Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Raleigh, NC
Duration: Long Term W2 contract
Responsibilities:

• Driving complex projects and programs to achieve targeted and measured business goals and key objectives in support of the necessary Real Estate or Implementation activities required for project completion.
• Coordinating and scheduling resources across multiple organizations to align project requirements with business goals and objectives.
• Identifying, monitoring, reporting and escalating project-related issues to achieve timely resolution.
• Developing and implementing corrective action plans to mitigate impact to project schedules and overall business objectives.
• Utilizing project tracking tools such as Fuze SPM and systems to accurately document milestone completions, project issues, corrective action plans, project jeopardies, and overall project completions.
• Maintaining excellent communication with functional team members and direct management to ensure early identification of issues and the timely reporting of status.
• Coordinate and Lead regular project meetings to keep the team abreast of overall status, changes, risks and major milestones.
• Escalate issues when necessary to keep schedules on-track.
• Ensure project timelines are met.
• Establishing contingency plans as needed throughout the duration of all projects.
• Provide regular status reports to the Project team, Management and Directors for projects.
• Coordinating Lessons Learned post-mortem discussions to document and improve efficiencies of similar projects going forward.
• Developing new processes to improve employee and project efficiency.

Must have skills:

• Associates degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Technical or project management experience.
• Knowledge of PC and software applications including Windows and MS Office

Desired skills:

• Bachelors Degree
• PMP certification.
• Knowledge of RAN Real Estate and Implementation
• Extensive knowledge in FUZE SPM or other Project Management toolsets.
• Excellent verbal and written skills for inter-organizational communications.
• Strong organization skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple, often conflicting priorities to successful completion.
• Experience making independent decisions based on policies, practices and project requirements.