Job Title: Sr. Project Manager
Job Duration: 6 Months
Job Location: Paramus NJ 07652 (Onsite)
Onsite Role
Looking from UTILITIES OR WATER OR ELECTRIC background
Required:
- Knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma and continuous improvement processes.
- Understanding of infrastructure systems: wide area / local networks and related equipment Cloud servers personal computing backup and other system applications etc.
- Proficient in or ability to quickly learn Google Suite of Applications especially Google Slides and Sheets as well as Project Management tools.
- Exceptional verbal and written communications; persuasive and motivating.
- Ability to drive discussions to elicit vision goals requirements and other business information from executives and teams.
- Strong understanding of project and software development life cycles (i.e. PMLC SDLC; Waterfall Iterative; SCRUM etc.).
- Ability to quickly troubleshoot problems that may arise in work products as well as manage a range of activities in a busy fast-changing operating environment.
- Strong analytical skills applied to understanding business functionality technical solutions and support requirements.
- Experience in Utilities (water or electric) industries preferred.
- Experience in major infrastructure and application deployment projects.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Management Information Systems or related field.
- PMP ITIL Lean/Six Sigma certifications preferred.
- At least 5 years of technology project management experience working closely with technology teams the business and third-parties.
- Experience leading business technology discussions projects and programs including coordinating meetings and presenting project deliverables.
- Experience working in a PMO structured environment with standard documentation and tools.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with others to plan and execute projects with high quality deliverables according to deadlines and within budget.
- This includes requesting resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors to deliver solutions according to plan.
- Will work with stakeholders to define the projects objectives design solutions and provide status updates on achievements throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage issues and escalations providing updates and support to internal customers as needed.
- Gather and analyze data in support of business cases proposed projects and systems requirements.
- Work with executives and senior leaders to create and maintain a plan to achieve the strategic vision and objectives of the project.
- Partner with business and technology partners to define project scope design solutions and create other deliverables that support business goals.
- Estimate the resources and costs needed to achieve project goals.
- Draft and submit budget proposals track financials and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
- Identify and mitigate risks resolve issues or escalate through proper channels.
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical paths.
- Plan schedule and maintain project milestones using appropriate tools and project team meetings.
- Produce regular status and ad hoc reports for the Steering Committee and other audiences.
- Partner with business to coordinate user acceptance testing communications and training.
- Ensure and/or develop required documentation on projects including deliverables to describe installation support model and operating procedures.