IT Project Manager

Integritas is working with a network partner to help fill an IT Project Manager (Remote, ideally with reasonable access to Detroit). Contact Ben (benintegritassearch.com) for more information. Project Manager - PMO Key Responsibilities: This position provides oversight for the delivery of professional and managed services projects with responsibility for the quality, timeliness, resource mix, and project management rigor, including the following: Leads internal and client project status meeting and manages all aspects of project management for IT projects Skilled in multiple project management methodologies including Agile and Waterfall Works effectively with virtual and remote teams, promoting teamwork & collaboration, and project managing various size initiatives Ensures effective leadership of day-to-day service activities and risks and understand how and when to escalate. Follows company project management methodology, while at the same time subjectively assessing the best project management tools to use on a project-by-project basis Ensures on-time, on-budget project delivery for the customer business Continually improves reliability of delivery by understanding and improving all aspects of delivery support (tools, technology, reporting, etc) Initiates interaction with the customers and resolves service issues while fostering key relationships Maintains daily / weekly interaction with customer stakeholders to manage service delivery processes and gain a strong understanding of the customer critical systems inter-dependency. Manages escalations as necessary Produces ad hoc and recurring reports: Relating to time and utilization Performance of delivery, IT Support and monitoring teams Actively contributes towards self-development by creating and following development plans based on development discussions with immediate manager Complies with all people-related processes as mandated by company Role Description Reporting to the Director of Customer Success, this position is responsible for: Project managing client professional and managed service projects. Including the following key tasks: Setting up the project in MS Teams and Project Management software Establishing the project plan Ensuring entire team understands roles, scope Ensure internal team understands what is expected for key processes (time logging, internal chats, document storage) Leading client, and internal meetings (creating agenda/sharing meeting minutes) Managing all risks and issues and escalating as appropriate to ensure project remains healthy Managing financial aspects of project, include budget to actual and profit margins Monitoring scope Managing escalations (client and internal) Monitoring SLAs for task completion Administering the Project Management tool, including setting up and monitoring key configurations on an ongoing basis Updating key metrics for dashboard reporting Assist in defining and improving the project management process and templates used. Meeting with clients to understand their satisfaction level and to resolve issues. Qualifications This position requires a strong foundation in project management. Candidate must have excellent communication skills, including the ability to be assertive when necessary but maintaining a strong customer focus at the same time. Candidate must have a process mindset, always striving to improve or create repeatable effective delivery processes. Typical Experience/Skills: Strong project management foundation and experience with multiple PM methodologies, including waterfall, Agile,etc. Waterfall is requirement as virtually all projects are done Waterfall with some aspects of Agile (daily standup) Demonstrated work history in customer-facing technology coordination role Strong interpersonal skills and managing internal and external stakeholders Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams Detail oriented and process focused mind set Strong business acumen with ability to establish and manage standard operating procedures for service delivery 5 years of experience in an IT project management related capacity Mid to expert level user of Excel and other Microsoft tools Able to assertively manage project team members (company and client) to ensure dates are met, scope is controlled and risks are actively mitigated. Recruiter Notes: Degree preferred but not mandatory. Want to see promotions/progression and/or accolades/awards, etc. IDEAL Location - would be near Detroit MI but open to other EASTERN time zone candidates (NO other time zones) LOOKING for someone with 7-10 or 12 yrs experience. NOT someone with a lot more than that as the projects are smaller to mid-sized and someone at that level will be or SHOULD be way beyond that. Must have excellent communication skills - this person will run stand up meeting internally and for clients. This is an IT Project Manager over various types of technology projects. Long term they can move into Oracle Project Management. Won't look job jumpers or candidates with a lot of gaps in their resume. They want to see some longevity. This is a consulting firm but this is a full time/permanent position with a lot of opportunity for growth. ben infotech