Project Manager

Join Verinext, a leader in digital business transformation and experience the excitement of shaping the future of technology. With a focus on digital applications, analytics, and hybrid IT, we help our clients grow their customer base and improve workforce efficiency. Our team-oriented culture and 10 consecutive awards for "Best Place to Work" by the Philadelphia Business Journal are just a few of the reasons why our employees stay and thrive at Verinext. In this dynamic role, you will play a critical part in the day-to-day operations and success of our enterprise network infrastructure.

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager (PM) to support a multi-site network infrastructure modernization initiative. This individual will be responsible for managing complex IT projects and partnering with various internal stakeholders (VPs, IT, Operations), multiple external vendors and customer stakeholders while ensuring that all tasks and activities are coordinated in conjunction with the overall project plan. This is a highly visible project that will have constant interaction with the client. The Sr. PM will have to exhibit a passion for customer service, have outstanding verbal and written communication skills, and have proven experience working on concurrent projects in a fast-paced, enterprise-level environment.

Our Senior Project Manager role is a remote opportunity, however, a candidate should be local to the Atlanta area for occasional meetings in our Duluth, GA office.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology infrastructure from “current state to future state” with a focus on network infrastructure modernization
• Manage technical/functional/business requirements; Manage project scope prohibiting scope creep
• Develop end-to-end project implementation schedules, resource plans, financial estimates, and weekly status reports
• Accountable for being informed and making leadership-aligned decisions related to assigned projects
• Manage prioritization, timelines, and potential risk factors that may impact project success
• Provide PM support during each phase of the project including the Implementation phases
• Be responsive and decisive on adjusting network implementation plans as customer requirements and technology evolves
• Lead the creation of Statements of Work, Project Change Requests and other necessary project documentation
• Proactively communicate in a clear, concise, and timely manner project status, issues and risks to leadership and stakeholders
• Manage leadership and stakeholder expectations
• Adherence to the client’s quality and safety standards
• Manage vendor integration within project scope
• Facilitate solutions to technical problems through discussions with technical teams
• Partner with the project team to understand opportunities and limitations of solutions being implemented
• Apply process improvement approaches (Agile, Lean, Six Sigma, Waterfall) throughout the life of the project

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 7+ years of project management experience
• 1-2+ years of experience working on IT Infrastructure projects (network upgrade project experience a plus)
• Experience managing Data Network projects such as Cisco or Fortinet is a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, IT, or related field
• PMP, Six Sigma (Green Belt or higher), or PM certification is highly preferred
• Well versed working with multiple vendors (Technology, Constructions etc.) and stakeholders simultaneously while managing all facets of a large, complex project
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects in a dynamic fast paced environment
• Strong “service provider mindset”, with proven experience consistently ensuring clients have a positive experience
• Experience with Smartsheet preferred