Title : IT Project Manager
Job Type : Full-time salary.
US Status : GC / USC. No sponsorship.
Location : 100% remote. Must be in EST timezone. No other timezones will be considered.
Technology : Preference will be given to PMs who specialize in ERP (Oracle, etc) or CRM (Adobe / Salesforce, etc) technologies.
Key Responsibilities :
This position provides oversight for the delivery of professional and managed services projects with responsibility for the quality, timeliness, resource mix, and project management rigor, including the following :
- Leads internal and client project status meeting and manages all aspects of project management for IT projects
- Skilled in multiple project management methodologies including Agile and Waterfall
- Works effectively with virtual and remote teams, promoting teamwork & collaboration, and project managing various size initiatives
- Ensures effective leadership of day-to-day service activities and risks and understand how and when to escalate.
- Follows company project management methodology, while at the same time subjectively assessing the best project management tools to use on a project-by-project basis
- Ensures on-time, on-budget project delivery for the customer business
- Continually improves reliability of delivery by understanding and improving all aspects of delivery support (tools, technology, reporting, etc)
- Initiates interaction with the customers and resolves service issues while fostering key relationships
- Maintains daily / weekly interaction with customer stakeholders to manage service delivery processes and gain a strong understanding of the customer critical systems inter-dependency.
- Manages escalations as necessary
- Produces ad hoc and recurring reports : relating to time and utilization; and performance of delivery, IT Support and monitoring teams
- Actively contributes towards self-development by creating and following development plans based on development discussions with immediate manager
- Complies with all people-related processes as mandated by company
Role Description
Reporting to the Director of Customer Success, this position is responsible for :
Project managing client professional and managed service projects. Including the following key tasks :Setting up the project in MS Teams and Project Management software
Establishing the project planEnsuring entire team understands roles, scopeEnsure internal team understands what is expected for key processes (time logging, internal chats, document storage)Leading client, and internal meetings (creating agenda / sharing meeting minutes)Managing all risks and issues and escalating as appropriate to ensure project remains healthyManaging financial aspects of project, include budget to actual and profit marginsMonitoring scopeManaging escalations (client and internal)Monitoring SLAs for task completion.Administering the Project Management tool, including setting up and monitoring key configurations on an ongoing basisUpdating key metrics for dashboard reportingAssist in defining and improving the project management process and templates used.Meeting with clients to understand their satisfaction level and to resolve issues.Qualifications
This position requires a strong foundation in project management. Candidate must have excellent communication skills, including the ability to be assertive when necessary but maintaining a strong customer focus at the same time. Candidate must have a process mindset, always striving to improve or create repeatable effective delivery processes.
Typical Experience / Skills :
Strong project management foundation and experience with multiple PM methodologies, including waterfall, Agile,etc. Waterfall is requirement as virtually all projects are done Waterfall with some aspects of Agile (daily standup)Demonstrated work history in customer-facing technology coordination roleStrong interpersonal skills and managing internal and external stakeholdersExperience working with multi-disciplinary teamsDetail oriented and process focused mind setStrong business acumen with ability to establish and manage standard operating procedures for service delivery5+ years of experience in an IT project management related capacityMid to expert level user of Excel and other Microsoft toolsAble to assertively manage project team members (company and client) to ensure dates are met, scope is controlled and risks are actively mitigated.