Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
Act as a coach to junior project managers, executives and others including student workers who need assistance and advice regarding project management practices.
Establish a work plan for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for assignment of project personnel.
Analyze project proposals to determine a time frame, funding limitations and appropriate processes for accomplishing projects.
Review the work plan of an external service provider or consultancy contracted to execute the project.
Implement a project communication plan.
Conduct risk assessment and mitigation.
Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and look and feel across the organization.
Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
Ensure that project goals are achieved.
Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel.
Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
Utilize project resources effectively and align resource allocation with division guidelines.
Effectively manage stakeholder expectations and communicate project updates to relevant stakeholders.
Review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required.
Regularly update system of record with detailed information about project progress, including key metrics, milestones achieved, current issues, risks, any necessary changes, and resource utilization
ensuring all stakeholders have access to accurate and timely project status updates.
Produce weekly project status report(s) and present project status at monthly portfolio reviews.
Keep the PMO informed about project progress, potential issues, and key decisions through regular communication channels.
Maintain project records in the PMO document repository.
Establish standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management.
Actively engage in PMO-led training, improvement initiatives, and knowledge-sharing activities.
Primary Contacts
Project sponsor and key stakeholders
Project team/staff (including designated users or customers)
Business unit (BU) management and executives
Enterprise architects
Subject matter experts (such as in security or compliance)
Infrastructure and operations staff
Business analysts
User/customer product owner
External service providers and consultancies project manager(s)
Job Requirements
Experience with Project Management
Experience managing IT or technology-related projects
Active PMP certification
Education
Requires a bachelor's degree in a job-related field and 4 or more years of job-related experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of job-related certification, training, education, and/or
experience.
Preferred Experience
Experience leading cloud-related projects
Any relevant cloud certifications
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