Contract Technical Project Manager

Job Opportunity: Contract Technical Project Manager with KPI Solutions in Cincinnati, OH

This is a contract-to-hire position. You will begin as a contractor for 6 months, after which you will be considered for permanent employment.

Are you a proactive leader and collaborative team player, comfortable working with both onshore and offshore teams? Do you thrive in driving complex technical initiatives that shape the future of a growing organization? Would you enjoy managing high-priority projects from concept to completion in a fast-paced, agile environment? If so, let’s connect!

We are seeking a motivated Technical Project Manager who will plan, establish, and manage technical projects and will serve as a liaison between the business and technical aspects of assigned projects. You will align projects with customer needs and requirements, construct detailed work plans, achieve milestones, and communicate the results across a stakeholder audience. You will organize projects with the goal of getting them completed on time and within budget.

Other Responsibilities Include:

• Drive projects from inception to delivery managing budget, timelines, and quality goals. Identify, analyze, mitigate, and proactively respond to project, financial, and operational risks.
• Execute delivery process so that the distributed resources can work as an effective, objective driven and collaborative global team.
• Provide leadership and help foster a work culture that recognizes, supports individual differences in work styles, personalities, cultures and values to maximize team performance and effectively achieve team goals.
• Putting in place a continuous improvement program with focus on identifying and implementing best practices, measuring performance and drive improvements.
• Leverage the existing tools or put in place new ones to ensure effective execution of projects.
• Helping manage vendor relationships, contract negotiations, new vendor selection processes, renewal solutions, maintenance and support.
• Demonstrated ability in managing a global delivery model.
• Demonstrated ability to define, manage and measure Global IT delivery processes.
• Strong leader with proven ability to manage resources, both FTE and Vendor; develop a high-performing team of IT Professionals.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business, or related field is required.
• PMP certification is a plus.
• At least 2-3 years of related project management or account implementation/account management experience.
• Excellent analytical, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Thorough understanding of project management principles and planning.
• Thorough understanding of information technology procedures and practices.
• Proficient with, or able to quickly become proficient with, a range of general and specialized applications, software, and hardware used in the organization and industry.
• Ability to adapt to change.
• Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software program.
• Extremely organized with great attention to detail.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Knowledge and experience using project management software.
• Ability to act as a team player.
• Ability to travel, up to 50% as necessary.
• Applicant must be based in the Cincinnati area.

KPI Solutions provides end-to-end supply chain services and automation to transform our client’s distribution operations. We analyze, design, implement and support flexible and scalable engineered solutions that optimize order fulfillment, build capacity and reduce reliance on labor.

If you are ready for a new challenge and meet the qualifications outlined above apply online today. Be part of our future!

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