Project Manager

Job Description:

The client is seeking a Program Manager to provide successful definition, implementation and delivery of complex programs that require cross-functional collaboration and interdependencies across a group of projects and/or related activities. Job Responsibilities: Deliver programs within the constraints of scope, quality, time and budget and under circumstances involving multiple moderate-probability, moderate-impact risk factors. Program-level strategic planning, interaction with executive level management, complex issue resolution, excellent communications and team building skills. Manage a group or groups of internal exempt and matrixed employees and contractors that serve on the project(s) to deliver systems and systems enhancements that meet specified requirements. Oversight of project scope definition and management, requirements gathering and documentation, time estimating, project schedule development and tracking, project budget management, project status reporting, issue and risk management, contingency planning, customer interaction, and communications across multiple organizational levels.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.

PMP certification and 5-7 years experience.

Project estimating, project scheduling & tracking, customer interaction and management, implementation planning in large organizations. Proven team building skills. Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities. Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization. Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions. Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment. Experience with software development lifecycle.

Must Have Skills:

• Agile experience (4+ years working with teams to plan sprints and/or program increments; creating epics, features, stories that are well-crafted and sized)

• Risk/Issue Management (ability to identify/report/resolve)

Nice to Have Skills:

• Information Security, especially Identity and Access Management (familiarity with the capabilities and working on implementation projects/programs for these spaces)

• Familiarity with Jira

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