Project Manager III

As a Project Manager III, you will manage and oversee all aspects of a project to ensure it is completed on-time and within budget. You will be responsible for managing scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing and outside vendors. This role operates with a high degree of independence and collaboration and contributes to moderately to highly complex project initiatives.
Responsibilities:

- Directs and manages large and complex project development from beginning to end

- Defines project scope, goals and deliverables to support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders

- Develops full-scale project plans and associated communications documents

- Identify, manage, and track project dependencies, risks, critical path, and milestones using appropriate project management tools.

- Monitor and control project performance, tracking milestones and deliverables to ensure consistent execution.

- Manage changes in project scope, assess potential impacts, identify concerns, and develop contingency and mitigation plans.

- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations for internal leadership and customers.

- Communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders

- Serve as the primary liaison with internal and external project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.

- Set and manage expectations with customers, ensuring alignment with contractual and PO requirements.

- Understand and communicate all customer, contract, and PO requirements to internal workstreams to ensure successful execution.

- Proactively communicate project status, risks, and needs to customers.

- Identify and manage customer critical milestones, deliverables, and success factors.

- Delegate tasks and responsibilities effectively and build accountability across cross functional teams.

- Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

Qualifications:

- Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred

- 5 years required, 7 years experience preferred of directing work in a large-scale project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution

- Business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods

- Prior experience with managing people and processes to achieve objectives

- Ability to build effective business relationships with other functional areas to best support mutual objectives

- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze workflow and processes to provide productive service to internal and external customers

- Interpersonal, conflict management, and negotiation skills required, including strong human relations skills to supervise and develop assigned employees effectively

- Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products

- Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies

- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks

- Effective written and verbal communication skills

- Excellent computer skills

Originally posted on Himalayas