Sr IT Project Mgr

Job Summary:

The Sr.

Information Technology Program Manager will plan, establish, and manage information technology (IT) projects and will serve as a liaison between the business and technical aspects of assigned portfolio of projects.

Duties/Responsibilities:


* Establishes and maintains processes for managing the IT demand queue working with the business to prioritize activities, tasks, and projects.

Works as a business analyst to help project requestors to build project plans with budgets and return on investment.


* Manages assigned IT projects to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope of project.

Creates project documentation including project charters, risk matrix, and stakeholder analysis.


* Develops, maintains, and revises proposals for assigned projects including project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, timelines, funding, and staffing.


* Sets and tracks project milestones; manages and accounts for cross-project dependencies, risks, unforeseen delays, then realigns schedules and expectations as needed.


* Ensures governance of and adherence to impact analyses and change management process for changes and projects.


* Establishes and implements project communication plans, providing status updates to affected staff and stakeholders.


* Documents and maintains key business processes in partnership with business process owners.


* Collects, analyzes, and summarizes information and trends as needed to prepare project status reports.

Required Skills/Abilities:


* Organized with attention to detail.


* Excellent analytical, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills.


* Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.


* Thorough understanding of project management principles and planning.


* Thorough understanding of information technology procedures and practices.


* Proficient with, or able to quickly become proficient with, a range of general and specialized applications, software, and hardware used in the organization and the industry.


* Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.


* Ability to motivate groups of people to complete a project in a timely manner.


* Ability to work with technical teams and business user groups.


* Experience with project management platforms.

SmartSheet desired.


* Experience with project management methodologies including waterfall and agile.


* Experience with creating and maintaining business process maps / flowcharts.


* Experience managing IT infrastructure, package implementations and software development projects.

Education and Experience:


* Bachelor's degree in Computer or Information Systems-related field desired.


* PMP or similar project management certification desired.


* At least five years of related experience required.

Physical Requirements:


* Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer....