Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager

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We are currently seeking a Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager to join our team in worcester, Massachusetts (US-MA), United States (US).Responsibilities/

Essential Functions:

At an intermediate level for moderately complex work Project Control and Complexity
• Leads moderately complex projects and has accountability for the estimating, planning, scheduling, tracking, management of risk, budget, change management, problem resolution, reporting and communicating
• Manages interdependencies within their projects
• Provides transparency and reporting to overall governance and steering structure Communication
• Leads the interaction with business partners, project team members, other IT colleagues, and external vendors to ensure clarity of the business problem, outcome and scope and ensures issues and risks are understood and resolved.

Business Acumen
• Develops relationships through collaboration with all appropriate parties by demonstrating intermediate understanding of business strategies and objectives as they relate to their operating models, products, and distribution models.
• Has an awareness of external industry trends and key competitorsLeadership
• Responsible for building team alignment, encouraging team effort and successes, embracing continuous performance improvement, modeling the way, and developing followership through his/her daily interactions with the team.

Vendor Management
• Accountable for the onboarding, assignment and achievement of service levels for Vendor Resources on the project
• Manage the vendor outcome through active collaboration and feedback with Program Management and Vendor Management
• Is aware and may have participated in the definition of contract terms for any vendors on your project.

Best Practices
• Solicits and applies standards and best practices as defined by the project management Center of Excellence (Coe) and the Project Management Office (PMO)
• Accountable for innovation and continuous improvement
• Responsible for applying best practices associated with risk management at a project level
• May contribute to advancing and championing best practices, partnering with Project Management Office (PMO) and as a member of the Project Management Center of Excellence (COE)
Required Skills & Competencies and

Experience:

Skill:
Applies Core PM Skills at an intermediate level for moderately complex work Core skills
• Communication – Ability to listen carefully, and communicate clearly and concisely (written/verbal, internal / external)
• Communication – Ability to synthesize, simplify, and communicate concepts to drive informed business decision making
• Organization – Planning and accomplishing tasks in a structured manner; make sound decisions, prioritize and concentrate on the task to deliver high-quality, desirable results
• Critical thinking / decision making - Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the Hanover
• Facilitation – Organizing a group to understand and achieve the objectives
• Influence - Positively influence to achieve results that are in the best interest of the Hanover
• Negotiation – Effectively working with others to reach a beneficial outcome over one or more issues where a conflict exists with respect to at least one of these issues
• Team management / coaching - Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness
• Risk management – Ability to…