Project Manager

Kforce has a client seeking a fully remote Project Manager to join their team.

Major Job Duties and Responsibilities: * Facilitate joint planning with the client in the early stages of project formation * Determine organizational and financial feasibility of the project including the completion of the business case as appropriate * Managing $1-2M CAPZ budget and/or CAPX spending * Facilitates schedule and cost forecasting and mentors program managers in determining risk based provisions * Manages project scope/requirements changes, multiple and competing demands and priorities determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk using appropriate fact-based metrics/assumptions * Recommend best solutions to upper management based on understanding of business issues * Promote innovative or improved methods to get the work done and implements best practices * Resolve issues and conflicts, remove barriers, and resolve minor project issues; Act as escalation point for potential conflicts between direction and project constraints* Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/experience * 10+ years of experience in managing large scale, high visibility projects * Experience managing several significant projects simultaneously * Highly organized with superior time management skills, customer service orientation and interpersonal skills * Strong verbal and written communications skills required to manage communications to all clients * Advanced knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics * Ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis * Advanced user proficiency with computer software, such as MS Office, MS Project, and/or Visio * Advanced understanding of IT principals, including lifecycle planning, estimating and architecture * High level of general management skills including, but not limited to, leading, negotiating, communicating and team building