Our client, a government-sponsored bank, is seeking a Sr. Project Manager.
Location: Chicago, IL
Schedule: Hybrid, in Office 3x Week
Position Type: Contract
Job Summary:
The role of the Sr. Project Manager is to apply knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques throughout the entire project lifecycle in to deliver projects succesfully with high quality.
This requires planning, managing team and project progress, collaborating and communicating with multiple stakeholders, and resolving any issues timely and effectively.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Define project scope, goals and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
Develop project plans, timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
Identify, obtain and adjust resources needed to achieve project goals.
Negotiate with department managers for the acquisition of required personnel
Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
Delegate tasks and assignments to appropriate team members.
Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
Track progress on project milestones, deliverables, timeline and budget
Manage cross-functional teams effectivelly
Collaborate with different areas of IT and the business to provide appropriate solutions for the Bank
Provide escalation path for problems, issues, or risks that project teams cannot resolve or manage on their own, such as a shortage of funding, resources, or deadlines that cannot be met
Follows Bank's delivery and governance framework during the entire delivery lifecycle
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Must have experience using MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)
6-8 years of experience in project management
4 year or higher in Business or a technical discipline required
Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Professional (ACP) certification desired.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & BEHAVIORS:
Strong written and oral communication skills
Organized with attention to detail
Strong interpersonal skills
Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating
Ability to influence stakehodlers
Ability to defuse tension among project team
Ability to bring project to successful completion, addressing any challenges along the way
Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products
Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
Highly self-motivated and directed
Results driven with a keen attention to detail
Ability to absorb and retain information quickly
Ability to present ideas in user-friendly way
Ability to problem solve and think critically
Ability to deal with difficult situations
Requirements:
Hands-on PM experience managing middle to large scale enterprise level technology projects
Having experience in Agile, PMP related knowledge, DevOps, SAFe and the like would be beneficial but not required.
Anyone whose used ServiceNow, Salesforce, Workday, Aha, JIRA, MS office suite etc. would be big bonus
Will be responsible for varying sized projects including some large scale enterprise wide initiatives and expected to follow project from inception to deployment with minimal supervision
Must be confident and comfortable with executive interaction
Understanding of technical projects but does not need to have an specific technology skills
Must be proficient in: PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Word
Knowledge of Agile and Change Management
How to address different situations
7 years of experience
Need to be humble but aggressive enough to move things forward
Salary/Rate: $110 hr