Project Manager,IT Project Manager,Systems Analyst Job Aliso Viejo area,California USA,IT/Tech

Responsibilities:

Perform end-to-end management of a single or portfolio of projects with TCV 500K
- *** Mn in deliverables based or outcome-based model.
Ensure success and acceptance criteria of the project are met and customer satisfaction is enhanced.
Identify key stakeholders and maintain positive business relationships among stakeholders.
Maintain regular communication with customers, partners, and suppliers.
Define activities, responsibilities, critical milestones, resources, skills needs, interfaces, and budget.
Anticipate risks and manage them with suitable risk management strategies and contingency plans.
Define and implement the governance model as per the project needs.
Plan and implement metrics-driven management model and quantitatively assess project health.
Orchestrate projects to develop or implement new processes to meet identified business needs.
Build, manage, and nurture high-performing teams, providing individual and team mentoring.
Adopt and build software engineering best practices which can be leveraged by other teams.

Requirements:

Conduct requirements analysis, requirements elicitation, scope control, and scope prioritization based on customer needs.
Drive the creation of common standards such as design documents and traceability matrix.
Partner with the customer to define their requirements and manage customer expectations.
Conduct impact analysis of any scope changes and negotiate with the customer for scope prioritization.
Consolidate estimates at a solution level, evaluate risks, and validate estimates.
Conduct resource planning at a project level based on project requirements.
Identify and plan the end-to-end activities required to meet the project acceptance criteria.
Proactively identify dependencies that might impact the project KPIs and closely track them.
Identify internal and external stakeholders on the project and define the communication plan.
Ensure the test approach is defined and agreed for the project and support system integration testing.
Ensure and drive the process within the scope of the project and provide information during configuration audits.
Create continuous quality improvement plans and define QA processes.
Guide team members to conduct research to keep abreast of the key business environment and competitive landscape.
Understand customer's technology landscape and map business requirements to technology requirements.
Analyze profitability for the project and create a profitability sheet based on the resource plan.
Define the pricing models for medium complex projects and conduct estimation for complex projects.
Establish a KM plan and platform that can be leveraged by new joiners to the project.
Comply with account management activities and drive towards the account management KPIs relevant for the project.
Present the proposed solution to the customer highlighting the solution benefits and road map.
Implement a framework to assess the skill level of the team and work with the team to define a skill enhancement plan.

Preferred Skills:

Impact and influence, relationship building, and project strategy planning.
Identify project risks and define action plans to manage.
Communicate project progress to all relevant parties.
Delegate tasks and manage team member contributions appropriately.
Manage external, contracted resources to achieve project objectives.
Optimize project portfolio timelines and delivery objectives.
Assess project health using quantitative measures and change the course of action as needed.
Collaborate with different techno-functional teams to ensure the right standards and practices are implemented.

Knowledge Examples:

A project methodology, including approaches to define project steps and tools to set up action plans.
Technologies to be implemented within the project and company business strategy and business processes.
Development and compliance with financial plans and budgets.
Structured project management methodologies (e.g., agile techniques).
Estimation techniques, metrics analysis, and quantitative management.
People management including goal setting, growth aspects, and coaching.

Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Systems Analyst