July 17, 2016

Responsibilities:

• Acts as central point of contact for all project activities
• Manages the day-to-day tasks/activities for all resources assigned to project
  • Ensures tasks are completed on time
  • Identifies roadblocks and/or obstacles and communicates to appropriate management resources
• Alerts Project Owners/Sponsors on actions that can impact project schedule, costs, or quality of deliverable
• Provides necessary information to Directors/Managers and Project Owners/Sponsors to make project relevant decisions (Scope, Technical Solutions, Budget, Schedule)
• Works with vendors, based on requirements from Project Owners/Sponsors, Managers/Directors
  • Defines timeline and deliverables
  • Manages vendors to meet the deadlines and develop quality deliverables
  • Ensure integration and communication across project team and vendors
• Project Plans:  Ensures that project plans, including Statement of Work and Project Schedules, are developed, approved and maintained
  • Defines requirements and planning deliverables and tasks required to meet those requirements
• Project Budget:  Ensures that project budget is developed and revised as needed
• Project Status:  Ensures that project communication is regularly occurring between Information Technology, End User Community and Vendors  
  • Ensures project communication is occurring with management and between IT teams responsible for the project 
  • Ensures that status reports are filled out completely, accurately, and on a timely basis
• Project Plan:  Ensures that project documentation is updated as needed, including scope, schedule and budget
• Change Control:  Identifies and communicates all project change requests to appropriate management levels
  • Responsible for the assessment of changes to the project from a resource, schedule and budget standpoint
• Takes initiative to proactively identify and mitigate project risks
• Issue Management:  Identifies and communicates all project issues to appropriate management levels and ensures that issues are resolved in a timely manner

Desired Qualities:

• Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration or other technical areas
• Master’s Degree Preferred
• Significant experience with demonstrated successful delivery may be substituted for education
• Expert level in one or more automated project management tools preferred
• 7 years managing large, multi-disciplinary projects
• 10 years business experience with increasing level of responsibility
• Current PMP certification is preferred