IT Project Manager

Responsibilities :

• Serve as lead and conduit between IT and operational functions to drive deployments and integration of technology solutions
• Develop overall project timelines and key milestones; ensure teams meet critical dates leveraging Project Management software
• Manage all phases of projects: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closure
• Partner with teams cross functionally to promote seamless integration of new technologies within a mixed computing environment
• Coordinate delivery of development (beta) and production releases that meet quality assurance standards
• Assist team through regressions testing and lead effort to identify potential impacts and bugs, including risk management and mitigation efforts
• Facilitate decision-making, arbitrate impasses, remove barriers and ultimately drive projects to completion
• Closely monitor implementations, track deployment issues and formulate fallback strategies
• Recognize and address shifts in project complexity, scope and risks
• Ensure project risks are managed and communicate risks and implications to management as appropriate
• Analyze feasibility and cost of technology deployments to lead the team to go/no-go decisions
• Work with team to identify and execute cost savings opportunities
• Sets direction and communicates a clear vision of the projects and motivates the project team to achieve them.
• Coordinates with IT departments to ensure that appropriate timing, resources, and sequencing of the work efforts are aligned to produce the desired result according to the project schedule
• Builds a strong relationship with the business owner and key stakeholders of the project, ensures that the project is aligned with customer expectations, and facilitates project decision making
• Creating a project environment that enables peak performance by team members: open disclosure of issues, alignment to project goals, coaching to clarify deliverables, escalation procedures, etc.

Qualification :

• BS in Computers Science or Related
• Project Management Institute (PMI), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or other IT industry project management certification preferred
  

Experience :

• 5-7 years experience in similar position
• Excellent communication skills (oral & written)
• Bilingual Preferred
• Excellent Project Management experience
• Experience in managing medium to large information technology including vendor management preferred.
• Experience in using a formal Solutions Delivery Life Cycle/Methodology

Skill Set :

• Experience leading projects in application development, systems integration and infrastructure implementations
• Strong understanding of project governance, software development and testing life cycles
• Firm understanding and knowledge of IT infrastructure, protocols and vendor management

Remote Work :

No