Project Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:a. Assist in budgeting, vendor management, sync pack testing, system upgrades, support conversion and assist with internal communications and resource management as needed;b. Manage the implementation of projects on a daily basis including defining deliverables, creating and monitoring project schedules;c. Align project objectives with stakeholders' objectives;d. Lead teams through all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC);e. Create project plans, resource plans, program metrics, communication plans and develop analytics supporting life cycle activities;f. Develop communication plans to ensure business and executive stakeholders are well informed and are provided with accurate information to support decision making;g. Identify project dependencies and collaboratively work with team members to ensure the project schedule is followed;h. Effectively communicate project status, actions, decisions, risks, issues and schedule for the customer's project portfolio;i. Prepare executive steering committee communications;j. Oversee the implementation of Commercial off the Shelf COTS) solutions and ensures overall quality;k. Collaborate with project team members to ensure the team is provided with clear and accurate information in a timely manner;l. Coordinate activities of sub-teams, provide reports on project progress to management and ensure adherence to sponsor's standards, processes, policies and procedures;m. Establish, coordinate and conduct governance and portfolio management activities in compliance with Capability Maturity Model (CMM) level 3 standards;n. Coordinate building applications and implementing COTS platforms; ando. Lead teams through collaborative technical decision solutioning and/or resolution of technical issues. Qualifications: a. Managing the full system development lifecycle from inception through deployment and the support of maintenance activities experience (Ten (10) years);b. Project Manager leading large project initiatives experience (Eight (8) years);c. Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Five (5) yearsÆ experience);d. Agile /Hybrid methodology experience (Three (3) years);e. Ability to work independently;f. Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Education: A bachelors degree in the area of Science, Technology or Mathematics or Equivalent experience and certifications such as Project Management Professional, certified Scrum Master, Professional Scrum Master in the field of Computer and IT Technology.