Title: Project Manager
Location: Houston, TX, Little Rock, AR, & Jackson, MS, or New Orleans, LA (3 days onsite a week)
Duration: Short-term contract (3 months)
We are looking for an Sr. Project Manager to manage application development projects. The ideal candidate should be detail oriented with Agile/waterfall methodology, needs to be is a highly collaborative person, working closely with IT and Business stakeholders of the Program.
Responsibilities:
· Manage IT projects such as application development, and enhancement projects.
· Manage projects from business case-to-implementation.
· Project Management includes budget management, resource allocation, kick off meetings, project planning, project execution and control, communication, risk analysis, quality assurance, team and vendor management, and project implementation.
· Lead design workshops, assessments, and troubleshooting sessions.
· Apply waterfall delivery methodologies, standards and tools.
· Lead end-to-end technical fixes/implementation, including hardware installation, environment setup, production certification, software deployment, integration development, testing and deployment, data management, and vendor technical activities.
· Perform actual vs. planned analysis at the project level and forecast cost of the project.
· Develop project plans/scope/schedule and track progress, milestones, and deliverables.
· Facilitate and attend meetings with various technical and non-technical resources to capture project requirements, identify project milestones, communicate project timelines, track action items, and monitor project status.
· Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in large-scale IT Project Management environment.
- 5 years of experience in managing App Dev projects.
- Experience in PMO processes and Stage gate processes.
- Good experience with Agile projects.
- Experience managing projects using metrics such as ETC, EAC, SPI, and CPI.
- Hands-on experience developing resource loaded schedules.
- Experience managing budget/cost of the project and projecting monthly forecasts.
- Ability to manage multiple high visibility projects simultaneously.
- Ability to manage multiple projects with internal resources and external vendors.
- Good experience identifying and managing risks.
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