BGI has the following 6 month contract opportunity with our direct client located in lower Manhattan
Position Overview
The Project Manager is a member of the IT- ISG Project Delivery Team and will Project Manage information technology projects across the University. This role will focus on technology solution delivery projects on behalf of the Department of Public Safety and Campus Services. The Project Manager will serve as an influential leader by demonstrating PM professionalism, passion, providing communication/motivation and creating teamwork and collaboration. The Project Manager will also work closely with the technical managers in different functional areas to document, communicate and manage the resolution of project related technical issues.
Essential Job Functions:
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Manage all aspects of technology project management and project lifecycles by effectively initiating, planning, executing and controlling multiple high profile, high priority projects at the same time.
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Create and maintain project schedules. Identify and monitor overall project timeline, project milestones, tasks, resources, task dependencies, and critical paths.
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Collaborate with different IT departments to ensure proper resource alignment and successful project delivery.
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Manage issues and risk prevention/mitigation by anticipating and identifying risks and issues that may impact timeline, deliverables and service quality. Develop, communicate and implement mitigation plan and corrective action(s).
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Conduct regular team status meetings and stakeholders meetings. Communicate with different levels of the IT staff and leadership teams by providing program/project status and executive reports.
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Preparation/coordination of business cases to support our clients requests for funding
Job Related Experience:
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Prior experience with recent versions of Genetec and Lenel, strongly preferred
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7+ years experience in overall project management, program management and/or consulting experience
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5+ years project management experience in Application Development
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Project management experience in Cloud migration preferred
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Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
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Additional Skills/Knowledge:
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Ability to adopt project management best practices and help improve the processes
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Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas
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Ability to step into projects already in progress
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Ability to define and manage business and technical requirements
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Additional Skills/Knowledge:
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Ability to adopt project management best practices and help improve the processes
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Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas
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Ability to step into projects already in progress
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Ability to define and manage business and technical requirements