Project Manager

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Project Manager for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial clients in Tampa, FL. Responsibilities :

• Identify stakeholders and key organizations to build and manage relationships with each.
• Direct the creation of multiple projects of work and manage their alignment to business goals.
• Lead the facilitation, coordination, and arbitration of cross-functional macro level topics within/across projects and with Senior Management.
• Lead the identification and drive resolution of issues, including those outside established projects of work.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure project scope definition meets business objectives.
• Work with Project Sponsor to ensure business case/cost benefit analysis is in line with business objectives.
• Drive adherence to project processes, procedures, methods, and standards for project delivery and leverage across the project.
• Assist project team in negotiating for resources owned by other departments in order ensure the project can be completed.
• Direct the communication of status, issue, and risk disposition to all stakeholders, including senior management, on a timely basis.
• Direct the identification of risks which impact project delivery and ensure mitigation strategies are developed and executed when necessary.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education plus experience.
• Senior to advanced level experience in an IT project leadership role.
• Subject matter expert in one or more areas of IT project leadership.
• Demonstrated a consistent track record having worked as a Program or Project Manager, Lead, PMO or department head, managing teams and large, strategic cross-functional projects
• Over 8 years project management experience.
• PMP certification Required
• Excellent interpersonal communication and facilitation skills and proven ability to work with diverse personality types.
• Ability to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches; must be able to be a voice of reason and authority.
• Excellent skills and knowledge situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

• Waterfall, Agile and Iterative project methodology experience is preferred.
• Experience as a Certified Scrum Master preferred