IT Project Manager

Genesis10 is currently seeking an IT Project Manager with our client in the financial industry located in Charlotte, NC, Plano, TX and Pennington, NJ. This is a 12+ month contract position.

Responsibilities:

• Manage infrastructure design and delivery efforts for the Global Information Security portfolio
• Project in this book of work span from deploying infrastructure to host lower tier applications providing reporting capabilities to highly available applications requiring multi-datacenter deployments and traffic management
• End-to-end management and go-live events of projects of high rigor and high complexity in a fast-paced environment
• Manage, lead, and direct the work efforts of technical resources functionally aligned to the programs and projects
• Project will span the design and delivery of lower tier applications providing reporting capabilities to the highest tier applications providing high availability enterprise-wide, third party, corporate and customer information protection and identity authentication functions
• Utilize the Agile Scrum skills as well as Agile Jira tools as part of the day-to-day management to drive out the project deliverables and hold project resources accountable to agreed-to delivery dates
• Average project load is 5-6 medium to high complexity projects
• Act as the project's primary point of contact
• Obtain and align resources to key project roles
• Establish clearly defined responsibilities and accountabilities
• Lead the daily meetings consisting of the project team and partners
• Remove delivery impediments, and is keenly focused on the activities and progress of the service delivery team
• Lead project execution, integration and implementation
• Ensure that all applicable change requirements are satisfied
• Define project milestones and socialize to business partners
• Ensure milestone dates are met by driving execution of tasks
• Hold resources accountable to agreed-to task completion dates
• Engage technical resources and define their scope of work
• Risk management and mitigation planning
• Ensure change management process adherence
• Quality assurance ensuring that all tasks are completed as specified
• Provide timely and routine updates in Jira in regard to project status, accomplishments and next steps
• Escalate project risks and issues to the portfolio delivery manager and service delivery manager
• Establish and maintain relationships with technical partners
• Presentation to senior management
• Manage project go-live events
• Readiness, change adoption, stakeholder management
• Prepare and present information and data to senior leaders
• Manage matrix resources

Requirements:

• Educational background and experience in project management or business management or associated area
• 10 + years of experience
• Strong technical project management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Scrum and Jira
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks
• Experience of large-scale complex projects
• Knowledge of infrastructure technologies (physical server hosting, virtual machine hosting, storage, network, database, middleware, network traffic management, Network DMZ)
• MS Project, MS Excel and MS Power Point
• Ability to work with others and manage disparate teams globally
• Ability to manage the successful execution of technical solutions whether by a single team or multiple teams
• Proven track record in a similar role
• Solid interpersonal skills; positive attitude; team player; flexible
• Able to proactively engage business and technology leaders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to lead meetings, follow-up, negotiate and resolve ambiguity
• Keen attention to detail and strong sense of ownership and accountability for work

Desired skills:

• Client project delivery experience
• Information Security knowledge

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10:

$50.39 - $58.39Pay range:

Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.