Senior Project Manager

Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years)

Pay Range: $68.28 – $71.51 per hour

The Project Manager plans, executes, and finalizes projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan. The Project Manager will also define project objectives & oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.

• Direct & manage project development from beginning to end, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.
• Define project scope, goals & deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Estimate resources & participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Set &continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Identify & resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify & manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Plan & schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Track project milestones & deliverables.
• Develop & deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Determine frequency & content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
• Define project success criteria & disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Coach, mentor, & motivate project team members to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Build, develop, & grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop best practices & tools for project execution and management.

Education & Corresponding Experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.

With bachelor's degree, 10 years of direct work experience is required.

With a bachelor's degree not in applicable fields, 12 years of direct work experience is required.

Without a degree, 14 years of direct work experience is required.

Experience must include direct work experience in a Finance or an Information Technology project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution, including strong familiarity with project management software.

10 years of demonstrated project management experience, to include:

• Fundamental operation, function, and workflow of a project management system regarding timelines, dependencies, deliverables, milestones, and resources.
• Use of industry standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding and development of technical specifications and project plans.
• Coordinating or running multiple projects simultaneously.
• Working knowledge of System Life Cycle (SLC) principles.
• Demonstrated experience with Visio flowcharts.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Project

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience in a utility, government, or finance organization.
• Demonstrated experience planning and leading organizational change management activities.
• Demonstrated experience to facilitate requirements development or business process mapping.