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Ekman Associates, Inc. is a management consulting firm that specializes in developing business, digital, and technology strategy, delivering solutions, and addressing human resource demands. Summary: The Senior Project Manager is accountable for delivery of all assigned IT projects within scope, schedule, budget and quality. Key Skill (Mandatory)
- Deliver IT projects within scope, schedule and budget and with high quality.
- Deliver projects with focus on business unit satisfaction.
- Coordinate and manage the scope, timing, and budget of multiple concurrent projects.
- Assist in project strategy design, project role staffing, issue resolution and recovery of troubled projects
- Establish and maintain balance among project team, sponsors, resource managers and stakeholders.
- Work with the business units to establish project priorities appropriately to achieve desired organizational goals and benefits.
- Effectively mitigate project risks through risk identification and proactive planning.
- Manage resource utilization and allocation to ensure all projects have the correct resources assigned with the appropriate skill sets and capacity to deliver a quality product.
- Effectively communicate project status and key project metrics (KPIs) to stakeholders and customers and across enterprise as necessary.
- Ensure all impacted and interested teams are engaged in project execution to ensure complete project buy-in and minimize impact to the organization.
- Utilize Client's standard Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) and Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies in the planning, delivery and communication of all assigned projects.
- Follow internal Project and Portfolio management framework for project approval, delivery, tracking and reporting.
- Focus on continuous improvement activities for PMO methodology.
- Facilitate activities of PMO Governance and Steering Committee teams.
- Ensure compliance of IT projects to PMO methodology through standard project approval gateways.
- Measure and track metrics for project compliance and act accordingly.
- Maintain individual Project Portfolio and drive project business justification and approval meetings with Steering Committee and Governance teams
- Partner with business units to prioritize projects across the enterprise and facilitate development of Project Portfolio.
- Facilitate budget estimating and project planning activities for steering committee and finance approval.
- Work with business units to ensure budget is allocated appropriately for the prioritized projects and assigned to appropriate GL accounts.
- Facilitate post-close project Benefits Analysis activities with business unit and project managers and track results.
- Coordinate the work efforts, scheduling and prioritization for cross-team resources.
- Effectively transition senior level knowledge to other members of the team to help grow the organization as a whole.
- Train and mentor other team members in team standards, processes and methodologies.
- Support the professional development of other team members.
- Effectively delegate tasks to other team members to challenge individuals appropriately.
- Identify relevant training needs for the IT organization.
- Provide leadership to the team in regard to quality and integrity. Inspect and ensure the quality of work delivered by other team members.
- Provide input into the scheduled performance review process.
- Suggest and lead areas for improvement in internal processes.
- Provide input into the decision making process for the team.
- Act as point person on behalf of the team and gain the trust and confidence of other team members.
- 6+ years' work experience in Technical Project Management.
- Four year college required or commensurate work experience.
- PMP Certified.
- ITIL Certified.
- Proficient in Microsoft Projects, Application Integration and Compliance, Business Continuity, General Office Applications, Packaged Software, SOA Strategy and User Interface Design.
- Experience with the following: Applications Configuration Management, Automated Testing Tools, Client/Server Systems, Code Management, Data Transport, Enterprise Data Modeling, EnterpriseOne CNC Concepts, High Availability, Information Security, ITIL Incident Management, Networks, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Performance Management and Programming Languages.
- ID: #23609249
- State: California Irvine 92612 Irvine USA
- City: Irvine
- Salary: BASED ON EXPERIENCE
- Job type: Permanent
- Showed: 2021-11-29
- Deadline: 2022-01-27
- Category: Et cetera