Project Manager

Our client, a New York Utility provider, is seeking a Project Manager to join their team in a Hybrid position. This position will support Capital Projects. Responsibilities will include governance and reporting and providing information for effective management decision-making. Both waterfall and agile project delivery approaches may be used.

Job Functions & Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders, etc.
• Act as the bridge between the business and IT.
• Support the IT workstream and document projects (schedule, tasks, cost, changes/risks/issues) via IT PMO processes, procedures, and tools for assigned projects.
• Support all project workstreams as needed: initiation, planning, implementation, and closure for enhanced or new systems.
• Monitor the project schedule, budget, and deliverables.
• Track progress and review project tasks to ensure deadlines are met appropriately.
• Recognize and address problems or situations that may impact project delivery.
• Work cross-functionally to resolve issues, mitigate risks, and support change.
• Analyze decisions and actions for their alignment with the project's strategic direction.
• Work with senior management to escalate and resolve complex issues and risks.
• Support the project with realistic resource plans for all phases, including handover to production support.
• Assess the impact of technology requirements and constraints on project scope.
• Utilize project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) to drive technical solution delivery.
• Support solution delivery processes, procedures, and toolsets (DevOps, configuration management, change management) to deliver stable, hardened, and scalable solutions.
• Support project financials, including project budget and forecast.
• Ensure the solution and team follow IT ITIL/ITSM standards, Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Security standards/policies, and other NYPA technical standards.
• Fulfill requirements for the IT PMO and IT Governance process, including PPM Pro entries, project documentation standards, project reviews, and gate promotions as defined in the IT PMO Playbook.
• Work collaboratively with program teams, project teams, various IT teams, and related business unit staff to maintain thorough knowledge of project objectives.
• Promote and maintain communication between project team members and stakeholders, managing expectations.
• Prepare correspondence, presentations, and/or reports as required.
• Follow up on correspondence and outstanding requests for resolution.

• Understand the software development process and experienced in IT project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) and IT solution delivery processes, procedures, and toolsets (DevOps, configuration management).
• Strong and tested project management skills including:
  • Customer relationship management
  • Sponsor expectation management
  • Risk management
  • Change Management
• Understand data governance, management, and quality.
• Organized, good communicator, deadline-driven, team builder, leader, planner, problem solver, and agile.
• Ability to promote and maintain a positive and inclusive work environment with project team members, co-workers, management, and vendors by behaving, collaborating, and communicating in a manner consistent with professional standards.
• Superior interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, and negotiating skills to ensure open communication across project teams.
• Ability to handle broad-based, often complex, communication.
• Ability to diffuse emotionally charged situations and use them to constructively build greater shared commitment to end goals.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes.
• Analyze decisions and actions for their support of the larger area's strategic direction.
• Work with senior management to resolve more complex problems.
• Outstanding record of project management success, both in results achieved and in use of professional methodology.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical or business discipline. An advanced degree is preferred.
• Project Management Certification is preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years of increasingly responsible experience, including experience successfully managing various projects
• Experience with application migrations especially SharePoint desired

PLEASE NOTE: Candidate REQUIRED to be LOCAL to Tri-State area

Spruce Technology, Inc. is a mid-size, award-winning (Inc 5000, SmartCEO, Entrepreneur of the Year) technology services firm with a steadily growing portfolio of commercial and government clients. Spruce provides innovative technology solutions, specialized IT staff, and IT strategy consulting nationwide. Spruce maintains partnerships with major technology vendors and continually develops leading-edge offerings in service areas such as digital experience, data services, application development, infrastructure, cyber security, and IT staffing.

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