IT PROJECT MANAGER

Description

Koch Global Services (KGS) is seeking a Project Manager to add to their growing project management organization. The project manager will define the scope and objectives of a project in collaboration with the project stakeholders. They will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of project outcomes and goals. They will monitor the progress of the project, makes any necessary adjustments, and reviews the quality of the completed work on a regular basis. This individual will support moderately complex to highly complex projects ranging from infrastructure to applications-based IT projects.

This role would have work from home flexibility from the following locations: Wichita, Atlanta, Reno, Auburn Hills, Green Bay, and Lisle.

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Defining the project charter, roles, tasks, milestones, costs and measures of success
• Assist in developing project estimates and plans to manage the end-to-end project execution
• Ensuring client requirements are captured accurately and completely
• Creating and maintaining project documentation
• Tracking project deliveries using project management tools
• Facilitating the day-to-day coordination while adhering to standards and sponsor expectations
• Ensuring project closure including completion of required documentation in data repository and customer follow up
• Responsible for tracking project status and managing project issues and risks
• Monitoring projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress/quality, managing issue resolution
• Managing the process to assess gaps and develop action plans to address these gaps
• Analyzing financial reports and trends to identify opportunities and resolve issues
• Monitoring financial delivery and issue management processes, and escalating issues
• Promoting and monitoring compliance and information security risk
• Responsible for building and leading effective project teams
• Using problem-solving, critical thinking skills, and independent thinking to overcome challenges
• Adapting to cultural and organizational climates across global teams
• Facilitates team and client meetings effectively
• Holds regular status meetings with project team
• Effectively communicates relevant project information to leaders and stakeholders
• Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change
• Effectively utilizes each team member to his/her fullest potential
• Motivates team to work together in the most efficient manner
• Keeps track of lessons learned and shares those lessons with team members
• Mitigates team conflict and communication problems

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements:

• Experience managing IT based projects 
  
• Experience managing relationships across multiple business divisions to meet project deliverables
• Experience managing projects from conception to completion
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and multi-disciplinary projects
• Experience facilitating project meetings
• Proven ability to drive results

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. 
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