IT Program & Project Management Consultant

Through our dedicated associates, Conduent delivers mission-critical services and solutions on behalf of Fortune 100 companies and over 500 governments – creating exceptional outcomes for our clients and the millions of people who count on them.

You have an opportunity to personally thrive, make a difference and be part of a culture where individuality is noticed and valued every day.

IT Program & Project Management Consultant (C08, IC)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plans, organizes, directs, controls and delivers complex projects and/or programs prioritized in alignment with the client’s expectations and business needs. Projects may include multiple technology disciplines and/or significant business process re-engineering efforts.
• Manages programs or projects involving department or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of projects and/or programs into a finished state.
• Plans and directs schedules as well as project budgets.
• Organizes project and/or program activities that may require inter-departmental meetings and communication ensuring completion of the program/project on schedule and within budget constraints.
• At times, directs the activities of project support staff, project managers, and sub-contractors and is responsible for ensuring appropriate resources are allocated in MS Project Online (POL) and maintained to facilitate the successful completion of the project.
• Provides direction to and monitors work of technical personnel assigned to the project delivery. This may include systems analysts, programmers and testing resources, providing support and interpretation of instructions/objectives.
• Manages and coordinates priorities between projects or within a program that requires critical thinking and complex problem solving.
• Leads and communicates project scope, goals and responsibilities to project team; establish clear stakeholder expectations, and requirements of varying degrees of complexity.
• Develops and maintains regular project status reports and monitors performance in project and program control activities.
• Develops and distributes reports related to project activities, general project management, and financial issues where budgeted labor will exceed plans.
• Maintains detailed list of project action items, issues and risks.
• Candidates should have experience managing application development projects and be familiar with the system development life cycle.
• Strong communication skills to communicate status, resolve and escalate issues when needed.
• Strong MS Project skills

Experience & Education:

• 10 years managing projects using MS Project
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree
• PMI certification preferred

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