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Project Manager ? Pittsburgh
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As a project manager in our Pittsburgh office, you’ll not only be responsible for delivering projects on schedule and on budget, but help foster rock-solid relationships with our client partners.
Project Manager Position Overview
The project manager is responsible for delivering projects to schedule, budget and quality. The role requires mastery of the technical knowledge of project management inter-related process stages i.e. initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and close, and the supporting processes e.g. scope, cost, time, issue, risk, resource, communication, stakeholder management. Proficiency in related processes such as portfolio management, program management, methods and tools and quality assurance is also required. The project manager must have excellent stakeholder relationship management skills to successfully lead and manage the project team and project stakeholders, and have expertise recognized and requested by customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Successfully execute the project to agreed schedule, budget and scope
- Perform the relevant project management processes – i.e. initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and close, and the supporting processes e.g. scope, cost, time, issue, risk, resource, communication, stakeholder management
- Plan the project based on a defined need ? results in detailed scope/budget/schedule baseline
Monitor and control the work to ensure that the project remains on track and in control - Plan for and manage change
- Report on variances to the approved project baseline
- Close the project to formalize acceptance of the project result and release project resources
- Interface and communicate with project team, management and stakeholders
- Manage project work and resources to enable successful and timely completion of the project
- Performs gate reviews and quality assurance reviews with all internal and external organizations and business sponsors
- Delivery of projects aligned to overall business and technology strategies and architectures
- Work within defined governance processes
- Manage external contracts and suppliers where required
- Support development of business cases with the customer team including leading on the solutions estimate
- Lead the development of the project charter and scope, and ensure delivery of the solution to schedule, budget and scope
- Develop objectives, phasing and content of the project to deliver on the business case benefits, budget and timescales
- Manage to the objectives and plan by thorough risk, issue and change management across both business and IT parts of the project
- Ensure that quality project standards are met through the effective implementation or use of approved processes, methodologies and deliverables
Technical Skills and Qualifications
- Experience of managing IT projects with personal accountability for delivering to time and cost for medium to large scale projects
- Mastery of project management methodology, tools and templates (includes project planning, schedule development, scope management and cost management)
- Track record of customer focus, based on openness, trust, and delivering on promises
- Experienced in managing to contract; ensuring clients and suppliers alike perform in accordance with original agreement
- Experience with SaaS software implementation projects
- Management skills to manage one or more large, complex projects simultaneously
- IT background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all project phases ? plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, implement
- Knowledge and use of industry-standard project methods, tools and techniques
- Strong team working skills across geographically dispersed virtual teams
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills (includes negotiation)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills ? must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing
- Leader in the use of IT methodologies, processes and standards for project management
- 5 years of experience in project management
- Work experience in a professional services industry, preferred