Project Management Specialist

Position: Project Management Specialist

Duration: 1 Year

Location: Montgomery AL (Onsite from Day 1)

Responsibility:

• Responsible for planning coordination status reporting and stability of operationsoriented work efforts.
• Establishes and implements project management processes and methodologies for the IT community to ensure projects are delivered on time within budget adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations.
• Responsible for assembling project plans and teamwork assignments coordinating and monitoring work efforts on a daily basis identifying resource needs performing quality review; and escalating functional quality timeline issues appropriately.
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of customers. Coordinates communication with areas of the enterprise that impacts the scope budget risk and resources of the work effort being managed.
• Assists Project Manager(s) and/or Business/Program Manager(s) in identifying and prioritizing opportunities for utilizing IT to achieve the goals of the enterprise as requested. Must possess advanced knowledge and proficiency in the use of project management methodologies and tools resource management practices and change management techniques.
• This is an individual contributor role without human resource management responsibilities (e.g. hiring performance management).
• Manages one or more projects of small to medium complexity. May assist senior leads who have responsibility for large complex crossfunctional or multiple projects with greater impact to the enterprise.

Skills Required:

• Intermediate professional level role. Responsible for managing one or more projects of small to medium complexity.
• May assist senior leads who have responsibility for large complex crossfunctional or moderately complex projects with greater impact to the enterprise. Leads assigns and tracks results for a project team under general direction of project/program managers.

Skills Preferred

Technical Skills:

• Project Management Methodologies: Proven experience with project management methodologies like Agile Waterfall or PMP Project Management Professional certification.
• IT Knowledge: Understanding of core IT concepts like networking systems administration and software development lifecycles.
• Project Management Tools: Proficiency in project management tools like MS Project/Excel SharePoint TEAMS Service Now etc. Soft Skills:
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication to convey project details to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Leadership: Ability to lead and motivate IT teams to achieve project goals.
• Organization & Time Management: Exceptional skills in planning scheduling and delegating tasks to meet deadlines.
• ProblemSolving: The ability to identify analyze and resolve project issues effectively. Possess creativity to develop artifacts as necessary to achieve outcomes.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders manage expectations and gather feedback.

Experience Required:

• Typically has 5 to 10 years of IT work experience including three years of project management experience to include managing projects with extended duration budget responsibilities and supervision of multiple persons in different skill areas

Experience Preferred:

• Federal State Government experience would be preferred.

Education Required:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business Administration or another related field. Or equivalent work experience.

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