Sr. Project Manager

Neos is a leading Austin-based IT Staffing and Consulting firm. Neos was recognized as a one of the Best Places to Work in Austin by the Austin Business Journal. Neos is currently seeking a Sr. Project Manager for a multi-year contract position with our client in Austin, Texas.

• Performs complex project management work.
• Communicates with project stakeholders, senior management, and other relevant parties.
• Develops project budgets, schedules, work plans, resources requirements, and cost estimates and projections.
• Prepare and present executive level project tracking, reporting, and stakeholder management.
• Identifies potential project risks, gaps, and issues, and develops strategies to mitigate them and escalates as required.
• Create and maintain project artifacts, such as project schedule, status reports, RAID Log, Communication Plan, Stakeholder Register, and project budget expenditure reports.
• Coordinates project activities with multiple stakeholders, including multiple divisions, agencies, and IT groups.
• Act as the counterpart to the owner’s representative program manager to ensure customer satisfaction and serve as the escalation point of contact for any deliverables related activities.
• Monitors project performance to address changes in scope and/or timing.
• Collaborate with technical and functional teams to develop documents need in support of project goals.
• Assists with developing content for presentations as needed.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills when communicating with peers and different levels of organization including executive staff.

• Experience assisting an enterprise organization with a large, complex facility relocation move
• Project management in relevant areas of project assignment, such as construction and governmental agency relocation.
• Project management of complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong experience with Microsoft toolset: Word, Excel, Project, Visio, PowerPoint.

• PMP

• Work experience with state government, federal, or complex private sector organization
• Work experience managing cross-agency, enterprise department initiatives

• Knowledge of project management theories and practices applicable to projects that are highly complex in scope; systems and procedures used to evaluate a third-party vendor’s performance; and local, state, and federal laws and regulations relevant to the administration of the project undertaken.

• Skill in project management monitoring, addressing changes in scope and budget, and the use of a computer and applicable software.
• Must be able to work independently and lead the coordination with external consultants and vendors.
• Must possess problem solving skills and the ability to multitask.
• Must be able to work around projects, deadlines, and operational needs with readiness to put in extra efforts when necessary.
• Effective communication skills, including with vendors, senior leadership, and internal resources.
• Skilled in facilitating large group meetings with internal and external resources.
• Skilled in collaborating with the technical and functional teams to develop the Technical Specification and other documents need in support of the solution

• Ability to manage project activities; to establish project goals and objectives; to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions; to analyze complex information and develop plans to address identified issues; to demonstrate negotiation and facilitation skills.

• Normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall, and apply certain practices and policies.
• Marginal or corrected visual and auditory requirements.
• Constant use of personal computers, copiers, printers, and telephones.
• The ability to move about the office to access file cabinets and office machinery.
• Frequent sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position.
• The ability to work under deadlines, as a team member, and in direct contact with others.

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in a field relevant to the assignment is generally preferred. Experience and education may be substituted for one another.

• Regularly, reliably, and punctually attend work.
• Work extended hours as necessary.
• Travel occasionally for work assignments and trainings.
• Show flexibility and adaptability toward changes in assignments and work schedules.
• Adhere to the agency’s internal management policies and procedures.
• Exhibit work behaviors consistent with agency core values.