Title : Project Manager
Location : Maryland Heights, MO – Hybrid
Duration : 12 months
Rate : $53/hr on W2
Position : W2 Position
Relevant Experience (in Yrs.): 10+
Detailed Job Description:
· Coordinate across teams and dependencies — Sync with engineering, product, marketing, and vendor partners to align on scope, hand-offs, and cross-team dependencies (e.g., IE/ORT testing windows, deployment schedules, eligibility/data pulls).
· Track status, dates, and risks — Update project committed dates, executive status fields, and health indicators in Jira/Nexus; monitor milestones, flag slips, and maintain hot topics and risk logs so reporting stays accurate.
· Run meetings and drive action items — Facilitate stand-ups, program reviews, and breakout sessions; capture decisions and action items, assign owners, and follow up to closure.
· Manage scope and escalations — Assess incoming scope changes and new information, weigh schedule/resource impact, and escalate to leadership with clear options when triggers are met (e.g., budget, timeline, or partner changes).
· Prepare stakeholder reporting — Build and refine leadership-ready updates that emphasize production release dates and business value milestones, then finalize and distribute ahead of executive reviews.
· Manages the entire project lifecycle from project definition through implementation. Accountable for meeting agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and quality measures.
· Develops project plan and drives project milestones. Establishes effective communication plan with project team and key stakeholders.
· Provides day-to-day direction to project resources. Ensures effective change management occurs throughout the course of the project.
· Responsible for preparation of documentation, status reports and budgets.
· Role requires excellent oral and written communications, interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis and problem-solving skills.
· specialized knowledge of MS Project, Visio, Excel, Word. 10+ years of experience.
Must Have Skills:
· Project Management
· Project Tracking, Status Reporting
· Risk Management
· Stakeholder Management
· Dependency Management
