At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things!  We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.  

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. Honesty, reliability, curiosity, collaboration, and passion are the key to achieving our purpose. 

As the Mainframe Modernization Project Manager you will manage the development and execution of medium to large complex, multi-phased projects with external project dependencies. You will work to promote client satisfaction by ensuring the project adheres to stakeholder specifications. With responsibilities for project completion within determined scope, quality, time and cost constraints. 
 
What you’ll be doing: 

• Responsible for project completion within determined scope, quality, time and cost constraints. 
• Initiating: Thorough understanding of project management principles and the application thereof. Knowledgeable in project management methodology and solution development methodologies. Leads and/or participates in the development of the SOW or RFP response. Maintains contract/SOW file and related correspondence. 
• Planning: Defines, organizes and plans project schedules to meet required project timelines. Facilitates/leads estimation of moderately complex projects. Develops project schedule and determines resource needs. Works closely with resource managers to ensure proper resource allocation to the project. 
• Executing: Independently and successfully managed the development and execution of multiple moderately complex, multi-phased projects. Independently and successfully manages multiple simple projects concurrently. 
• Monitoring/Controlling: Inspects and reviews projects to ensure adherence to project standards; monitors compliance with established EPMO guidelines and methodology. 
• Controls project scope through effective change management skills. Demonstrates strong risk management as a primary management habit. Performs qualitative/quantitative risk analysis of identified risks. Manages risk response and control. 
• Closing: Responsible for ensuring all project close-out activities are completed and documented. Initiating: Thorough understanding of project management principles and the application thereof. Knowledgeable in project management methodology and solution development methodologies. Leads and/or participates in the development of the SOW or RFP response. Maintains contract/SOW file and related correspondence. 
• Planning: Defines, organizes and plans project schedules to meet required project timelines. Facilitates/leads estimation of moderately complex projects. Develops project schedule and determines resource needs. Works closely with resource managers to ensure proper resource allocation to the project. 
• Executing: Independently and successfully managed the development and execution of multiple moderately complex, multi-phased projects. Independently and successfully manages multiple simple projects concurrently. 
• Monitoring/Controlling: Inspects and reviews projects to ensure adherence to project standards; monitors compliance with established EPMO guidelines and methodology. 
• Controls project scope through effective change management skills. Demonstrates strong risk management as a primary management habit. Performs qualitative/quantitative risk analysis of identified risks. Manages risk response and control. 
• Closing: Responsible for ensuring all project close-out activities are completed and documented. 

What You Will Need:

Product/ Industry knowledge and understanding: Advanced, proven knowledge of Project Management. 
 
Scope planning: Resolves potentially conflicting requirements. Coordinates preparation of complete written scope statement spelling out project goals and details ensuring compliance with SLAs (e.g., objectives, justification, deliverables and their relative degree of effort and formality, definitions of terms). Thoroughly understands the project background (e.g., why it is being done, who supports/opposes it, where it is on the client’s priority list, who the client sponsor is). Establishes and obtains key stakeholders’ commitment to the overall project vision. Obtains agreement to an approved, clearly stated review and approval process. Ensures changes to the project scope are implemented according to the project change management process. 
 
Project initiation: Helps define, communicate, and enforce project roles and responsibilities (i.e., utilizing Roles and Responsibilities Matrix). Consistently generates sound estimates of project resource needs. Educates others about use and meaning of metrics. Anticipates and proactively resolves exceptions within established tolerance parameters. 
 
Time/cost estimation: Manages budgets and timelines of small to large-sized projects. Utilizes project management tools/techniques (e.g., PERT charts, critical path method, earned value) to track and manage project costs and schedules. Has experience managing schedules and using various cost management approaches (i.e., fixed-cost management). Takes full responsibility for keeping project cost and schedule on track. Develops detailed time and cost estimates for project activities, utilizing estimating techniques, tools, and industry best practices (e.g., costs for systems development labor, hardware, software, supplies and materials, travel and living, external consulting, staff training, systems operation, capital costs, general office overhead). Uses various techniques to adjust project budgets and timelines (e.g., utilizes fast-tracking, uses lower-cost staff, amortizes equipment costs, uses in-house expertise). Determines the impact of proposed changes in project scope on time and cost. Recommends budget changes to management, as needed, to support changes in project scope. Manages and communicates cost and schedule variances and exceptions. Uses time and cost reports to manage the project. Has experience with budgeting and forecasting processes. 
 
Communication/escalation management: Efficiently and accurately conveys information between clients and staff involved in project activities. Develops/implements/updates a communications plan for each project that specifies audience, medium, timeframes, and methods. Uses negotiation skills to reach an agreement when there are widely differing viewpoints. Takes initiative to help the organization communicate and learn from its successes and mistakes. Uses meeting management, conflict management, and presentation techniques, as well as listening skills, to facilitate effective project communications. Employs periodic project reviews and other communication vehicles to actively involve the project team in key project or tactical issues. Accurately differentiates issues and determines who needs to be consulted/updated and whether the issue requires escalation. Implements process steps for bringing appropriate project issues to the attention of management. 
Expedites decision-making on project-related issues (e.g., effectively navigates the matrix, follows project escalation path). Ensures timely delivery of accurate, complete, and concise project status report information. 
 
Risk / issue management: Understands the risk and issues management process and techniques, including risk identification, quantification, and risk response (e.g., acceptance, mitigation, avoidance, risk response control). Works with others to identify and categorize project risks and issues related to cost/estimates, schedule, quality, and employee retention. Informs team members of risks and issues associated with each project. Assists others in determining the impact and probability of various project risks, and the impact of issues. Takes steps to mitigate project risks by reducing their probability, impact, or both. Takes action to re-evaluate risks during project implementation (i.e., discusses them during project team meetings). Tracks and reports status on risks and issues via the appropriate tools (i.e., databases). Facilitates risk/issue tracking meetings.
 

Preferred Experience:  

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience. 
• 3 - 5 years of experience in the field or a related area. CAPM/PMP certification. Handles projects with a complexity of 2 -3. 

Why Ensono?  

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.   

We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on the client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices. 

• Unlimited Paid Days Off  
• Two health plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield  
• 401k with company match  
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts  
• Depending on location, ability to take advantage of fitness centers  
• Wellness program  
• Flexible work schedule  

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.  

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP’s pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP’s website.  

If you need accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email [email protected]. 

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