Supervising Technical Project Manager

Description

• Nurture client/stakeholder partnership to ensure overall satisfaction with the project
• Some lifting of files, opening cabinets.
• Provides process improvement recommendations and proactively shares lessons learned based on best practices and industry standards.
• Apply risk mitigation strategies to the project plan to ensure overall project success
• Analyze project risks and inefficiencies and recommend improvements
• Coordinate with all appropriate project stakeholder groups and personnel to ensure excellent delivery of projects
• Set up issue tracking structure and project boards to facilitate efficient and accurate project status reporting
• Establishes, plans, and executes major milestone/deliverable reviews and decision gates to complete the project life cycle. Ensures all required deliverables are produced and reviewed, including the technical leadership of requirements management, design, implementation, verification, test, quality assurance, delivery, operations, and maintenance of the technical solution
• Diligently monitor project progress using work plan and project plan tools
• Provide supervision to a team of professionals, including providing mentorship, training enablement, 1:1 meetings, and timesheet approval
• Prepare documentation and lead client steering committee meetings
• Provide all necessary data for tracking, planning and project evaluation to ensure data accuracy in project management tools
• Enforce change management practices to meet project timelines and client expectations
• Drives efforts to establish and implement best practices and consistent methodologies for technical processes and project management
• Ensure business case accurately reflects costs and is updated as changes occur; Usher the business case through the approval process and adhere to all standard procedures
• Effectively communicate project status and issues to management and present options for issue resolution
• Actively contribute to the review of Requests for Proposal (RFP) by evaluating and authoring content for proposal responses
• Ensure project meets the expected budgetary and scheduling guidelines
• Work closely with project team to effectively understand project progress and manage project tasks
• Participate in the recruitment and mentoring of more junior Project Managers and other staff.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid project management approaches
• Strong communications and presentation skills, including ability to summarize and concisely share key project information at all levels of the organization and with clients
• Project Management Professional certification
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Computer science, information systems or a related field of study.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, use hands to finger, handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; bending or crouching; talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• A minimum of three-five (3-5) years in a supervisory role
• A minimum of eight (8) years directly related Project Management experience, preferably with teams of 5 - 15 staff including analysts, developers, QA, tech writers, and related personnel.
• Knowledge of business and technology work processes and the ability to use this knowledge when consulting across organizations and client groups
• Strong skills in effectively managing all aspects of the project cost, schedule, risks and budget .
• Strong initiative and creativity in gathering and analyzing project management-related data
• Proven ability to influence others and to build trusting relationships with clients and peers
• Ability to manage projects with little supervision and provide status and issues to executives and upper management
• Ability to create and maintain project plans and other project management documentation
• Strong ability to provide leadership/mentorship to other team members
• Proven skills in program/project management
• Proven ability to drive and coordinate the tasks of a large, matrixed project team which is geographically dispersed
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, set direction, and solve problems in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance