Position: Cyber Security Project Manager

Duration: 6mo. Contract (potential for conversion or extension)

Location: Downtown Indianapolis (must be willing to come onsite)

Remote Flexibility

This position is not eligible for C2C or sponsorship.

Primary Purpose:

Our client is seeking a highly motivated Project Manager to lead complex enterprise projects. Their Information Services team defines, plans and manages the implementation of large and complex business technology initiatives to continuously improve our client's end user capabilities and empower departments to achieve business goals through the use of our client's technologies.

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative and results oriented individual to oversee and drive critical capital projects. The projects will involve delivery of SaaS, mobile, web, and other enterprise scale technology solutions, and will likely include buy vs build analysis, software selection and custom software development. The ideal candidate will have experience with various delivery methodologies and working collaboratively across functional areas to assure quality and timely project implementations and business adoption. This position not only requires strong project management experience, but also the drive to make a key impact and deliver value to the business.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate s responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Project Management

• Responsible for leading, planning and managing key initiatives.
• Responsible for defining and managing cost, scope, schedule, risk and other project KPIs. This includes managing consultants and resources to assure projects are delivered as documented in the project charter.
• Maintains resource forecasting, planning and work assignment allocations.
• Reviews and negotiates hardware and software contracts to ensure they will meet the needs of our client.
• Communicates progress to leadership and leads steering team and project status meetings.

Project Team Development

• Creates a collaborative environment that encourages creative solutions and emphasizes quality and cost.
• Aligns project performance development with departmental and individual development.
• Provides direction and mentors project team members.

PMO Standards and Processes

• Ensures project delivery methodology is planned for and complied with.
• Manages project change control processes.

Portfolio Risk and Quality Management

• Verifies projects for delivery quality and consistency, and ensures compliance with internal and external audits.
• Ensures risk assessments are completed and resulting plans are actively executed and managed.

Qualifications:

• 4 years of experience in progressive Project and IT Delivery roles with experience managing projects spanning 6 or more months with significant capital budgets and team size.
• Bachelor s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science and PMP Certification preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects from initiation through successful implementation.
• Excellent communication and demonstrated success communicating with executives and team members.
• Ability to work collaboratively with indirect reports in a matrix organization to establish clear assignments and prioritize responsibilities.
• Expert at building and maintaining effective relationships across functional areas and departments.
• Experience working effectively within and across the organization to define project goals, work content and evaluate project results.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate enterprise-scale vendor contracts with consulting firms, hardware, and software vendors.
• Experience identifying creative solutions and alternative approaches based upon project management principles.
• Expertise in planning, forecasting and resource management.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge the validity of given procedures and processes with a view toward enhancement and improvement.