Certified Project Manager

As a Project Manager you will "help make it happen" by bringing initiative, imagination, and problem-solving skills to a large organization in Madison, WI. To be successful in this role, an ideal individual typically has 10+ years of project management experience with business acumen and a professional Project Manager certification.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for helping the executive leadership team develop a departmental strategy and then help define strategic initiatives from that strategy
• Exceptional communication skills and a high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ) to work with a broad spectrum of business leaders effectively
  • This project is a business-focused project manager position and not a technical position
• Partner with the Executive team, business sponsors, IT Senior Management, and other team leaders to ensure priorities of the project are understood and managed accordingly for complex technical and non-technical problems are solved.
• Must be able to facilitate business group discussions professionally in a decision-making environment
• Responsible for assembling and managing business-focused working teams
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and resources to meet customers' needs
• Research new technology and develop business cases to support enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions
• Additional duties, as needed

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of Project Management experience along with a Project Management certification, such as the PMP
• Successful experience in team building, managing project timelines and budgets, and producing high-quality project artifacts, such as charter, project plans, and more
• Expert knowledge of business objectives to work with multiple stakeholders to ensure complex problems are solved
• Capable of managing a project or subset of a project with up to ten (10) staff members
• Ideal candidates for this position will be required to have experience in one or (preferably) more of the following areas:
  • Strategy Development at the Organizational Level
  • Development of Strategic Initiatives
  • Executive Level Meeting Facilitation
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Continuous Process Improvement
  • Program Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with advanced analytics
• Change management experience
• MS Project experience