Project Manager, IT Project Manager

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services.

We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

The primary focus for this PM will be to manage the project to merge supplier identity management systems from a CA Site Minder/Identity Minder infrastructure to Oracle Access/Identity Manager while also considering a data center move from Erlanger, KY to Dallas, TX.

The Project Manager leads technical teams in the areas of application development and infrastructure in one or more phases from project inception to delivery. The PM is responsible for overall project strategy, user interface and technology, and develops project plans, deliverables and schedules, and to ensure the teams are meeting proposed milestones and goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Develops and maintains productive working relationships with project sponsors, stakeholders and key systems users.
• Oversees the project plan, project scope, schedules, resource estimates, project budget, issue management, risk management, change control and status reporting.
• Assists users in prioritizing new development projects, enhancement projects for existing systems, and system maintenance requests.
• Works closely with the users and technical teams to ensure that the business requirements are clear and well defined, and that the technical solutions meet the business requirements.
• Recommends projects to IT management and users for approval.
• Assesses alternative systems approaches for workability and economic feasibility.
• Estimates staff resource needs for analysts, programmers, user personnel, consultants, and equipment.
• Applies project management methodologies and best practices as directed by senior management or that are most appropriate for the project.
• Supervises technical resources, including contingent workers, associates and 3rd party vendor staff as appropriate.
• Plans team member work assignments and schedules, and guides and monitors work performance.
• Develops, manages and reviews project documentation including project plan, budget documentation and status reports.
• Communicates project status regularly to IT management and project stakeholders.
• Formalizes project activities and guides a project acceptance as a production system.
• Assists in the preparation of employee evaluations as required.
• Makes recommendations regarding staffing requirements and employee discipline, but does not have the authority to execute decision in these areas independently.
• Fulfills departmental requirements by providing work coverage and administrative notification during periods of personnel illness, vacation or education.

Requirements:
Needs a strong PM that understands technology, and can 'talk the talk' so to speak. PM will be working with the IT Risk Management / Security unit. Able to accommodate multiple collaborative/project management tools such as SharePoint, MS Project & Planview. Must adapt quickly to changing business needs/demands as the Toyota Sales & Manufacturing/R&D company merge together.