The deadline to apply for this opportunity is July 11, 2024.
Job Description: The Project Manager is responsible for leading projects from their inception to execution to closure. The Project Manager will collaborate and develop working relationships with affected stakeholders at all levels and will ensure that team members are kept appropriately informed of project activities and are encouraged to participate as appropriate.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Defines the scope of assigned corporate and IT projects in collaboration with stakeholders to understand the best business and technology investments to address processes and concerns. Reviews vendor products and services to ensure all technologies properly integrate together. Creates documentation to address business requirements based on the viewpoints of each department in the workplace. Translates business requirements to scope; prepares project and technology plans and participates with budget discussions as needed; creates detailed work plans which identify and sequence the activities needed to successfully complete the project(s); this also includes identified risks to the project with mitigation steps, as well as a plan of action for project failure.
- Determines the resources required to complete the project; acts as business and IT liaison to assess stakeholder resource allocation and impact to service areas; collaborates with stakeholders to recruit, interview and select staff with the appropriate skills for the project activities; and ensures that all project team members receive an appropriate orientation to the project. This includes planning and managing the scope, schedule, costs, resources, quality, communications and risks of the project, including but not limited to a focus on information technology integration and alignment on CU projects. The Project Manager will leverage change management principles and practices to help guide the outcomes of the project.
- Develops a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities; reviews the project schedule with necessary staff that will be affected by the project activities; revises the schedule as required; cooperates and collaborates with other employees in the spirit of teamwork.
- Determines the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion; monitors the progress of the project and makes adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project; reviews the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project standards; evaluates the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase and provide timely updates on projects to the VP Project Management and Executive Leadership.
- Reviews the project schedule with necessary staff that will be affected by the project activities; revises the schedule as required; ensures the project deliverables are on time and at the required level of quality; executes the project according to the project plan; manages staff and tasks within project scope.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Experience: Three or more years of experience in managing projects is required. Three or more years of experience with Core Systems is preferred.
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience, is required. PMP certification, or equivalent, is preferred.
Other Skills Required:
- Must have a track record of building strong, effective teams of people with complementary skills.
- Must possess strong collaborative problem solving skills and strong project management
- Must have high proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Must have high proficiency with industry-standard project management software such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of the organization.
- Must possess strong data analysis skills.
- Must have ability to prioritize demands from multiple projects.
- Must have ability to conduct training, communicate at panel discussions, and make professional presentations, including but not limited to Board and C-Level presentations
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)