Project Manager

As a consultant with our client, you’ll receive:
- Highly competitive market hourly rates
- A 6 month contract with a strong probability of extension
- Remote interview process

Responsibilities
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Project Planning and Process Management
•Project Planning and Process Management
•Work amongst a team of Project Managers supporting waterfall and agile projects while sharing and driving agile ways of thinking and working
•Understand and document a thorough understanding of the business outcomes
•Monitor and control assigned programs and project execution on time, budget, and quality
•The Project Manager must be able to build relationships with cross functional team members and stakeholders.
•Define projects and plans using short development cycles while focused on timely and quality delivery by team
•Manages the day-to-day work activities of team members, organizing and coordinating the team, and leading project status, daily huddles, and working meetings
•Identifies and resolves project issues and mitigates risks, manages deviations from plans, provides progress reports as needed
•Champions ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for agile project management and improve team efficiency and effectiveness
•Manage contract objectives and contract budgets
•Develop regular reporting on contract milestones, execution, and risk
•Ensure that vendors are performing in accordance with contractual obligations
•At times, work assigned will require you to act as a Scrum master for one or more products simultaneously

Team and Change Management

•Ability to build relationships with cross functional team members and stakeholders.
•Responsible for stakeholder management, collaboration, and execution approach
•Closes any communication gaps with key constituents outside of the team
•Leads change management in a fast-paced, agile work environment. Leads team towards swift and clear decision making, pivoting, plans, and activating the team members simultaneously with new direction
•Promotes empowerment of the team, ensures that each team member is fully engaged and making a meaningful contribution. Helps to maintain entrepreneurial culture of team
•Assists in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; and mentoring and developing team members

Skills and Competencies

•Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate the program objectives, inspire, and motivate staff, and maintain alignment with the business strategy
•Strong business acumen, including industry- and domain-specific knowledge of the organization and its business units. Familiarity with industry digital trends and innovation
•Influencing and negotiation experience and skills in an environment with high competition for resources
•Excellent analytical, strategic planning and execution skills
•Ability to follow the PMO processes, perform administrative tasks and have the skills to take on the role of agile Scrum Master
•Ability to develop programs and deliver them with financial and resource constraints
•Knowledge of project planning tools, such as Microsoft Project with evidence of practical application
•Knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
•Exceptional organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize and direct team to let go of unnecessary or distracting work
•Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with others as well as manage conflict
•Comfortable navigating corporate politics and resolving conflicting priorities
•Comfort with quickly changing priorities and a high level of adaptability and flexibility while maintaining the “big picture” view
•Effective change manager, attention to detail, problem solving skills, enthusiasm, assertiveness, and ability to be hands on as needed
•Able to quickly develop deep understanding of clients business from a cultural & operational perspective


Qualifications
Qualifications
•Minimum 10 or more years of experience in IT business/industry with Project Management experience
•Able to think nimble and out of the box to drive improvements within existing methodologies
•Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is considered an asset
•Agile Methodology certifications are considered an asset (Scrum CSM and/or SAFe)
•Strong communication and ability to manage multiple internal and external organizational relationships all while driving results
•Five to seven years in diverse roles with increasing leadership responsibilities across major projects and programs
•Substantial leadership roles and collaboration experience
•Demonstrated experience in managing “upward” among senior leadership and ensure accountability of team
•Demonstrated experience in leading diverse teams
•Demonstrated experience in leading work completion that has been delivered with Agile Methods (Scrum ,Kanban, SAFe)

Summary
If you are a Project Manager and the prospect of joining a dedicated team intrigues you, then this role with our high-profile client could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Apply below or reach out to your Randstad representative for more information.


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