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Project Manager. We are in need of a Project Manager to fulfill a contract opportunity with our Columbus, Ohio client. The contractor will plan and manage large sized IT projects of moderate to high complexity, leveraging cross functional teams, and ensure project results contribute to positive business value and meet agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and quality objectives
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering a given strategic initiative
• Ensures end results are highest caliber with a clearly articulated scope and quantifiable business case
• Directs large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners
• Accountable for one or more than one initiatives
• Directly manages all aspects of the project lifecycle and works with matrix IT partners to oversee all SDLC phases of a project
• Rigorously manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost and quality parameters
• Validates financial forecasts and provides on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures
• Establishes and executes a project communication plan; chairs Core Team and Steering Committee meetings to review progress and facilitate decisions with key stakeholders
• Defines and tracks project milestones while developing, maintaining and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan
• Responsible for all aspects of cost management, including estimating, funding, budgeting, forecasting, controlling and reporting
• Manage invoices, purchase orders and contracts statements of work
• Establishes and executes a project communication plan, meeting facilitation; presentation and delivery
• Demonstrated success in team leadership, stakeholder management, process adherence, ownership/commitment, learning agility and risk management capabilities
• Proactively improves the project timeline through schedule management and progress tracking of schedule and budget
• Canvasses team to identify all project risk, develops mitigation strategies/plans and works to have strategies in place should they be needed
• Negotiates conflict resolution when needed between team members or product owners
• Utilizes motivation techniques to ensure project team reaches goals and milestones
• Negotiates with product owner to obtain key resources or materials
Requirements:
• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; deliver tough messages with grace; execute with limited information and ambiguity
• Ability to navigate a highly matrixed organization effectively
• Solid influencing skills
• Sound business and technical acumen
• Focused and versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure
• Exemplary core project management skills including multiple aspects of the PMBOK
• Proven experience with MS Project
• Proven experience managing medium to large project teams consisting of both offshore / off site resources
• Previous experience managing / controlling project budgets greater than $5M
• Strong stakeholder management skills with proven ability to work with C-Level project sponsors
• Minimum 5 years work experience required
• Strong analytical, leadership, problem solving, critical thinking, organizational, and planning skills
• Strong communications skills both oral and written
• Proficient PC Skills; including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products
• BS in computer or related field.
Fast Switch, Ltd.
4900 Blazer Parkway
Dublin, OH 43017
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