Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Alpharetta, GA 30004
Duration: 02/13/2018 to 08/12/2018 (6 Months)
Position Summary (Purpose of job):
The purpose of the Project Manager job is to ensure predictable, consistent, and successful project delivery. The Project Manager will plan, coordinate, and monitor medium sized scope and budget projects. The Project Manager will partner with key business stakeholders to ensure a successful start-up and completion of a project. Projects typically impact a single business unit or functional area. The Project Manager is expected to work under moderate supervision with oversight provided by the xxx, Project Management Office.
Primary Responsibilities 1. Ensure predictable, consistent, and successful project delivery
2. Provide a complete view of the overall project to all stakeholders
3. Exhibit proactive behavior by engaging in project planning activities, including but not limited to: Defining the overall scope of the project; Creating and maintaining a consolidated timeline highlighting the major milestones and associated dates for project activities; Identifying and communicating project dependencies and impacts; Putting mechanisms in place to set expectations and ensure on-going control of the project (E.g., Kick off meeting, overall Project Management Approach, Risk Management, Issues Management, Change Control, etc.);
4. Define project governance outlining roles and responsibilities and decision rights
5. Ensure success criteria defined upfront to promote alignment and actively manage to expected project outcomes
6. Keep all stakeholders (internal & external) engaged in the project, aligned on expected outcomes and informed about what is occurring throughout project
7. Proactively communicate the project's progress on an on-going basis, ensuring transparency throughout project lifecycle. Provide leadership and key stakeholders with the information and venues to make effective, timely decisions
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in business or equivalent work experience
- 5 - 7 years of previous project management and/or relevant consulting experience
- Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in project management processes and methodologies, as well as, project lifecycle
- Experience in driving small dium size projects within an organization
- Proficient with Project Management tools
- Processes the following key skills/behaviors:
o Ability to establish and maintain relationships with project team members
o Ability to influence project team, internal, and/or external stakeholders
o Ability to understand project stakeholder needs, interests, and influence for project success
o Ability to practically apply project management concepts to facilitate the achievement of project goals ensuring predictable, consistent, and successful project delivery
o Ability to analyze the situation and leverages team to define an executable plan to meet project goals
o Ability to ensure team alignment on project goals, objectives and business outcomes
o Ability to lead with support from project sponsor, when needed
- Accountability & Commitment:
o Ability to meet project deadlines
o Ability to identify project obstacles, proactively mitigate risks and escalate and resolve issues effectively
o Ability to quickly grasps new concepts and translate to others
o Ability to respond effectively to new information, situations and individuals
o Ability to gather and analyze information needed to improve satisfaction levels of clients
o Ability to understand how project connects to broader company goals
o Ability to effectively identify and communicate project problems to stakeholders
o Ability to proactively develop solutions to project challenges
o Ability to drive project problems to closure
o Ability to engage in project initiating activities such as identify stakeholders, identifying project management approach, defining roles and responsibilities, etc.
o Ability to use practically apply project methodologies and practices to execute project, manage changes, and facilitate achievement of project deliverables on-time, within budget and with quality
Preferred Qualifications: - Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred, not required
- Experience in banking, financial services, and/or software industries desired
Working Conditions: Environment (e.g., office, warehouse, travel expectations)
Physical Requirements (e.g., lifting or standing for long periods of time)
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