identify and document key requirements for technology systems and their success.

Identifies and informs continuous improvement opportunities within TDS, the PMO and cross-organizationally to drive best practices and increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Requirements

Experience managing technology related projects involving custom development or systems integration projects.

Experience in a diverse business environment with demonstrated skills in supporting technology initiatives, project or program management, and systems design.

Experience managing cross-functional, large platform implementation programs or projects.

Experience in a rapidly changing environment and ability to adapt to change while still maintaining a structured approach to program and project implementation.

Strong familiarity with project management lifecycle methodology based upon Project Management Institute (PMI) standards.

Familiarity with Quality Assurance processes and procedures.

Experience working across multiple System Development Methodologies including waterfall, hybrid, agile, SCRUM, etc.

Demonstrated technical knowledge and understanding of web technologies, object oriented programming methodologies, and technology architecture paradigms.

Understanding of relational databases, technology architecture, content architecture, and enterprise platforms.

Strong communication skills, including the ability to present complex ideas and concepts.

Excellent documentation and writing skills.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Visio and MS Project.

Experience creating business process, business requirements and specification level detail documentation.

Experience using web-based collaboration tools.


Plus:
Development management tools such as VSTS or JIRA.

Experience working in a structured PMO a plus.

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