Sr Project Manager

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 7 Month(s)

Skills

Agile
Scrum
sharepoint
MS Project

Job Details

We have a position for a Sr Project Manager with one of our clients in Atlanta, GA for an initial contract duration of 7 months. No third party candidates considered for this position.

Our Client has embarked on a multi-year initiative to modernize the existing environment to a more current and cost effective distributed environment. It will involve replacing existing legacy business applications with COTS products or internally developed applications.

Short Description: Experienced Project Managers needed for medium to large sized enterprise projects of moderate to high complexity and risk in a fast-paced, hybrid environment. Candidate should have experience in both IT and business projects.

The position, assigned to the Project Management Office, will direct and coordinate project activities, including but not limited to:

  • Planning
  • Schedule development and maintenance
  • Resource tracking
  • Risk management
  • Communications management
  • Reporting
  • Quality management
  • Vendor management

Primary duties will be to manage all aspects of the project following PMI best practices and the Client Project Management Methodology. Successful candidates will be accomplished project managers who have directed and successfully managed, from start to finish, complex, technology projects with aggressive timelines.

Required Skills:

  • A MUST Project Management Certification (PMP).
  • Demonstrated success managing large complex programs/projects utilizing multiple delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM, Kanban)
  • Documented recent experience in:
  • Business requirements gathering.
  • Business process documentation.
  • Full Systems Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies.
  • Experience must be related to software application development and implementation.
  • Experience collaborating with vendor partners in the delivery of project solutions required.
  • Well-developed communication skills oral, written, listening.
  • Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail.
  • Must have excellent leadership, interpersonal, and motivation skills.
  • Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint, Visio, MS Office Suite).

Required/Desired Skills:

  • Client Modernization PMP (PMI) certification - active status (MUST UPLOAD CERTIFICATION) Required
  • CSM (Scrum Alliance) certification and/or PMI-ACP certification - active status (MUST UPLOAD CERTIFICATION) Required
  • IT process and methodology (agile, scrum) Required
  • 7 Years Business analysis Required
  • 5 Years Integration planning and strategy Required
  • 7 Years Recently managed at least two full lifecycle agile development projects with project teams of >= 10 members Required
  • 7 Years Vendor management Required
  • 7 Years COTS product implementation Highly desired
  • 7 Years Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint) Required
  • 7 Years Well-developed communication skills oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail Required
  • Bachelors degree in related field Required
  • Project Server/Project Online Nice to have
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