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Job type full-time
Full job description
Overview: a project manager is responsible for leading and managing the customer and project team, while minimizing the risk for the project using the powerme tools and methodologyThey have patience and are detailed oriented with strong communication and organization skillsChallenges include risk mitigation, management of client expectations, scope management, project budget management, the change order process and forecasting, knowing what to say to a client regarding project updates, issues, risks and tracking and learning how to negotiate with clients with an understanding of the client’s political environment.
Responsibilities:
Knowledge and successful application of powerme tools and delivery methodology, powerplan policies and project related constraints.
Successful execution of on time, on schedule, within scope and budget of moderately complex or size of projects.
Creation of a moderately complex or sized project work schedule / plans and manages project execution from the plan, start to finish.
Maintains and logs written issues and risks in the risk/issue log that clearly describe the issue or risk and its impact.
Creates weekly written status report using powerme template that are both clearly written, detailed and accurate for internal and client readers.
Regularly initiates and manages critical, difficult or otherwise unwelcome conversations with the client related to a project while maintaining the client relationship.
Accurately and proactively forecast and manage multiple concurrent project budgets over the life of the projects.
Creates, persuades customer acceptance of and has driven internally, moderately complex / sized change orders for scope expansion and budget management and / or next project.
Regularly lead project status calls both internal (within team and cross-functionally) and client facing, including detailed status reporting, and issue resolution discussion to mutual agreementFollows up with clearly written agreements and next steps.
Regularly gathers progress estimates of project deliverables and drives completion within the planned schedule and scope.
Successfully negotiates issue resolution and customer acceptance of the proposed solution while maintaining the project scope and budget with customer.
Maintains moderately complex or sized project eacs accurately and synchronizes each to the project psa records each weekReports current forecasted financial outlook from memory in internal meetings when asked.
Completes weekly psa record updates, approves time cards and expense reports before deadlines.
Crafts clear and well written status notes describing the project risks, issues and next steps for psa records.
Demonstrates behavioral sensitivity to customer political environment and how to navigate it.
Holds team and client accountable to project deliverables, deadlines, schedules and scope limitations.
Develops a plan and tracks required experience to apply to take the pmi project management professional certification exam.
Escalates critical project issues to powerplan manager and powerplan senior leadership team for support and assistanceClearly and succinctly explains issues, the customer’s position, and the impact on financials, schedule or scope from memory in internal calls when asked.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, computer science or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
3-5 years of enterprise project management experience in technical / software engagements.
Project management professional certification.
Excellent, effective communication skills, including:
Verbal, written, listening and presentation skills.
Ability to engage and successfully interact with the client and project team at all levels.
Consulting and client/project team relationship-building skills.
Strong technical background.
Ability to establish oneself as a trusted advisor to client, project team and powerplan colleagues.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
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Job type: full-time
Work location: multiple locations
