Senior Project Manager:
The senior project manager oversees schedules, resources, and project deliverables. He or she delivers business results by ensuring project management's best practices are met. The senior project manager monitors teams to ensure the project goals and objectives are met. Knowledge of larger landscapes without neglecting granular details while tracking project health, staying alert for risk, and resolving issues as they arise. Maintains standards and monitors project scope and quality requirements.
Responsibilities
• Works with client’s key stakeholders to understand the business needs and creates a project management plan that aligns with the client's objectives
• Oversees strategic plan, monitoring, and adapting as needed
• Creates project plans, project charters, and project schedules
• Maintains project objectives
• Monitors production and quality to customer/stakeholder/sponsor standards
• Identifies and resolves issues and risks
• Reports on project progress offer viable solutions and opportunities as they arise
• Implements change practices
• Manages resources to make sure the schedule is on track
• Project portfolio management
• Lead client meetings and set expectations for the project team
• Reporting on projects and portfolios
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred. Business administration, management, leadership, and related fields.
• 6+ years of project management experience in information technology I.T especially larger projects with established firms/clients
• PMO experience preferred
• Knowledge of agile and lean approaches such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, among others.
• Experience in Agile project management teams
• Proven leadership skills
• Expertise in conflict resolution
• Analytical and strong organizational skills, with excellent verbal and written ability
• Proficiency with project management software and related tools, including but not limited to Project Manager, JIRA, MS Excel, etc.
• Thrives in a collaborative environment
• Good communication skills with customers, teams, and stakeholders
• Business & IT strategy experience
• Customer-focused mindset
• Client-facing experience is preferred