Job Description :
Company Overview:
Creating value by bringing together the right people to achieve results is our motto. Our clients and employees say they choose to work with us because of how we work with them - with service that exceeds their expectations and a personal commitment to their success.
Our client, one of the largest distributors of natural gas in the northeast US, serving customers in NY, MA, and RI seeks an accomplished Project Manager.
* Candidate must be authorized to work in USA without requiring sponsorship *
Description:
Lead and drive internal cross functional teams to meet project deliverables. Manage technical issues, risks and priorities. Perform risk assessment and implement risk mitigation plans.
Resolve issues and solve problems throughout the project lifecycle.
Create project schedules to identify when each task will be done and by whom. Manage project schedules and lead enforcement of project deadlines in response to the client requirements.
Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria. Proactively identifying resource constraints and working with personnel managers on creative solutions. Manage the unexpected gracefully and effectively.
Lead weekly project meetings with technology team providing transparency to task status and identifying issues. Possibly build, lead, and coach multiple project teams throughout project lifecycles.
Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze needs and requirements. Implementation of projects using the Software Development Lifecycle model.
Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
Serve as the conduit and act as liaison between the customers (internal and external), software development team and technical teams. Maintain key relationships with project sponsors to forecast resource needs and communicate those needs to management.
Ensure effective cross-functional teamwork among project team members including both internal and external business, IT and vendors.
Manage software development release cycle; coordinating resources, creating documentation and running release events.
Monitor project schedule and scope to ensure both remain on track. Initiate and implement appropriate actions. Proactively engage in both quality assurance and risk management activities to ensure project deliverables are met according to both Covance and client requirements.
Meet financial performance targets for the assigned projects and proactively manage change control process both internally and externally.
Accountable for budget across assigned project(s) including the control and minimizing of write-offs. Proactively identify out of scope activities and execute necessary change orders. Collaborate with finance to initiate monthly invoicing and reconciliation.
May have line management responsibilities for the training, utilization, development and performance review of assigned staff. Ensure lessons learned are implemented across projects currently being managed.
Contribute to development and management of Program Delivery metrics (On time and On Budget Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Requirements:
BS in a relevant discipline or, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Looking for mid-level Project Manager coming from finance or pharmaceutical domain. Experience with on-shore off-shore teams. Project is less than a million.
Application experience - someone who is familiar with off the shelf upgrades or implementations.
Two (2) to five (5) years of professional experience demonstrating responsibility for participating in and/or managing large scale software development projects.
Experience building and managing a project schedule in Microsoft Project or similar project management tool utilizing data-based decision-making (GANTT charts, etc.
Ability to lead a large scale projects, including development of plans for scope, timeline, budget, issue management, and managing change.
Experience conducting and leading team meetings to manage the schedule, identify risks and review project deliverables. Comfortable with frequent changes or unpredictability.
Good customer focus, attitude and excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to manage complex and varied interpersonal relationships to successfully complete projects.
Excellent ability to organize time and information to successfully complete projects. Ability to lead and model behaviors for other team members. Experience with both waterfall and agile project management.
I''d love to talk to you if you think this position is right up your alley.
If you''re looking for rewarding employment and a company that puts its employees first, we''d like to work with you. We''re driven, people driven.
NOTE: Candidates that are offered a position are required to pass pre-employment drug and background screening. Qualified candidates with criminal histories, are considered in a manner that is consistent with local, state and federal laws.