IT Project Manager jobs in Stamford, CT

JOB TITLE: Project Manager III
JOB LOCATION: Remote, however driving distance from Stamford CT, Fort Myers FL or Irving TX
WAGE RANGE*: 65 - 71/ hour W2 Only (USC - GC's)
JOB NUMBER:31414395
1 Year Initial Contract

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Project Manager is accountable for managing and overseeing critical program and project areas. This role will lead teams and be accountable for roadmap management and quality delivery of large, complex projects as needed. This includes scope, budget, and stakeholder management as well as ensuring business value realization. This role will ensure that projects are planned and executed in a manner consistent with company strategy, commitments, goals, and standards.

Responsibilities:
Leads and manages teams associated with complex projects of varying types and sizes, applying the appropriate project management principles, techniques, and methodologies (Agile/Scrum, Waterfall) tailored to the individual project to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
Drives core project communications including communications plan, status reporting, executive updates, and ad hoc presentations.
Partners closely with business owners and subject matter experts to define project goals, objectives and priorities.
Works with business and product owners and IT managers to ensure that project scope is fully defined, managed and controlled. This includes identifying scope exclusions, tracking business and technical assumptions and communicating constraints.
Conducts project team and stakeholder meetings, appropriately elevating issues of scope, schedule, cost, and customization for executive-level review and disposition.
Identifies and manages project risks and issues, developing plans to assess, manage, track, report, escalate, and mitigate them.
Partners with resource managers to build a resource plan and manages a matrixed team comprised of team members in various locations in the US as well as India.
Identifies and manages cross-project and internal dependencies to ensure alignment and successful delivery of critical milestones.
Partners with the Finance PMO team members to proactively propose process-improvement and best practice initiatives and implement them, when approved. This ensures constant future state thinking vs. "lift and shift”.
Manages all aspects of the project financials.

Skills :

• Management of teams in both matrix and project-team organized environments
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Goal-oriented, self-directed individual who needs little supervision
• Strong team player with the ability to manage others through teamwork and relationship building skills Strong leadership skills (clear direction, respect, consistency, decisiveness, accountability, conviction, cooperation)
• Proven ability to manage geographically dispersed teams Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with aggressive schedules and multiple project deliverables
• Ability to collaborate with various stakeholders within business and IT, at different levels of the organization
• Quick study with the ability to learn and operate effectively in new environments
• Critical thinking with excellent judgment and initiative
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio, and MS Project (and/or other project management tools)
• Proficiency with Google Drive, WebEx and Skype
• Experience with Salesforce and/or Apttus CPQ solutions are plus
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence a plus
• Motivated, high-potential performer, with demonstrated ability to influence and lead.
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to solve complex problems and successfully manage ambiguity and unexpected change.
• Teachable and embracing of best practices and feedback as a means of continuous improvement.
• Consistently high achiever marked by perseverance, humility and a positive outlook in the face of challenges.
• 5-7 years of project management experience developing project charters,
• 5-7 plans, and work breakdown structures; risk and issue resolution
• 5-7 sprint planning and execution, testing, and release planning

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification highly desired

Education:
Bachelor's or equivalent degree

Categorical Knowledge:
PMP, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, MS PROJECT, BUDGET

Additional Skills:
VISIO, MICROSOFT PROJECT, JIRA, CONFLUENCE, AGILE, WEBEX, SALESFORCE

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.