Sr Project Manager

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.

Sr. Project Manager

Oversees and provides direction throughout the duration of projects, from design stages to beta testing and through to final production. This includes the day-to-day instruction, strategic direction, and/or organizational initiatives pertaining to the technical project or program. Functions performed include defining goals/deadlines, tracking budget constraints, maintaining support documentation and responding to contingencies during the technical cycle of events.

Primary Purpose and Goal:

As a Project Manager, you'll be expected to deliver the project's objectives and outcomes as defined in the project scope and requirements, within the specified time. Ensure the project meets the intended purpose and delivers expected results. There is a strong focus on monitoring progress, managing the schedule, addressing the delays/ issues that may arise and keep the project on track. Closely monitoring and maintaining detailed project plans. It is expected that status reporting, as well as issue and risk management, will be conducted promptly and regularly.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

Ensure the project is delivered on time, within scope and within budget.

Develop project scope and objectives, define project milestones and deadlines by involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.

Develop detailed project schedule (Work Breakdown Structure) to track progress.

Lead and direct projects through the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) inclusive of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, and Close Phases

Conduct project meetings with key stakeholders and capture actions items for follow up.

Manage changes in project scope, schedule and budget and follow a formal CR process.

Ensure project governance and escalation paths are clearly defined and followed.

Identify potential risks and develop risk management strategies. Develop a mitigation plan and address the issues that rise during the project

Report and escalate issues / risks to management as needed. Perform risk management to minimize project risks.

Manage the day-to-day relationship with the client and stakeholders.

Establish good working relationships with Product and Portfolio owners and ensure status alignment.

Facilitate effective communication among project team members and stakeholders.

Track and manage project financials by developing a detailed project forecast and validating against actuals each month to provide accurate financial reporting to stakeholders.

Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

Facilitate technology discussions as warranted by the projects to drive solution and implementation.

Focus on both qualitative and quantitative project metrics for better decision making. Expected Skills / Qualifications:

Minimum of 8 -10 years' experience in project management managing application development projects, with experience planning and executing both IT and business projects and programs.

Strong project management skills with experience in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing projects from definition through implementation.

Requires excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively with project team members, multiple Stakeholders, functional leads, and senior management in a matrixed environment.

Solid experience on lifecycle management tools like JIRA, Confluence, DevOps, Clarity, MS Project, SharePoint / Team channels and other popular productivity tools

Self-motivated, enthusiastic, passionate, and problem solver

Drive and demonstrate success working in collaborating with vendors, onshore and offshore product teams.

Capable of strategic thinking and of moving strategic plans into action

Capable of managing multiple mid to large projects simultaneously on various technologies

Ability to manage various deliverables from different teams/individuals.

Monitor and assess risks throughout the project and implement mitigation plans as necessary.

Solid understanding and ability to manage Assumptions, Risks, Action items, Issues, Change, scope.

Analytic and decision-making skills - Ability to analyze and document a situation/scenario and propose options, recommendations, and cost impact. Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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