Contractor - Project Mgr

Desire candidate with strong leadership skills and experience supporting technical teams delivering technical solutions on complex IT projects in a highly matrixed organization. Projects may involve formal proof of concept testing, IT security network infrastructure, data and/or database encryption and /or products selection and implementation; IT security risks assessments and remediation activities efforts ; and IT software system product development and integration deliveries.

Responsibilities:

• Take a proactive leadership role in the project, partnering with business partners to drive a project to completion

• Identify, communicate, and resolve technical, tactical, and operational project issues and risks

• Exhibit intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility to reassess, reflect and shift thinking as projects or strategic direction changes

• Facilitate project team and client meetings for the resolution of project related issues

• Ensure effective management of projects from inception through implementation

• Adhere to project management best practices by following the policies, procedures and methodologies established within the Systems Development Life Cycle

• Prepare and deliver status reports regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues to management and stakeholders

• Oversee project progress to ensure project documentation and schedules follow previously agreed requirements and standards

• Communicate project plan, changes, direction, approach, and priorities based on changing business requirements, circumstances, new information and/or budget considerations to stakeholders

• Full life-cycle project management

o Develop project plan/scope/schedule/cost/communications

to Ensure that vendor meets or exceeds their contractual obligations by delivering quality products/services on time and within cost structure

o Manage all financial management aspects of vendor delivery and provide feedback on vendor performance

o Ensure successful project implementation

o Manage project-level risks, issues, dependencies, and change management

Qualifications Required:

• Advanced skill in development or operations framework methodologies, including Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), SAFe Agile, etc.

• Advanced skill in project management to include establishing and leading project teams; managing timelines/deadlines/resources; ensuring successful project implementation

• Experience in IT resource allocation and management

• Significant experience of self-activation, working independently

• Significant experience working and participating in cross-functional, multi-dimensional teams and projects

• Significant experience in managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment to achieve goals

• Advanced presentation skills with essential executive presence

• Significant experience in leading, guiding and coaching professional staff

• Experience in vendor engagement related to project delivery

• Advanced skill building effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy, and tact

• Advanced research, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Advanced skill using innovative thinking to solve problems and facilitate the decision-making process

• Advanced organizational, planning and time management skills

• Advanced skill exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions

• Advanced skill communicating with all levels within an organization

• Advanced skill resolving conflicting requests and meeting changing requirements

• Advanced word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software skills

• Project Management Professional, Scrum Master, or other project management-related certification