Title: IT Project Manager
Location: Chicago, IL and Houston, TX - MUST be onsite 3 days per week
Duration: 12 months (With a possibility to convert)
Will this person have to travel? Possibly up 10% of the time.
Description:
Project Name: Federal Excise Tax project
Top 5 Skill sets
1. Led large scale DT(IT) projects
2. Agile/Scrum
3. 7-10 years' experience
4. proficient knowledge in JIRA
5 great communication
Nice to have skills or certifications:
1. PMP
2. Agile/Scrum Certification
Maintains information technology strategies by managing staff; researching and implementing technological strategic solutions.
Primary Responsibilities:
Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.
Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.
Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.
Verifies application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented.
Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.
Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
Accomplishes financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.
Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by staying current on state-of-the-art practices.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Qualifications:
Degree in Computer Science, Business Management, Business Administration, or other related discipline
Experience in the IT industry, including development work and customer interaction
PMP Certification