Project Manager

Job description

Description:

• 4-7 years of experience, assist with a couple large scale projects for the department.

•Report directly to the CIO and work with him closely on the various projects

•Help to make sure the projects are staying on timelines by working with vendors and internal staff

•Candidate needs to have strong communication skills to provide high level reporting and updates

•Communicate directly with varied stakeholders: executive steering committees, project teams, contract teams, technical, business, and management teams

•Assist with Vendor management

•This person will need to have take a project through an application life cycle from design to implementation

Project management, planning and analysis includes developing and maintaining project charters, project plans, schedules, risk and issue logs, mitigation strategies, communication plans, resource/capability plan, and executive briefings, evaluation and design, planning for or directing large-scale integration efforts, and implementing IT standards and guidelines, managing scope, requirements, schedule and budget, training plans, and transition to operations.

It is desired that personnel hired as project managers have Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Expected typical skills in, knowledge about, and experience with may include:

*Assisting with management and planning of IT initiatives in areas such as: cost benefit analysis, return on investment (ROI), gap analysis, requirements definition, systems analysis, contingency/risk planning, disaster recovery/business continuity planning; business process analysis, documentation and process improvements;

*Analyzing data to determine/recommend solution, such as installation of alternate methods and procedures, changes in processing methods and practices, modification of machines or equipment, or redesign of products or services;

*Conducting research and industry surveys, and performing studies and surveys to obtain data, and analyze problems to advise and make recommendations on business and technical solutions based on hands-on experience solving similar business problems, including emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products as required;

*Designing / development of IT specifications, models, architecture and guidelines;

*Full system development life cycle and various industry software project management approaches;

*Development and management of standard project artifacts such as project charter, scope, objectives, schedules, process maps, data flow diagrams, architectural diagrams, implementation strategies, and project management plans;

*Business process analysis/modeling and organizational change management as applicable to project planning;

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.