Job Description :
Our direct client is looking for a Portfolio Project Manager for a long term contract position in Harrisburg, PA.
Our Client owns a large number of applications that underlie business functions of various departments. They also provide a number of disparate platforms for external departments software applications and content. The activities are being carried out by several different teams within distinct technical "silos." Although several of these projects are under the capable auspices of internal project managers, status reporting and cross-team communication is difficult. The Project Manager will provide the communications "glue" between these teams when necessary and provide meaningful tracking information to executive leadership.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Establish general project plans and schedules where none exist.
- Track team progress against schedules
- Communicate with designated agency personnel to ascertain progress against planned agency activities and tasks.
- Provide formal reports to executive leadership that will convey the status of all in-scope migration activities across the portfolio.
SYSTEMS/TOOLS NEEDED:
- MS Office Excel, Word, and Power Point (Advance experience in Excel would be most helpful)
- MS SharePoint - used to maintain project document repository
- MS Team Foundation Server- Used to track requirements, bugs, tasks, and issues
- Daptive (PPM tool) – Used to report project status
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 (nice to have, but not necessary)
SKILLS MATRIX:
- Strong Portfolio Project Management experience - Required - 5 Years
- Experience interacting/communicating with Executive level leadership - Required - 5 Years
- Ability to work with multiple teams to ensure consistent communication across all players - Required - 5 Years
- Experience with summarizing and presenting reports orally and in writing to leadership - Required - 5 Years
- Experience tracking and reporting work progress against project timelines, milestones, phases, and work requests target dates - Required -5 Years
- Experience with developing new project plans and schedules - Required - 5 Years
- Excellent written and oral communication skills - Required
- Strong attention to detail - Required
- Experience supporting migration projects - Highly desired - 3 Years
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Type: Long Term Contract
Please send your resumes to "jobs at etechnovision dot com" with A2066A in the subject for immediate consideration.