Senior Project Manager

Location:
Portland, OR ( Hybrid preferred, Remote optional)

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.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• 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

Preferred Technical Skills & Experience

• 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.

Everest Consultants offers the following benefits for this position: medical, dental, & vision insurance, short-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, and a referral bonus program, paid sick/vacation/holidays, and a health and welfare fringe benefit.