Assignment Details
Our client, a leading management consulting firm, is looking to engage with an IT Project Manager.
Work Involves:
- Accountable for the IT Portfolio processes including IT planning, portfolio governance, project methodology framework, and resource capacity management
- Ensure project management standards are being executed across the IT project portfolio
- Drive improvements into the PMO program and ensure industry best practices are leveraged
- Perform team member supervision including performance management, career growth, and development
- Create and maintain staffing plans. Ensures the team is properly trained and staffed to handle the projected workload, both from internal staffing and external staffing support. Makes recommendations to management regarding long-term contractors and/or additions to the staff.
- Analyze project proposals to determine time frame, funding limitations and appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
- Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle, and confer with project staff to outline work plan.
- Implement project communications including project steering committee meetings and status reports
- Manage project risks and issues and implement mitigation plans.
- Ensure that project goal are accomplished and in line with business objectives.
- Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure the project delivers on schedule and within budget.
The project requires Full-Time capacity for the duration of 6 months.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business or related field.
- A minimum of 4+ years experience performing project management roles on complex projects
- Experience in the Business Analysis discipline
- Experience with Lean concepts and applying them in a technology environment
- Experience managing an IT Portfolio or Project Management Office.
- Experience in a supervisory or management position.
- Experience managing external partner relationships and contract staff
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal skills, and organization skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to speak and write about technical issues for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to set and meet goals, assess resource needs, develop schedules, monitor and communicate status, and develop processes and procedures.
- Ability to take ambiguity and clarify for self and others
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6 month(s)
5+ years 
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