Job Description
Position: IT Project Manager
Duration: 6 months with possible extension or conversion
Location: Newark, NJ - Hybrid
Job Description:
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of S.M.A.R.T. project goals and objectives, baseline plans, budgets, resource plans, and working collaboratively with multiple departments and stakeholders, balancing competing priorities.
- Coordinate the end-to-end system development lifecycle (requirements gathering, configuration, test case development, training programs, etc) of medium to large-scale technology platforms
- Collaborate with business and academic unit leadership and various internal teams to develop and adopt new processes and technologies.
- Develop end-user and stakeholder engagement strategies. Develop process-related documentation including but not limited to decision matrix, data models, process flows, and process diagrams.
- Identify needed change, sponsor change initiatives, and search for opportunities to adopt best practices.
- Manage project planning including the development of user stories, epics, and sprints
- Conduct effective retrospectives and lead teams to continuous improvement.
- Provide updates and intelligence to drive decisions with effective communications.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure consistency in messaging.
- Identify, research, resolve, and escalate risks and issues as needed; Identify critical resource needs and working with other leaders, recommend appropriate internal and/or external resources to ensure successful delivery
- Manage vendor relationships and resolve vendor resource/delivery issues
- Provide broad assistance to the organization and manage all aspects of related projects to ensure alignment of overall strategic objective
Prerequisite Qualifications:
- A Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Project Management, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Several years of consulting experience managing medium to large-scale technology deployments, incorporating traditional, Agile, and hybrid delivery models.
- Working knowledge of relevant business management principles, and experience analyzing current processes to determine improvement in order to achieve efficiencies.
- Experience building and leading project teams, and managing and motivating team members.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team in a collaborative environment, and a commitment to user experience.
- Demonstrated experience working with senior business leaders across the organization.
- Excellent meeting, workshop facilitation, and presentation skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to change and keep the team focused and motivated when faced with unforeseen changes and uncertainty.
- Candidate should be prepared to share examples of past project management deliverables and artifacts.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
- Experience with delivering PM training a plus
- Experience with the development and use of Smartsheet
- Experience with Visio, Lucid or other process flow diagramming tool sets
- Knowledge of ITIL, Service Management, and ADKAR Change Management frameworks
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