Project Manager – Lead

Job Description

• Role Purpose Responsible for planning, directing and coordinating projects from initiation through to implementation.

• Leads cross-functional project teams and works with Business Analysts/partners to determine and translate business requirements into technology solutions.

• Responsible for managing project costs, resources, change requests, risk and issues to ensure that maximum business benefit maintained as well as provision of regular project status updates.

• Typically has previous IT and business work experience including managing team(s) in analysis and/or programming functions. Requires financial acumen in terms of representing project financials within the Clarity tools.

• Works with Program Managers, Directors of Technical Delivery and Portfolio Management to ensure quality and timely delivery of projects. Accountable for ensuring appropriate/optimal engagement of delivery resources (may work with Resource Manager to allocate resources).

• Context - Management Dimensions May be required to undertake people management responsibilities for up to 5 team members. May be required to undertake coaching and guidance to the Project Management community to promote best practice in Project Management. May have a mentor to assist with relevant project management or business domain experience. May be required to promote Project Management practices through formal and informal networks.

• Functional Capability Develops high-level project plans and ensures that the scope and approach are fully understood by all stakeholders. Ensures that the supporting Business Case is updated throughout the course of delivery and works with the business to ensure business case objectives are met. Assembles project plans, ensures all systems of record for project reporting are kept current, and directs and monitors work effort on a regular basis. Reviews development estimates from Development Teams and actively seeks clarification/verification as appropriate.

• Ensures accurate reflection of Project Budgets, Forecasts and Actuals within Clarity. Identifies and tracks key project milestones (base-lining critical path).

• Monitors and communicates the progress of project delivery and ensures timely and effective communication of project status in terms of cost, forecast, schedule and assessment of risks/issues.

• Negotiates and influences cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate resourcing levels are engaged and maintained throughout the course of the development life cycle. Pro-actively anticipates project risks and issues and ensures adequate mitigation is put in place to ensure delivery is not compromised.

• Ensures effective change control procedures and processes are efficiently used to maintain control on scope, schedule and cost. Oversees quality assurance and ensures appropriate levels of end-to-end testing resources across the project are deployed.

Qualifications

Project management, budgeting, reconciliation, manage SOW, ariba orders

Additional Information

To know more on this position, please contact:

Shivani Shah

973-867-7919