Senior IT Project Manager

12 Month Rolling Contract

Remote, (Onsite in Jacksonville, FL one day a week)

Aligned to the Enterprise Program space within IT Governance, the candidate will provide Senior Project Manager support for a Digital Transformation initiative, the Exit the Mainframe (EMF) program. The current PM is transitioning to a different role in the Enterprise PMO. The Senior Project Manager will work independently on this initiative. The Senior Project Manager will also work closely with technical directors, program teams, senior managers, outside vendors/consultants, and respective functional leads impacted by this initiative.

Primary Activities and Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and track the project activities for initiatives of supported customer groups in compliance with Program Management Office (PMO) standards.
• Manage small, medium, and large projects within EMF. Assist in planning and organizing resources from across all Technology areas along with the Business to achieve Project objectives. Establish procedures and processes for project activities.
• Create, monitor, and maintain projects in project management software including managing project plan tasking, assignments and testing coordination.
• Assist with guiding the team through all phases of the project life cycle. Coordinate the activities of the project team with other departments, business partners, and vendors. Ensure adherence to standards and review project deliverables.
• Responsibilities include budget compliance, maintaining risk/issues list and priorities, and conducting regular status/support meetings with stakeholders.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree and an active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required
• Knowledge of project management methods – agile, waterfall, hybrid
• 10 years of prior experience in leading IT projects
• Excellent oral and written communications, interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis and problem-solving skills
• Detail oriented, self-starter, motivated professional.
• Collaborative/influential interpersonal skills; ability to lead without authority
• Expert-level skills in facilitating meetings, managing client relationships, and keeping teams, managers, and customers apprised of status, changes, resolutions, and successes
• Microsoft Office skills (including Microsoft Project and Excel)
• Project management software skills; preferred – MS Project, CA Clarity, Smartsheets, or other PPM
• Technical familiarity with cloud migrations.
• Technical familiarity with mainframe strongly preferred.
• Experience analyzing, designing, and implementing technology solutions
• Reporting and Analytics – Level of expertise with advanced Excel functions (Lookups, charting/graphing, or PowerBI and analytics)