IT Project Manager

Title

IT Project Manager
Duration: 6+ Months

Location:

5 days a week in Berkeley Heights

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience; PMP and/or CSM certification preferred
• 10+ years of progressive technology portfolio and project management experience, including management of major application development projects, in a large operating environment.
• Proficient in Agile Methodology
• Proven success in delivering projects within budget and specified time frames, while ensuring customer satisfaction
• Ability to handle multiple projects and assignments
• Meeting Management – able to effectively prepare, conduct, participate in and follow up on business meetings.
• Planning – Demonstrates the ability to identify project interdependencies and synergies; to identify alternatives; make contingency plans and develop action plans to implement successfully.
• Organizational Skills – Demonstrates the capacity to embrace change and quickly adapt to new situations, changes in direction, and altering priorities and to thrive in a fast paced dynamic environment.
• Critical Thinking – able to demonstrate critical thinking, providing options and recommendations relating to resolving issues, mitigating risks, and resolving escalated items.
• Collaboration Skills – able to actively participate (listen and facilitate) group discussion to plan execution and or problem resolution.
• Problem Solving – able to quickly identify, analytically examine impact, plan and execute effective resolution strategies through resolution.
• Risk Management – knowledge of process, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling and organization's exposure (assets, liabilities, reputation, non-compliance, etc.)
• Organizational Savvy – knowledge of and ability to effectively navigate formal and informal communication and decision-making channels.
• Budgeting – knowledge of specific policies and practices for planning and administration of budget.
• Coaching & Mentoring – able to encourage, motivate and guide individuals and teams in learning and improving effectiveness.
• Issue Management – able to understand the scope of identified issues, the priority, resources required to resolve, properly tracks, and documents the issue and applies the correct level of follow up required to drive to completion.
• Scope Management – able to take ownership to understand the full scope the project and become a custodian of any scope changes by applying critical thinking and negotiation skills.
• Leadership – Demonstrates the ability to influence others and drive effective change by taking control of difficult situations, providing clear, concise direction to team members and positively influencing others.