Sr Project Manager

Job Title: Sr Project Manager

Duration: 12 months (possible to hire)

Location: Baltimore, MD(Fully Remote)

Type:W2 only

Job Description:

PURPOSE:

Plans, organizes, and manages large scale or complex projects for successful delivery of objectives, on time and within budget. Initiates, engages, and motivates cross-functional teams to deliver results. Identifies and mitigates risk and escalates as needed. Tracks progress and drives documentation to support project needs. Ensures end to end leadership for implementations, integration, business readiness and communications.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

25% Plans and initiates project resources, prepares budgets, monitors progress, tracks schedules and mitigates risks. Sequences complex initiatives from start to finish.

25% Provides end to end project management support in terms of reporting, project deliverable tracking and documentation. Acts as a liaison across all areas to ensure effective and efficient goals, scope, progress, and completion of projects. Coordinates issues throughout Client, and externally when necessary, to promote accurately represented information.

15% Provides direction and motivation to project teams in a matrixed environment. Drives outcomes by fostering a collaborative culture. Manages relationships with key stakeholders, including management and vendors. Leads the execution of the project.

15% Evaluates implications of existing or proposed projects, programs, processes, and policies/regulations through the use of critical and creative thinking and recommends improvements.

10% Performs mid-level advisory consulting work and provides strategic focus. Effectively conveys the big picture and alignment with corporate goals.

10% Synthesizes complex topics and project statuses into executive level presentations and influences decision making. Effectively communicates with all levels of the organization. Liaisons with IT and translates business needs into technology related action plans.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Education Details: Project Management, Business or related field

Experience: 5 years as a project manager or experience as a team lead managing large budgets

In Lieu of Education

In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)

Knowledge of Agile Scrum projects, methods, and principles.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Project planning and life cycle development., Expert

Ability to engage staff at project start-up and plans roll-off of staff at project end., Advanced

Effective understanding of how functions integrate within the division and the strategic concept behind the corporate goals., Advanced

Ability to synthesize large complex data and analysis into clear, concise, executive level presentations that allow for rapid grasp of business problem or opportunity and understanding of feasible solutions., Advanced

Stakeholder management and facilitation, including conducting high-level status meetings with executives., Advanced

Ability to establish working relationships and influence/persuade across all levels of leadership including C-Suite., Advanced

Ability to identify and shepherd strategic opportunities that have a significant impact on the organization., Advanced

Use of Microsoft Office applications., Advanced