Senior Project Manager / Program Manager

Location : Los Angeles, CA (Remote Till Jan and Candidate need to go onsite from Feb )

Duration : Long- term/

Salary/rate : $65/hr. or 125K

Below are few key expectations:

• Work closely with a Portfolio Manager and share his load.
• Create Business cases & approaches to propose to Customer's leadership team.
• Oversee multiple initiatives managed by other project managers

Jobs Description:

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for on-time, in-scope and in-budget delivery of identified projects and leading a project team

• Good to have experience in Utility domain
• Help in managing programs / portfolio
• Focus on Creating and reviewing Concepts, Approaches & Business cases
• Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of projects including scope, schedule, resources
• Working with PM to ensure all concepts and Business case are reviewed, submitted as plan
• Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Provide clear reporting of project status including timelines, milestone tracking, budget status, risk & issue identification, and resource management.
• Communicate project status to key stakeholders and management
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
• Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for staff members required for specific projects or initiatives
• Present to stakeholders reports on project progress as well as problems and solutions
• Manage project documentation deliverables throughout the life cycle.
• Ensure Change Management is not an after taught on all projects, but a part and parcel of the overall delivery.

Skills & Basic Qualifications:

• 6+ years Technical Project management experience (waterfall, agile and hybrid methodologies)
• 3+ years of Program & Portfolio Management experience
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, conflict/resolution management, active listening, time management, and interpersonal skills required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to details and ability to handle ambiguity.
• Preference of working under pressure while managing multiple tasks and organizing work effectively
• Great meeting facilitation skills and effective team player.
• Mastery level understanding software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Previous experience with project management tools like MS Project or similar.
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Strong computer literacy and experience with office software such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.
• Customer-focused mindset with Coaching mentality and willingness to learn
• A PMP, Prince2 or CSM will be an added advantage.
• Strong experience with vendor management.