Project Manager - North America

September 17

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10,000+

Description

• The Project Manager is accountable for all aspects of the project life cycle (initiate, plan, execute, communicate, control, close). • Must be familiar with system scope and project objectives to effectively assemble the project team, assign individual responsibilities, and develop a schedule to ensure timely completion of project. • The Project Manager measures project performance using appropriate tools and techniques to monitor the progress of the project. • Identifies and quantifies variances (in time, cost, scope or quality), performs required corrective actions, communicates status and risks to all stakeholders, and ensures adherence to quality standards for the project deliverables. • Develops and manages detailed project plan. • Aligns stakeholders and team members on the plan and manages execution of tasks to achieve project goals. • Makes project decisions and recommendations to management about schedules, prioritization, and resource allocation with input from others as needed. • Works closely with Resource Managers/Team Leads to ensure adequate allocation of resources. • Measures project performance and progress using appropriate tools and techniques, identifies and quantifies variances, performs required corrective actions, and communicates to all stakeholders. • Documents high-level risks, assumptions, and constraints. • Develop and track risk mitigation and issue resolution plans, recommend and implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate or minimize project and commercial risk. • Manage changes to project scope, schedule and costs and ensure project plan is reflective of authorized changes as defined in the change management plan. • Interfaces independently with all functional and business areas/ groups affected by the project, including senior and/or executive management. • Communicates and reports status to executives and all other stakeholders e.g., Status Reports, Executive Briefings. • Manages the project budget, working closely with the finance team to oversee and report project financials.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience required • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (or working toward certification within 12 months) or PRINCE2 certification or equivalent preferred • 6 – 10 years PM experience; 12+ years of professional experience • Demonstrate and Educate as a Deep Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Project Management process and tools. • Coach client team(s) on effective consulting for projects • Experience with software methodology development processes. • Ability to create presentations and write business cases for senior leadership. • Ability to work under tight deadlines managing multiple key business priorities. • Project budgeting/costing expertise. • Ability to solve very complex problems and deal with a variety of work situations. • Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and customer service skill. • Experience managing complex projects with tight timelines and multiple key business priorities to conclusion while maintaining high client satisfaction. • Experience with global customers/team members. • Resourceful, confident under pressure, and proven problem-solving skills. • HR Consulting, payroll and outsourcing industry experience. • Vendor management experience. • Manage budgets in excess of 1M. • Fluent in English (written, oral).

Benefits

• Options include a variety of health coverage options, • wellbeing and support programs, • retirement, • vacation and sick leave, • maternity, • paternity & adoption leave, • continuing education and training • a number of voluntary benefit options.