Project Manager

Akkodis is seeking a Project Manager for a Contract position with a client located in Quincy, MA.

Rate Range: $55-$65/hr on W2 without benefits, The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors

Title: Project Manager

Job Types: 12 Months Contract

Location: Quincy, MA (Hybrid 2 days onsite)

Role

• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Enterprise Content Management as a Program, project, or IT lead using industry-leading ECM tools.
• They would demonstrate a history of collaborating with multiple business and IT stakeholders and working with leadership to drive decisions related to resources, priorities, or financial plans.
• The successful candidate will have a wealth of tactics and experience managing and engaging stakeholders and planning and executing effective change management.

DETAILED LIST OF JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Stay current on stakeholder needs and program vision.
• Develop operations plans that include quarterly/annual goals, priorities for the program, and balance priorities with resource and financial constraints.
• Assist the program by defining performance metrics and steps taken to meet defined benchmarks/SLAs.
• Interface directly with business and engineering teams to understand and influence outcomes.
• Responsible for iteratively enhancing monitoring and reporting on all program metrics.
• Manage vendor(s) contracts and measure and report on their performance.
• Collaborate with peer teams to provide and enhance services and help it evolve in line with agency and Commonwealth mandates.
• Build and manage a small team of direct reports for needs that Vendor(s) and peers cannot meet effectively.
• Understand and proactively review existing processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and make constructive suggestions for change that would benefit the program.

Education, Experience, and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 4 years of experience managing IT operations serving content management/publishing systems.
• ITIL Foundation certified strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and negotiate the needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication & negotiation skills and experience in supporting technical and non-technical staff.
• Advanced program/process/project management skills and systems-thinking
• Advanced relationship management, leadership skills, and organizational savvy
• Advanced analytical skills, providing critical thinking, solving problems, with ability to measure, evaluate and act on financial and operational results.
• Proven action-orientation, resilience and ability to respond to changing business objectives.
• Proven ability to develop/implement business strategies across the enterprise, collaborating to implement initiatives in an integrated manner.
• Proven ability to influence others, structuring and presenting documents to effectively communicate with and inspire trust of partners and leaders, driving alignment and decision making.
• Experience leading people and effectively mentoring, coaching and developing others.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, knowledge of Teams, SharePoint, JIRA, and a CI/CD framework
• Must have multiple years of working with Agile SDLC

Benefits:

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pays upon meeting eligibility criteria

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records