Project Manager
Posted on 9/15/2023
Locations
York, ME, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Management
SCRUM
PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides
Communications
CategoriesNew
Business & Strategy
Product
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent business/technical experience
- PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2 or similar project management certification (Preferred)
- For development PMs: Lean Six Sigma, Scrum, or SAFe certification (Preferred)
- 7+ years relevant work experience; 2-3 years at the Senior level or equivalent experience
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Great analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail
- Great communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, and ability to work with diverse personality types
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
- Build and maintain strong and trusting relationships with team and stakeholders
- Must be self-motivated, creative, and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems
- Good negotiation skills with the ability to facilitate discussion, identify alternative approaches, and resolve conflicts
- Ability to identify and remove impediments, as well as prevent distractions for the team
- Strong conviction in the role of project management and willingness to take on challenges
- MS Office Suite skills are required (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams)
- Up to 10% travel may be required
- May require other travel for business needs
Responsibilities
- Delivers projects on schedule and within budget as specified by project plans
- Ensures the use of appropriate processes and standards throughout the project lifecycle
- Manages project risks through the prioritization, planning, up to delivery
- Defines a communication plan suitable to the project size and importance
- Ensures that the project scope is clearly defined and documented at the onset of the project
- Manages scope changes and change requests escalating internally and externally as necessary impacts on costs, schedules, and deliverables
- Anticipates and communicates the impact of project decisions and actions on client commitments / expectations
- Creates and monitors risk logs and actively mitigates all risks
- Demonstrates project control through disciplined measurement, assessment, planning, and reporting
- Establishes trusted relationships with the project team, key influencers/stakeholders, and executive leadership
- Consistently completes project status and reporting, both written and via meetings, as appropriate
- Builds relationships across organizational functions (internal and external, as required by the project) at various levels including but not limited to decision makers
- Motivates the team to drive toward success and find ways to overcome difficulties
- Shares and encourages others to share and use the lessons learned from project
- Identifies, suggests, and implements improvements to processes