Technical Project Manager

Job Description Title: Technical Project Manager Location: Remote 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: We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to manage Global Network projects. The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring all aspects of the project(s) are completed and delivered successfully. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a passion for building relationships and providing superb customer service. Key Experience:

• Program / Project Management Experience / PMP Certified preferred.
• Provide comprehensive detailed project plans, maintain action items, and manage scope/schedule/budget.
• Experience managing infrastructure and technical initiatives; i.e., network, security, on-prem / Cloud, and wireless technologies.

• Provides a high-level planning, tracking and coordination skills to ensure projects are carried out to plan, through data compilation, report generation and project tracking and communication.
• Oversee the daily risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure goals are achieved.
• Notifies project participants on timelines and completion dates.
• Organizes and publishes project related documentation in various sources.
• Tracks costs and performance, service levels and other metrics required to ensure project goals and objectives are met.
• Ability to pull together multiple related and unrelated areas to provide a comprehensive program and project oversight.
• Strong process analysis and modeling skills along with direct experience converting compliance and process requirements into action oriented technical objectives and measurable results.
• Ability to achieve all project goals within the given constraints.
• Develop and maintain project work plans.
• Establish and report on program level metrics and KPI's.
• Develop and implement a communication plan and coordinate regular communication with business stakeholders.
• Lead workload and task management across the various teams.
• Ability to make effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project.
• Well-organized, detail oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Develop a working knowledge of assigned business focus, strategy, and key priorities.
• Responsible for managing the overall performance and delivery of large/cross-functional programs/projects; including scope, schedule, risks, issues, and budgets.
• Provide program governance with clear and consistent communication of program level and project level status throughout the organization at all levels.
• Ensure that issues and risks are identified, communicated to project sponsors and stakeholders early and proactively managed in a manner that mitigates risk to scope, cost, and schedule.
• Strictly adhere to the client's Project Management Methodology and reporting requirements; including project plans, agendas, meeting minutes, risks/issues logs, status reporting, and any other required project deliverables.
• Manage interdependencies and effective communication channels between all existing projects, key initiatives, and stakeholders.

• B.S./B.A. degree in relevant field (or equivalent work experience).
• 7+ years' experience with Web technologies, internet and cloud.
• 7+ years' work experience in Program and Project Management and demonstrated leading medium to large programs.
• PMP or Scrum Master Certified preferred.
• High attention to detail including precise and effective customer communications and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior leaders, across functions including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.
• Excellent organization and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex concepts for a variety of audiences.
• Strong leadership skills with the proven ability to coordinate with various team members from multiple internal departments and potentially external vendors.
• Proven ability to manage global teams with diverse backgrounds, business objectives, and time zones constraints.
• Ability to effectively prioritize critical path activities to ensure on-time delivery.
• Ability to effectively present ideas and communicate with senior leadership.
• Ability to interact productively with employees at all levels.
• Appropriate sense of urgency and commitment for critical deliverables.
• Ability to synthesize and simplify complex concepts/requirements to the team and stakeholders and tie back to business objectives.
• Results- and goal-oriented, with initiative to work until job is complete.