Project Manager

Eliassen Group • hartford, ct, us • 2m ago

Summary:

Manages and plans complex program/projects with regards to time, budget, and scope, and ensures quality, time, and budget objectives.
Plans, schedules, monitors, and reports on activities related to program/projects, ensuring that there are appropriate and effective governance arrangements and risk management supported by comprehensive reporting and communication.
The ideal candidate takes accountability for the definition, documentation, and successful completion of assigned program/projects.
This hire would lead key transformation initiatives and successfully execute one or more value streams to support the delivery of strategic technology projects. This role balances Agile/Hybrid Project and Program management duties to help software development teams build and deliver solutions

Program/Project Management:

Oversee internal and external systems/application development projects within a program from inception to successful implementation including project objectives, scope and level of effort, and project strategies and plans.
Assist with getting projects off the ground, keeping them on track and on budget, and resolving issues as well as monitoring progress against the plan.
Lead Agile processes for the program to ensure delivery and releases are within scope.
Monitor Agile metrics for the program and responsible for ongoing development of their agile teams, continued improvement of development processes, and product quality and quantity of work delivered.
Develop consolidated project plans, specifying high level goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, risks, contingency plans and allocation of available resources. Monitors, analyzes, and assesses deviation from the project plans & ensures the achievement of project milestones. Ensures that all project plans are realistic and are maintained.
Ensures that project methodologies are followed and that all mandatory project work products are completed for projects within program.

Exhibits Leadership:

Assists with the assignment of project personnel.
Directs and coordinates activities of project resources to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.
Confers with project resources to provide technical advice and resolve problems.
Provides leadership and motivation to project teams throughout the project life cycle.
Creates and maintains an engaged work environment by ensuring clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
Mentors project resources to enable delivery.
Owns program results and assists teams to deliver performance within the range of targeted expectations.
Balances team priorities with the overall program and corporate priorities.
Assumes key overall responsibility for ensuring that sponsors have easy access to information that is useful to them.
Works closely with other project managers and business sponsors to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs
Leads the effort across projects in creative approaches to problem solving and quality deliverables supporting business needs.
Follows established standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
Utilizes Agile tracking tool for monitoring agile project performance and reporting status
Reviews status reports prepared by project personnel, and modify schedules and plans as required.
Prepares project status reports, and keep management, customers and others informed of project status and related issues.
Coordinates update meetings to communicate plans, status and issues to higher levels of management.

Required Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Information Management or equivalent work experience
10+ years in program management including large complex transformational programs
Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as knowledge and experience 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
Experience in leading IT project teams that contain vendors, on-shore/offshore Developers, Business Analysts, Architects, Data Analysts, QA, etc.
A proven track record of successfully implementing projects using Agile methodologies.
Agile Project Management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira/Greenhopper, Rally, etc.
Planview, Clarity or like PPM tool
Proficient in Microsoft Project, Powerpoint, Excel
Proactive, takes initiative, accountable, self-motivate
Strong written and verbal communications skills, including meeting facilitation and presentation skills
Collaborator and team player, with the ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships.
Strong planning and organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to handle multiple concurrent assignments.
Ability to work & think independently, and meet tight deadlines
Ability to share knowledge at different levels, be hands-on with the team as required
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent problem solving and influencing skills
Excellent negotiation and conflict management skills
Agile Certifications desired (e.g. PMI-ACP, SAFe, CSM, etc.)
PMP Certifications strongly desired (e.g.: PgMP, PMP, etc.)
P&C Insurance experience desired

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