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ACL Digital

Project Manager|5086 Project Manager|5086

ACL Digital, San Diego, CA


Job Description: My requirement is that they have to be PMP certified and have at least 2 years experience as a PM

GENERAL SUMMARY:
Manages and develops project plans to meet deadlines. Responsibilities may include monitoring performance, assembling and allocating resources, gathering and providing feedback, reviewing and reporting project metrics, and facilitating meetings. Works closely with stakeholders and partners to coordinate business processes (e.g. project change management, communication) and provide updates in order to mitigate risk and resolve issues.

The responsibilities of this role include:
Working independently with little supervision.
Providing some supervision/guidance to others.
Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have relatively minor financial impact or affect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
Using verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question. May require basic negotiation and influence, cooperation, tact, and diplomacy, etc.
Some budgetary accountability (e.g., manages a small budget, has input into P&L).
Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
Completing tasks that do not have defined steps; simultaneous use of multiple mental abilities is generally required to determine the best approach; mistakes may result in significant rework.
Exercising substantial creativity to innovate new processes, procedures, or work products within guidelines or to achieve established objectives.
Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or incomplete; intermediate data analysis/interpretation skills may be required.

The responsibilities of this role do not include:
Role in strategic planning.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Works with stakeholders to establish project goals and prioritizes deliverables under minimal supervision.
Creates a completed plan with dependencies identified and critical issues/paths.
Gathers requirements (e.g. schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, milestones, prioritization) within a cross-functional team to develop project plans for small- to medium-sized projects.
Monitors project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope and with quality) for small projects under minimal supervision.
Creates and manages project data such as project specific metrics, updating project schedules, status updates, report preparation, database maintenance, and project data maintenance in order to monitor project progress; escalates metric deviations in a timely manner.
Manages projects of small to medium size or complexity and applies knowledge of subject area to meet deadlines.
Supports the compliance of project plans by following processes and guidelines.
Facilitates and/or leads discussions with team stakeholders focused on planning and execution of project deliverables for projects of small size and complexity.
Supports team vision and objectives by keeping the team focused on tasks.
Communicates real-time updates to the project members within own team regarding scheduling conflicts and budget disparities.
Provides ongoing support to project personnel by regularly communicating with project team members to ensure schedule data and changes are accurately interpreted and accounted for; gathers feedback on active protocols to ascertain feasibility.
Coordinates the work for project sub-teams; maintains progress in tracking systems.
Assists in the development, piloting, and training of new tools/methods used for system wide implementation with guidance and supervision.
Supports the management and proactive mitigation of project issues and risks by anticipating, analyzing, identifying and resolving risks for small projects.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES: (All competencies below are required upon entry)
Analytical Skills - The ability to collect information and identify fundamental patterns/trends in data. This includes the ability to gather, integrate, and interpret information from several sources.
Building Trusting Relationships - The ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and rapport with different types of people and businesses. This includes delivering on commitments and maintaining confidential information, as well as being approachable, and relating well to people regardless of personality or background.
Communication - The ability to convey information clearly and accurately, as well as to choose the most effective method of delivery (e.g., email, phone, face-to-face) for technical and non-technical information.
Creating the New and Different - The ability to be creative. This includes the ability to produce breakthrough ideas, being a visionary, managing innovation, having broad interests and knowledge, and gaining support in order to translate new ideas into solutions.
Decision Making - The ability to make quick, accurate decisions. This includes the ability to weigh alternatives and take into account the impact of the decisions on people, equipment, or other resources.
Getting Work Done - The ability to be organized, resourceful, and planful. This includes the ability to leverage available resources to get things done and Client out tasks in sufficient detail. This also includes the ability to work on multiple tasks at once without losing track, and foresee and plan around obstacles.
Technical Knowledge - Knowledge of project lifecycles. This includes an understanding of methodology attributes such as entrance and exit criteria for assigned project stages, team roles and responsibilities, and tools and techniques. This also includes the ability to plan activities within a project stage and report on progress.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent or equivalant work experience
In addition, 3+ years project management experience or related work experience is required.
PMP certification

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
5+ years project management experience or related work experience.
2+ years experience with project management tools (e.g., Visio).
2+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
1+ years working with operating budgets, resources, and/or project financials.
1+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization.
Comments for Suppliers: Work from home - should be based in SD in case we have required meetings in person when needed.
3-8 yrs exp