Senior IT Project Manager (Custom Applications)

Job Title: IT Senior Project Manager

Assignment Length: Long Term Contract

Project City and State: King of Prussia, PA

Are you a Senior IT Project Manager with expertise in managing large enterprise wide Waterfall projects.

If so, check out this job!

Vertex is a US-based tech company with 25 years experience in Microsoft, Salesforce, BI, AI, and Cloud Computing. We have earned longstanding client relationships as trusted, long-term partners. Every day we inspire, innovate, and implement solutions that solve complex business problems using creativity and technologies that drive results.

What can you expect?

Professional recruiters with vast industry knowledge

Expert credentialing

No-hassle onboarding

What s in it for you?

An assignment that uses your skills

Opportunities to advance your career.

Competitive compensation

Great work environment

Primary Responsibilities:

Manage medium to large scale enterprise-wide projects - mobilizing resources from different teams, define milestones, create project plans, define project structure, monitor project activity, establish release guidelines, controls, manage release inventory and project closure activities.

Publish metrics reporting, status, and dashboards. Organize periodic review meetings with Senior management.

Ensure compliance with audit requirements, SOX, and operational controls.

Develop and obtain approval and commitment for the project scope, objective, and related time schedules.

Develop contingency plans, risk mitigation strategies, and manage issue logs.

Assist in resolution of issues and mitigation of individual risks.

Liaison with other functional/technical teams for all project activity.

Assist with selecting methodology and documentation standards for the project team.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration

5+ years of experience in information technology or Project Management environment

Project Management certificate preferred.

Knowledge of Project Management tools and methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall

Up to 20% travel by car or airplane to visit business units.

Strong project management, ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with applications related to transportation and logistics for servicing customers in the field is preferred.

Experience with Azure Dev ops to manage project user stories and tasks.

Experience with Excel

Knowledge of Logistical tools such as Descartes

Ability to work with minimal supervision.

HAZ Waste industry experience.