Sr. Project Manager

City : Austin

State : Texas

Neos is a leading Austin-based IT Staffing and Consulting firm. Neos was recognized as a one of the Best Places to Work in Austin by the Austin Business Journal.

Neos is currently seeking a Project Manager for a long-term contract position with our client in Austin, Texas.

**Candidates local to Austin, TX need apply**

**Position requires onsite work 3 days a week** Wednesday is mandatory but any other days on site are flexible

The workers responsibilities and skills must include:

The Project Manager II is an Information Technology (IT) position that will manage components of highly complex and visible projects and/or program initiatives. This role will follow project management methodologies and governance processes to deliver work products on time and within a set budget. The role will also collaborate with the end-user and key stakeholders to provide status updates and gather requirements, with the vendor on their implementation and delivery of contract deliverables, and with the internal IT Team. The Project Manager will be responsible for maintaining and managing the timeline for multiple projects. Further, this individual will work to identify project risks and issues and proactively manage a plan to mitigate the risks and resolve the issues.

The worker's responsibilities and skills must include:

• Experience with general IT SDLC processes.
• Experience with application deployment-related projects
• Experience with business process design
• Experience with implementing Enterprise Systems Integration projects.
• Experience with mediating business units that may have conflicting requirements.
• Experience driving systems integration delivery projects from 3rd party vendors to delivery acceptance and project closure.
• Experience preparing and presenting executive level project communications, project tracking and stakeholder management.
• Ability to create and maintain several project artifacts, including Project Timeline, Risk & Issue Log, Communication Plan, Stakeholder Register etc.
• Ability to identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Responsible for project scope delivery adhering to and optimizing schedule, costs, and resources.
• Acts as the counterpart for vendors program leader to ensure customer satisfaction and be the escalation point for service delivery activities.
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a creative thinker to solve issues.
• Must be hands-on-project manager for multiple projects.

WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS (Required)

Minimum (Required):

Years
Skills/Experience 7 Experience in managing all phases of large and complex technical projects.
7 Experience managing application deployment projects 7 Experience with business process design 7 Experience in creating and maintaining various project artifacts, including Project Timeline, Risk & Issue
Log, Communication Plan, Stakeholder Register, etc. 7 Experience with general IT SDLC processes. 7 Experience in identifying and managing project risks and issues. 7 Skilled in creating and presenting executive level project communications. 7 Skilled in gathering requirements from business divisions. 7 Skilled in educating business unit staff on standardized processes. 7 Possess strong verbal and written skills in communicating with peers and different levels of users
including executive staff. 7 Skilled in facilitating large group meetings with internal and external resources. 7 Skilled in collaborating with the technical and functional teams to develop the Technical Specification
and other documents need in support of the solution. 5 Experience in implementing Enterprise Systems Integration. Must have PMP Certification

Preferred (Optional):

Years
Skills/Experience 2 Experience with one or more of the state of Texas government agencies. 5 Experience with multivendor and software professional services for communication service provider or enterprise customers is preferred.

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