IT Project Manager (Hybrid)

IT Project Manager (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Project Manager for their Portland, Oregon location. This position will focus on small to medium size projects, facilitating initiatives generally less than $250,000 in budget, generally less than 6 months in duration, and limited to one or two cross functional groups. In addition, the position will provide support to Portfolio Managers in developing integrated schedules across a portfolio of projects along with other coordination duties as listed below. This Project Manager will play a supporting role in helping to meet business, schedule, and budget objectives. This hybrid position is a one-year renewable contract. If you think this role aligns with your r we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities for IT Project Manager:

• Provide recommendations and guidance to technical staff and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects.
  • This includes planning project phases and assessing business implications for each phase.
• Facilitate a defined original project scope and obtain authorization for changes to the project cost, schedule, or performance.
• Monitor the project schedule, alerting the client manager to any changes to or delays in the schedule.
• Support the project team through the project management process in creating and implementing the project plan.
• Schedule and facilitate team meetings and coordinate activities of sub-teams as directed by the client manager.
• Plan and coordinate activities for a designated project (may include multiple projects) to verify that goals or objectives of the project are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
• Monitor project funding and budget, alerting the client manager of any budget concerns.
• Engage with business and IT teams to facilitate the tasks and activities of the team, properly understand the business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and assist client management in deploying the solution.
• Alert the client manager of obstacles concerning project resources, providing recommendations to mitigate.
• Assist the client manager in building and coordinating an effective team and allocating team members to project tasks.
  • Alert the client manager of any resource allocation issues and recommend solutions.
• Allocate time in the project plan for the project team to attend all recommended training.
• Project Manager must take a pro-active stance on risk management:
  • Analyze and identify areas of risk and obtain appropriate guidance from client manager or Contracting Officer (CO).
  • Maintain issue, risk, and/or action logs.
  • Draft and recommend contingency plans to minimize / eliminate risks on an ongoing basis.
• Draft regular status reports, final reports, or deliverables, and generate lessons learned .
• As directed by the client manager, act on lessons learned.

Requirements for Project Manager:

• U.S. Citizenship and Valid Driver s License required.
• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.
  • 1 year of experience is required with a bachelor s degree in applicable fields.
  • 5 years of direct work experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
• Experience must include direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution, including strong familiarity with project management software.
• Minimum 1 year of technology project management experience, to include:
  • Use of industry standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding and developing technical specifications and project plans.
  • Coordinating or running multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Working knowledge of System Life Cycle (SLC) principles.
  • Project planning for assigned work streams, managing priorities, deliverables, and milestones.
  • Identifying and tracking project issues, risks, decisions, and action items.
  • Microsoft Project regarding timelines, dependencies, deliverables, milestones, and resources.
  • Visio flowcharts.

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc: Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
AG/BH13500
Job ID: 13500