Title: Senior Project Manager
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Atlanta GA
Client: Atlanta Information Management
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Job Description:
Scope of Work:
This scope of work is a deliverable based engagement. The requirements of which include delivering the AIM directed portfolio of projects
on time on budget within scope and meeting the quality standards of the organization.
The currently known portfolio includes:
- Audit of Active Directory
- Field Network Support Enhancements
- AIM SIPOC (Suppliers Inputs Processes Outputs Customers)
- Updating the AIM Webpage and Delivering an SOP for ongoing maintenance
- Introducing Security around Data Loss Prevention
- Introducing Security Enclaves
- Additionally the scope will include projects still being sourced such as:
- Application & Development team needs
- Infrastructure & Operations team needs
- CIO directed initiatives around major events coming to Atlanta
- In accordance with the policies of AIM1 these projects are to be initiated executed monitored controlled and closed out by the team to be engaged. AIM recognizes and adheres to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for initiating managing delivering and closing projects. The engaged partner will be expected to perform accordingly.
Resource Responsibilities:
- Project/ Manager Responsibilities. The Project/ Manager plans and coordinates all aspects of IT specific projects from initiation to delivery.
- The role of this position is to plan execute and finalize projects according to agreed upon deadlines and within budget.
- The role also includes acquiring resources and coordinating efforts of team members and thirdparty contractors or consultants to deliver projects according to the elished project plan.
- This role defines the project s objectives and ensures delivery of quality.
General Duties:
- Manages projects that often involve network server or software implementation and upgrades PC deployment and other similar projects.
- Coordinates work done by IT staff and internal customers/partners by defining project requirements performing feasibility and needs/impact essments.
- Develops detailed project plans and manages all implementation processes including resource allocation progress tracking monitoring change control process testing doentation training and ontime delivery within budget constraints.
Strategy & Planning:
- Define project scope goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
- Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
- Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
- Track project milestones and deliverables.
- Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team yze results and trouble problem areas.
- Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
- Conduct project postmortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
- Develop best practices and tools for project and management.
Acquisition & Deployment:
- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
- Draft and submit budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
- Where required negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
- Determine and ess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
Operational Management:
- Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
- Develop fullscale project plans and ociated communications doents.
- Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
- Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
- Develop and deliver progress reports proposals requirements doentation and presentations.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope identify potential crises and devise contingency plans.
- Coach mentor motivate and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their igned work.
- Build develop and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
"If you are: bright motivated sed a differencemaker able to get things done work with minimum direction enthusiastic a thinker able to juggle and multitask communicate effectively and lead then we would like to hear from you. We need exceptionally capable people for this role for our client so get back to us and tell us why you think you are a fit."
About us:
Required Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field
Education
Bachelor s degree in computer Science or related field.