Senior IT Project Manager - Telecom; Hybrid

Overview

Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager with experience managing Telecom projects for their Vancouver, Washington location. This position will work closely with the Controls & Communications, Operational Services, and Application Services organizations to coordinate, shepherd, and facilitate Control Center and Telecom projects from inception to conclusion.

This hybrid position (2 days in office) is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you think this position aligns well with your professional experience, we want to hear from you!

• Provide project management expertise and support and facilitate manager-assigned Control Center (CC) strategic initiative project or projects, from beginning to end, providing expert guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development as requested by and with guidance from the manager, team lead or other personnel with the authority to do so.
• Take a pro-active stance on project risk management.
• Communicate regularly with executive sponsors, key stakeholders, strategic partners, and managers independently and in team meetings.
• Support and facilitate the following functions:
• Written and verbal sponsor communication.
• Project team communications and coordination.
• Inter-project team communications and coordination.
• Issues and risk management.
• Coordination with IT resources.
• Coordination with the program enterprise architect.
• Team meeting and sponsor meeting management.
• Support and facilitate the following deliverables:
• Scope Definition and Management.
• Implement Organizational Design and Change Management with respect to a culture resistant to change.
• Process and System Design requirements.
• Communication and project management best practice gap analysis.
• Coordinate and assist management with transitions of identified project resources as needed.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements.

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred.
• 10 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor’s degree.
• 14 years of direct work experience is required without a degree or a non-applicable bachelor’s degree.
• Experience must include project management of full lifecycle IT Software, IT Hardware, Data Integration, Telecom and/or Network Infrastructure related projects, developing technical specifications and project plans for medium-to large-sized projects.
• Advanced skills with MS Project to include fundamental operation, function, and workflow of MS Project regarding timelines, dependencies, project expectations, milestones, and resources.
• Demonstrated ability to manage IT Software, IT Hardware, Data Integration, Telecom and/or Network Infrastructure projects, and/or Applications Integrations projects in accordance with industry project management principles.
• Expert at supporting the full lifecycle of projects through the IT Systems Development Lifecycle.
• Expert at eliciting information from stakeholders, documenting and communicating, including via Project Plans, Functional & Technical Specifications, Schedules, Resource Plans, Budgets, and Presentations.
• Demonstrated experience with expert-level communication and customer service skills to advance assigned project(s) forward in a large agency environment with multiple stakeholders.

We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates

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