IT Project Manager

The IT Project Manager plans, organizes and implements technical projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and with high quality. Duties include planning project deliverables and schedules; presenting of project progress and results; engage and coordinate with stakeholders; oversee scheduling and task assignments to ensure all deliverables are achieved within the scope of the project and within the allotted budget.

• *Not eligible for work sponsorship

Responsibilities:

• Conduct discovery research and create budgets, timelines, proposals, and goals; identify resources needed.
• Translate project goals and strategies into actionable plans, while providing team members with mentoring and coaching.
• Identify and resolve project issues.
• Lead a cross functional team to achieve project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
• Guide and perform strategic analysis for the project, including coordination of change requests.
• Organize and manage all phases of the project to ensure on-time completion.
• Manage resources for projects, such as computer equipment and employees.
• Coordinate project team members and develop schedules and individual responsibilities.
• Manage all project communication and performance reporting.
• Use project management tools to develop timelines and to track project performance, schedule adherence, and expenses incurred.
• Conduct post-project reviews to identify areas for future performance improvement.
• Other duties/responsibilities

Skills and Abilities

• Project management and leadership skills for managing projects and the teams involved with them.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to manage issues that occur during project completion.
• Good project and time management skills.
• Excellent resource planning and task scheduling skills
• Must be able to multi-task and work independently and as part of a team.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to communicate through a variety of mediums.
• Must demonstrate a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Must be willing and able to travel on an as-needed basis.
• Thrive in a fast and challenging environment without compromising quality.
• Attendance is an essential function of the position.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English.

Education and Experience

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, IT project management or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate a plus.
• Must be skilled with working in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have an aptitude for meeting deadlines.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
CONTACTS: Internal – Continuously (67 - 100%) External – Occasionally (< 33%)
Contacts involve giving or exchanging information of a limited controversial nature.

Regularly

• Communicates via phone, email, in person
• Required to sit, perform keyboard work, for prolonged periods of time
• Operates a computer and other office equipment such as a copy machine and printer.

Frequently

• Talk and hear to coordinate day-to-day phone and in person transactions

Occasionally

• Lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.
• Travel to other company locations.

Standard office environment. The noise level