Senior Project Manager

Title: Senior. Project Manager

Location: Minneapolis, MN



Job Description:

Information Security Improvement Program

Essential Functions:

Deliver projects on time and within budget, which meet strategic and business requirements.

Manage complex, strategic corporate initiatives while providing coaching and mentoring to other project team members.

Manage projects from initiation through delivery and closure.

Create and maintain project plan; identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones tasks; collect and report on progress to plan against individual project tasks as well as against the overall project.

Work with functional managers to ensure complete and appropriate resourcing; perform project plan analysis to identify critical path and resource issues.

Assign and manage work of project team members; provide support and direction.

Enable close cooperation across all roles and functions, address resource issues.

Create and execute a communication plan that includes both internal and external project communication.

Regularly meet with project sponsor and stakeholders to build relationship and manage expectations.

Manage the project budget, provide change control and ensure business readiness.

Manage issues and risks from identification to resolution.

Manage project documentation including project deliverable documents (scope, requirements/user stories, test plan and results) status reports, risks, issues, decisions, and action items.

Ensure compliance with company project management policies and standards.



Knowledge, Skill & Competency Requirements:

Excellent organizational skills.

Demonstrated ability to drive results, solve problems and adapt to change.

Demonstrated communication and influencing skills.

Experience with Project Management methodologies (SLDC, Waterfall, Iterative, Agile)

Experience with Agile Scrum methodology; ability to organize and facilitate scrum ceremonies.

Highly skilled in the use of Microsoft Project Server.



Education & Experience:

Must have 5 years project management experience.

Expert knowledge and understanding of IT SDLC.

Strong Information Security background, experience with vulnerability management, penetration testing and remediation, cybersecurity risk assessment & improvement.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

PMP certification or other formal project management training desired.

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