Senior IT Project Manager (Remote)

Overview

Hybrid
$74
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Flowchart
IT Project Management
Information Technology
Management
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Visio
Budget
Business Administration
Communication
Computer Science
Filing
PMBOK
Process Engineering
Project Management
Regulatory Compliance
Risk Management
SAP BASIS
Specification Gathering
Status Reports
Workflow

Job Details

Senior Project Manager (Remote)

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 provide recommendations to technical staff and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. This includes planning project stages and assessing business implications for each stage as well as monitoring progress and reviewing controls to assure deadlines, standards, and targets are met.

This position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you think you d be a good fit, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Senior Project Manager:

  • Facilitate manager assigned medium to large sized Information Technology (IT) projects, supporting various business lines, from inception to conclusion and in accordance with PMI-based methodology, industry standards, best practices, and internal skill development
  • Assist the manager in coordinating activities and provide recommendations for allocating team members to project tasks.
  • Maintain consistent communication with the project sponsor, performance managers, and clients on project progress vs the plan.
  • Engage with the business unit and IT teams to facilitate the tasks and activities of the team, understand the business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and assist management in deploying solutions.
  • Actively maintain project documents, schedule, budget, and workflow in the project management system of record.
  • Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements.
  • Alert the manager of obstacles or work with the sponsor or performance managers to remove obstacles so that the team can complete the project.
  • Schedule and facilitate team meetings.
  • Project Manager must take a pro-active stance on risk management.
  • Coordinate revised project requirements, milestones, and deliverables.
  • Develop and recommend contingency plans to minimize / eliminate risks on an ongoing basis.
  • Draft regular status reports, final reports or deliverables and generate and act on lessons learned.

Requirements for Senior Project Manager:

  • Bachelor s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration, engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.
    • 10 years of direct work experience is required with a bachelor s degree.
    • 14 years of direct work experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
  • Experience must include direct work experience in an information technology project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution, including strong familiarity with project management software.
  • 10 years of demonstrated project management experience, to include:
    • Fundamental operation, function, and workflow of a project management system regarding timelines, dependencies, deliverables, milestones, and resources.
    • Use of industry standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding, and development of technical specifications and project plans.
    • Coordinating or running multiple projects simultaneously.
    • Working knowledge of System Life Cycle (SLC) principles.
  • Demonstrated experience with Visio flowcharts.
  • Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Project.

**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/BH13564

Job ID: 13564

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