Job: Project/Program Manager IT 4
Location-Hybrid/Peoria IL
Typical task breakdown:
• The Project Manager is accountable for ensuring successful completion of projects, on-time, within budget, and error-free. The principal responsibility of the Project Manager is to manage the planning and execution of project activities. The Project Manager will be responsible for managing the project charter, communications, metrics, reporting, and the overall project plan and budget.
• Develop and produce project management schedules, timelines, burn-up/burn-down charts in various tools.
• Responsible for adherence to Department's Risk, Issue and Decision Management process including documentation, reporting and remediation.
Work environment:
Education & Experience Required:
- requires a college or university degree or certification that is equivalent Plus 8 years PM exp
- Associates degree with 10+ years’ experience would be considered, but not preferred.
- Masters degree in Program management , 6+ years is required.
Technical Skills
(Required)
• 8+ years of direct project management experience working with software engineering or technical teams
• Proven experience with project management concepts including project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required in order to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions.
• Must be competent to perform all project management activities without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
• Should have strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Must be competent to use professional project management tools such as MS Project, Power BI, Azure DevOps and techniques to manage reporting, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately.
• Candidate should be competent in O365 tools including MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, etc.
• Candidate should have a sense of urgency to manage issues and demonstrate proven problem-solving capabilities
• Candidate should be comfortable in executing work in either an Agile (Scrum/Kanban) manner or in a Waterfall methodology as the needs of the effort dictate
Desired:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- ScrumMaster Certification (CSM or SM)
- Other Agile Certification(s)
Disqualifiers/Red Flags:
- People who don’t have Project Mgmt experience; they need to show evidence they understand how to run projects.
- Certifications without practical experience will not be considered.
