Sr. Project Manager

Knoxville, TN | Sr. Project Manager | Full-time

We are actively recruiting a Sr. Project Manager for our client in Knoxville, TN. This is a contract opportunity that will require working onsite in Knoxville. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven self-starter who thrives in a fast paced, rapid execution environment. Must have strong skills in conflict resolution, negotiation, influencing, facilitation, and communication, as well as the ability to run projects that involve a significant number of stakeholder groups, a variety of business and technology processes, and complex business and technology efforts.

Due to client request, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate project chartering, drive alignment, and manage expectations
• Define, baseline, maintain, and communicate a project schedule
• Create and manage holistic cost estimates and budgets, and track and report on actuals on a defined cadence
• Proactively drive the identification and assessment of risks.
• Drive responses to risks and ensure risk mitigation and closure.
• Support teams to resolve issues with urgency and quality
• Develop and execute an effective change control process
• Establish a project governance structure appropriate for project size
• Teach, advocate, and coach others on the use and benefit of project management competencies and skillsets
• Optimize the project framework and tools by providing continuous improvement
• Ensure readiness, sustainability, and business realization metrics are in place
• Have a defined resource plan and make certain that roles and responsibilities are clear and understood
• Manage vendor and third party partners
• Ensure project status updates are clear, concise, timely, and accurate
• Facilitate and lead effective meetings; create and deliver presentations for project teams, stakeholders, and executives
• Perform conflict resolution and negotiation in a professional manner

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in business management, business administration, project management, or related field
• 5-10 years of progressive project management experience in large, more complex initiatives in large, highly-matrixed organization, or through project management consulting practices
• Sound experience in delivery of people, process, and/or tool initiatives leveraging multiple delivery practices and tools
• PMP and Agile certifications highly preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Office Skills (Visio, Excel, Word, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) management
• Strong understanding and experience with multiple project and software delivery frameworks and methodologies, including but not limited to waterfall, scrum, and kanban
• Experience with portfolio and project management tools such as Jira and Smartsheet

Competencies:

• Strong knowledge and progressive experience managing enterprise projects
• Experience in resource capacity planning, budgeting, and financial management
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Detail oriented and decisive
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact professionally and build relationships with a diverse group of executives, managers, vendors, and subject matter experts
• Sound problem-solving skills with good judgement
• Strong commitment to teamwork with the ability to create loyalty and trust
• Energizes people and teams and makes cross-functional collaboration happen
• Excels at influencing others

"Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled"