BGI has the following 6-12 month contract based position with our direct client in Lower Manhattan. Postion is partially remote but candidate must be willing to go onsite. Local candidates only
The Project Manager plans and delivers Information Technology projects. The Project Manager provides full life-cycle project management of assigned projects, including IT infrastructure, networking, hardware, and applications deployments. Projects range from smaller, short-scheduled efforts to larger, cross-departmental initiatives. The Project Manager ensures the delivery of project objectives within prescribed schedule, budget and scope. This role will also assist in establishing project-related goals based on business requirements, and will support the analysis, creation, and management of project budgets.
Principal Duties
- Lead and implement information technology projects to meet business needs and objectives. Consult with stakeholders, user groups, and technical staff to describe and define scope of project, technical specifications, resource requirements, schedule, and provide suggested actions to complex technical problems in order to meet project and/or plan objectives. Analyze feedback and reports into actionable deliverables.
- Create and maintain project plan and schedule throughout project lifecycle. Capture, document, monitor, and/or mitigate risks and issues. Work across business units to ensure proper human resource allocation to ensure expected delivery time and quality. Manage project staff, providing them with tasks and timelines to help them organize and prioritize their work.
- Provide on-going support for assigned projects, including writing technical documentation, developing user manuals and developing and conducting training sessions. Provide practical and economical solutions to new business needs and recommend refinement and/or modification of workflows; prepare feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis.
- Manage the tracking, updating and reporting of project statuses in the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system of record. Identify service rollout needs and service level agreement implications. Provide reports to management on the progress of managed projects.
- Support the scoping and long-term planning of new projects and how they relate, identifying interdependencies.
Required Education
- Bachelor's Degree
- PMP certification or equivalent certification or experience.
Required Experience
- 5+ years of experience in technical project delivery, preferably in a nonprofit or higher education environment. Experience leading subject matter experts and distributed teams in the delivery of technical projects. Broad experience working with, negotiating with and managing performance of external vendors. Experience working with offshore and/or geographically distributed project teams and resources.
- 2+ years of experience leading project planning and delivery within a PMO environment.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Working effectively both independently and in complex teams.
- Excellent written and verbal executive communication skills.
- Thorough operational understanding of project management frameworks.
- Ability to travel periodically.The Project Manager plans and delivers Information Technology projects. The Project Manager provides full life-cycle project management of assigned projects, including IT infrastructure, networking, hardware, and applications deployments. Projects range from smaller, short-scheduled efforts to larger, cross-departmental initiatives. The Project Manager ensures the delivery of project objectives within prescribed schedule, budget and scope. This role will also assist in establishing project-related goals based on business requirements, and will support the analysis, creation, and management of project budgets.