Senior IT Project Manager

6 month contract-to-hire

Hybrid (3 days on-site per week)

**Unable to do C2C or provide sponsorship**

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Devise and maintain project-focused dashboards and reports to communicate status, highlight performance indicators, and monitor financial tracking?

• Partake in the formulation, application, and maintenance of program management regulations, procedures, and benchmarks?

• Track and report on the progress of various initiatives/projects within the program, and remove impediments/blockages that the team might face for smooth progress?

• Act as the single point of contact for designated projects concerning timelines adjustment, and resource allocation?

• Facilitate all scrum events in the program such as sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings (daily scrum), sprint review, and sprint retrospective?

• Aid in managing the backlog for projects, ensuring backlog items are well-defined, correctly prioritized, and ready for implementation?

• Guide regular project reviews and progress meetings, ensuring proper communication and documentation of project performance, potential risks, and problems

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

1. FORMAL EDUCATION:

a. Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field, or in lieu of related degree, at least 6 years of experience in portfolio, program management and/or project management roles

b. Preferred:

• Professional certifications (e.g., PMP, Prince2 or Agile) preferred

2. KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

a. Required:

• 5+ years of experience in portfolio, program management and/or project management roles?

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights?

• Demonstrates communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish collaborative relationships and influence across teams and stakeholders?

• Knowledge of data management practices and principles and how to incorporate them into project management activities

• Technical project lifecycle & phases, SDLC.

3. TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Required:

• Project Management Methodologies (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence)?

• Preferred:

• Data Analytics and Visualization Tools (e.g., Tableau and Microstrategy)?

• Big Data Concepts (e.g., Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, NoSQL databases)?

• Cloud Infrastructure and Technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)?

• Data Management or Analytics Software (e.g., Informatica, IBM, Oracle)