SPARTAN TECHNOLOGIES IT Project Manager II Salary in the United States

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IT Project Manager 2:

The IT Project Manager 2 manages and plans, sometimes one, but occasionally more than one, complex project consisting of one or more project teams. Responsible for coordinating, scheduling and assigning project tasks, team building, maintaining working relationships with client functional areas outside of IT. Applies project development methodologies and reporting techniques to indicate project status. Manages one or more project teams to meet complex project objectives. Reviews, evaluates and formulates project plans, schedules and budgets. Allocates staff and budget resources to meet changing corporate needs. Identifies and negotiates schedules, milestones and resources required to meet project objectives. Organizes and guides project operations through the use of methodologies accepted by the industry. Evaluates and reports progress in terms of quality and performance metrics common to IT projects. Modifies schedules as required. Works with client departments to coordinate systems testing, installation, training and support. Prepares staff performance evaluations. May conduct staff reviews. Keeps informed of technical and managerial advances in IT. Work is performed with minimal direction and reviewed by senior management. Provides solutions to a diverse range of complex problems. Typically requires 3 to 5 years experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Review project proposals or plans to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and allotment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Assesses project risks, and implements mitigation plans as needed
• Designs and implements alternate project management methodologies and processes for best fit to projects
• Designs and implements project change process for scope and iteration management
• Generates ideas, critically evaluates future scenarios, and fosters creative approaches to problem solving
• Confers with project personnel to provide advice and to resolve problems
• Builds rapport managing interpersonal relations inside and outside immediate project team, and motivates and guides project team members
• Encourages and facilitates collaboration and results orientation
• Review/approves work plan of external service provider or consultancy contracted to execute project.
• Implements project communication plan.
• Works with business management on trade-offs of time, cost, quality, risk and schedule constraints
• Builds both formal and informal professional networks, and extends these networks within, across and external to organizational boundaries.
• Maintains project progress toward business outcome with reference to efficiency, quality, and value, as requested by management
• Refers to enterprise direction, goals and strategy to ensure project managers and the PMO function add value to the organization with a focus on customer satisfaction
• Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to the organization's strategy and financial goals, reflecting an awareness of external dynamics
• Mobilizes others within and outside the project to support and enable change resulting from the projects while demonstrating personal commitment to change
• Communicates and takes action that directly or indirectly influence others to create buy-in, gain trust and motivate action

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in IT, Business Administration or related field
• 7-10 years of IT project management leadership experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage project life cycles
• Demonstrated experience with negotiating and consensus building with the ability to drive change
• Ability to think strategically and connect organizational goals to IT project management decisions
• Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills
• PMP certification required
• Agile certification required