Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Serve as lead and conduit between IT and operational functions to drive deployments and integration of technology solutions
• Develop overall project timelines and key milestones; ensure teams meet critical dates leveraging Project Management software
• Manage all phases of projects: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closure
• Partner with teams cross functionally to promote seamless integration of new technologies within a mixed computing environment
• Coordinate delivery of development (beta) and production releases that meet quality assurance standards
• Assist team through regressions testing and lead effort to identify potential impacts and bugs, including risk management and mitigation efforts
• Facilitate decision-making, arbitrate impasses, remove barriers and ultimately drive projects to completion
• Closely monitor implementations, track deployment issues and formulate fallback strategies
• Recognize and address shifts in project complexity, scope and risks
• Ensure project risks are managed and communicate risks and implications to management as appropriate
• Analyze feasibility and cost of technology deployments to lead the team to go/no-go decisions
• Work with team to identify and execute cost savings opportunities

Qualification:

BS in Computers Science or Related

Experience:

• 7-10 years experience in similar position
• Excellent communication skills (oral & written)
• Bilingual Preferred
• Excellent Project Management experience

Skill Set

• Experience leading projects in application development, systems integration and infrastructure implementations
• Strong understanding of project governance, software development and testing life cycles
• Firm understanding and knowledge of IT infrastructure, protocols and vendor management
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management and other functional departments
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic working environment
• Proven experience in helping project teams move from ambiguity to clarity and leading in a highly dynamic business environment
• Ability to drive and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication, collaboration and presentation skills, including understanding of the audience
• Outstanding technical skills: background and strong interest in process development, MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, web and other required computer applications