IT Project Manager

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Shift: To Be Determined.

Pay Rate: $100/hr

Job Duties:

• Proven working experience in project management with knowledge of various methodologies (e.g., agile/scrum)
• Proven leadership skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to agree on project approach with stakeholders and prepare realistic plans
• Ability to make important decisions under pressure
• Ability to manage resources and delegate effectively
• Ability to multitask effectively
• Solid organizational skills with attention to detail
• Willingness to call a red project red and ask for help when needed
• Drive Office Relocations to completion
• Ensure the relocation of the office is delivered to the agreed time, cost, and quality criteria
• Ensure the project is correctly structured with an overall plan, realistic timelines, and
• To work with the workstream leads to ensure they are structured and supported in line with the required timescales
• Throughout the project lifecycle, the colleague in this role will be required to develop and maintain documentation to effectively manage and report on projects, including the below:
• Project plan, Agile Sprint log, or another project-relevant planning tool
• Project Status Report (PSR) for reporting progress to stakeholders
• RAID with detailed mitigation plans/updates
• Budget logs detailing Capex and Opex spend to date and anticipated spend vs. budget RACI Log
• The colleague in this role will be required to lead and participate in various meetings - the objective being to both drives the project(s) to successful completion and report on progress throughout. The meetings may include the following:
• Monthly Program board - Support an Enterprise Program
• Mgr. or the Project Executive Sponsor in reporting on progress.
• Monthly Functional Steering Committees - Attend and Report to your Project Executive Sponsor progress and risks so they are prepared for the Program Board.
• Go / NoGo - Lead meeting to obtain approval to move to the next stage of the project (such as pilot to launch) by demonstrating delivery against clear acceptance criteria.
• Deep Dives / Stakeholder Reviews - When requested/required you will lead deep dives into the project progress and status.
• Weekly / Daily Team Meeting - Lead Project team meetings/standups to manage the day-to-day delivery and tracking of projects.
• Investment Committee - Attend investment committees to support your business lead when obtaining project funding/funding addendums.
• All other meetings to facilitate the successful delivery of the project(s).
• This individual will also be expected to uphold IT Governance processes, based on the ITIL framework
• Abide by Change Control and Test & Release processes
• Ensure that projects follow formal stage-gate progression and approvals
• Formally close and, where appropriate, subsequently review projects, documenting lessons learned.
• Ambition to achieve goals/objectives and the discipline, organization, and perseverance to deliver outstanding customer service.
• Set and meet stretch goals.
• Set high standards and objectives linked to strategy in order to exceed performance deliverables.
• Lead a team to address unfamiliar and/or new problems.
• Specify and manage key milestones to achieve long-term objectives.
• Persevere to deliver expected outputs is multi-faceted and challenging assignments, managing multiple stakeholders.
• Think ahead (12-24 months) to initiate changes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
• Ability to gather and make sense of large amounts of information and apply it to make business and customer focussed decisions.
• Gather and make sense of disparate business inputs from a variety of internal & external sources.
• Analyze relevant industry information to spot trends and predict opportunities and threats.
• Build relationships and collaborate with others (e.g. customers, colleagues, partners & suppliers) to achieve our mission.
• Build relationships to promote collaborative work internally and with customers, suppliers, and external parties.
• Create consensus amongst key stakeholders with different views to establish a shared approach within RI.
• Make decisions and plan actions in the wider context of the RI Group.
• Develop confidence, presence, and influence across the team and wider business.
• Protect and promote the team and its reputation within the larger organization.
• Take active steps to obtain the necessary personnel, resources, training, and information for the group.

Requirements:

• BA or higher degree
• 5 years or more of IT experience
• 5 years or more of Project Management

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary

Salary: From $100.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• IT: 1 year (Preferred)
• Project management: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location