Role : IT PMO PM ( Job id : 10505)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/JOB SUMMARY

The Senior IT Project Manager will be leading a key project for the IT organization. We are looking for
top talent; the individual must have excellent project management skills, technical acumen, and ability
to interact/influence teams inside and outside of IT including third parties. KEY RESPONSIBILITES AND
DUTIES

· Develops and maintains up-to-date project artifacts (project charter, schedule, RAID logs, etc.)
following Project Management Institute’s principles and guidelines.
· Ensures that the Project Management Institute’s principles for project management are
appropriately followed on assigned project(s).
· Tracks and manages project schedule for upstream and downstream dependencies.
· Ensures proper IT compliance due diligence is completed related to information security, IT
general controls, SOX controls, change management, etc.
· Responsible for managing the relationship between IT and the business for the project.
· Coordinates with business and other IT groups as well as vendors within the assigned project to
ensure proper project execution and adherence to the company’s IT compliance requirements.
· Maintains strong customer focus while coordinating and collaborating with stakeholders,
vendors, and IT resources by using effective verbal and written communication skills.
· Provides leadership to the IT project team, fosters a positive team environment, and provides
direction in ambiguous situations.
· Utilizes negotiation skills to influence and creatively achieve successful outcomes around scope,
schedule, budget, issues/risks, and resources for both internal and external stakeholders.
· Proactively exercises initiative in identifying, tracking, and removing impediments to project
success. Approaches risk identification and mitigation, accordingly, including establishing
contingency plans and initiating corrective action.
· Understands how individual project workstreams affect the program and exercises judgment in
raising issues and risks to execuitves.
· Arbitrates and resolves conflicts within the program when necessary. Understands appropriate
paths and methods for escalation.
· Reports project status to executives.

“MUST HAVE” SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

· Needs to have experience managing full lifecycle of software delivery efforts including
requirements gathering, design, implementation, quality engineering (including automation),
release/launch and ongoing post-prod enhancements.
· Has handled facilitating requirements gathering working sessions with business, product and
IT/application teams spanning multiple vendors.
· Has experience holding vendors & internal teams accountable to meet/resolve dependencies
and ensure timelines are adhered to.
· Comfortable facilitating requirements gathering and business process definition sessions and
documenting output of these sessions. Experience completing IT compliance due diligence.
· Solid experience leading projects utilizing waterfall project management methodologies.
 · Expertise with waterfall and agile project management methodologies. Ability to project
manage initiatives that span across a mix of teams with a few operating in an agile model and a
few operating with waterfall models.
· The project manager must have strong practical experience in project management, which was
gained through managing large and complex projects.
· Good knowledge and handling of project and program management methodology and
techniques.
· Ability to gain a good understanding of wider objectives of projects.
· Bachelor's degree in a related field required.
· Strong leadership and management skills.
· Excellent interpersonal skills
· Ability to work positively with the wide range of individuals involved in project management.
· Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures.
· The ability to find innovative ways to resolve problems.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
· Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, and other
relevant software.
· Proficiency with MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Smartsheet and other Project Management
software/tools.
· 8+ years of experience in project management and quality management.
· Experience in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented, multi-tasking environment.
· Proven ability to interact with various levels of management and other associates.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

· PMP preferred and a strong grasp of project management principles