Project Manager
Woodcliff Lake, NJ, United States
Title - Project Manager - Automotive Industry
Location - Woodcliff Lake, NJ (Hybrid remote with 3 days in office)
Duration - 12+ months
Pay Rate - $65/hr
Job Summary -
This position will be responsible for Project Management activities for their assigned projects. The ideal candidate must have strong project management experience in a global setting, having worked in multiple technology domains. Candidate must be a strong self-starter as well as able to manage competing priorities. He/she must possess excellent leadership, problem solving and communication skills (written, verbal, and instant) while able to build and maintain strong working relationships within a global, culturally diverse environment.
Responsibilities -
Leads, owns and manages project delivery for assigned projects
Responsible for project planning and execution using project artifacts to include: MS Project plans, schedules & resource plans
Ensure projects are delivered within the agreed upon schedule, budget, and quality constraints.
Accountable for addressing external and cross team internal dependencies, mitigation and resolution of project level risks and issues.
Escalates to Project Owner and Executive Sponsors as necessary.
Acts as the communications conduit to Project Owner, Sponsors and Steering Committee by conducting periodic briefings/status updates as well as providing support and guidance for general communications to key stakeholders.
Builds and maintains a comprehensive Project Plan/Schedule with Project Schedule rollups.
Ensures all Projects adheres to the Program/Project Management Quality Framework, the Global PMO policies and procedures, and other compliance processes where applicable.
Produces weekly status along with financial reporting and metrics.
Identifies and manages dependencies
Continuously monitors plan focusing on activities and milestones at risk
Facilitates population of risk register and keeps risk management plan up to date
Provides proactive communication of project risks
Creates alerts to notify project Sponsor and Steering Committee of upcoming due dates and emerging issues
Creates status reports, dashboards, milestone reviews, and ad hoc reports
Participates in deliverable creation as necessary especially business analysis and user story creation
Validates and approves deliverables
Qualifications -
3-5 years of Project Management experience
Experience in managing multiple parallel work streams
Strong organizational, leadership, problem solving and influencing skills
Strong interpersonal (relationship building), written and verbal communication
Sensitivity to future Organizational Change and multi-cultural characteristics of Global IT organization
Strong Microsoft Office, including Visio, MS Project, Power Point and SharePoint skills required
PMI/PMP certification desirable
Scrum Master experience, certification desirable
Business Analysis experience desirable
User story experience desirable
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