Job
Title: Project Manager
Location:
Southeast
7 YEARS DOING GLOBAL ROLL OUT, PAYING IN THE 115K TO 135K RANGE.
TRAVEL 100% TO ROLL OUT SITES
Must
have at least five to seven years of relevant work experience, which should
include experience as a project manager overseeing large IT implementations.
Bachelor degree required. Requires leadership abilities and above average
problem solving, analytical, and communication skills. Must be customer
service oriented, self-disciplined, flexible and adaptable. Some travel, both
International and Domestic may be required (should have current passport).
Major
Duties & Responsibilities:
· Develops,
clarifies and manages the scope of the project, defines contract deliverables
and achieves targeted outcomes.
· Ensure
project requirements are achieved in a timely fashion and within budget
guidelines.
· Assembles
project team, identifies needed resources, assigns responsibilities and develops
timeframes to facilitate successful completion of project activities and
deliverables.
· Determines
project costs/ensures delivery on time and within budgetary guidelines.
· Ensures
compatibility and consistency with existing architectural and enterprise
standards.
· Performs
cost/benefit analysis of actions and initiatives.
· Identify
and manage risk associated with the project
· Delegate
responsibilities to team members and external consultants
· Coordinate
research, planning and implementation of software patches and fixes.
· Research
and solve problems
· Facilitate
root cause analysis on problems where appropriate, and identify action
items/recommendations to address issues.
· Assess
requirements and translate them into plans
· Maintain
documentation and lessons learned, best practices, and quality improvement
documentation
· Determine
timeframes for deliverables
· Provide
functional expertise and consultation to the users
· Working
with the technical staff, design interfaces with other Oracle and non Oracle
applications
· Communicate
status of work to appropriate senior manager
· Ensure
user needs are met
· Responsible
for other duties assigned by the VP of IT
· Ability
to multi-task and perform in an interrupt driven environment
· Work
with international counterparts.
Skills:
Demonstrated
leadership qualities such as conflict/issue resolution, the ability to run a
project or serve as project manager on a program team and can ensure a
successful project lifecycle
Ability
to communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively with stakeholders and
senior business leadership of departments and agencies participating in this
project.
Ability
to organize and work effectively with project teams of staff from department
and agencies participating in this effort.
Demonstrated
experience and relevant expertise in the design and building of distributed
and enterprise solutions.
Excellent
people skills.
Ability
to work within a fast paced, demanding environment.
Ability
to work within a team environment.
Experience
using the following software programs: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Projects, Visio
and PowerPoint.
Accountabilities:
Deliver
timely, cost-effective solutions for the business
Define
and comply with processes to maintain high availability and stability of
application/system
Timely
resolution of Problems and Issues
Accurate
and timely completion of assigned components of the detailed project/plan
Adequately
planning for and executing training of end users.
Timely
completion of assigned deliverables.
Critical
Competencies:
Thinks
analytically and conceptually
Demonstrate
negotiating ability
Applies
project management process
Proven
relationship building skills
Ability
to maintain high energy/enthusiastic
Effective
presentation skills
Leadership
skills (decision-making, coaching around expectations/development,
motivation)
Problem
solving skills (gathering and analyzing data, identifying cause and
potential solutions)