Company and Role:

Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. (DTS) is an award-winning IT consulting firm based in Columbus, OH. We now have an opening for a Project Manager in Columbus.

Highlights and Benefits:

• Contract-to-hire opportunity!
• Interviewing immediately!
• Hybrid – work on site two days per week in the client’s Columbus, OH location
• Free parking!
• Friendly people, collaborative, engaging client culture, beautiful office environment
• W2 hourly pay rate up to $60 or salaried equivalent
• Direct W2 hourly or salaried applicants only (no corp-to-corp subcontractors, third parties, or agencies)
• Paid time off and holidays for salaried employees
• 401K, billable bonus, and health, life, vision, dental and short-term disability insurance options for all
• DTS is a proud Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)!
• Check out our benefits and company information at !

Job Description:

We are hiring an experienced Project Manager to work for us as our direct, W2 salaried or hourly employee. You will work for our client – a company that is headquartered in Columbus – on a series of exciting projects in a contract-to-hire position. You will:

• Work at the client’s office in Columbus, OH on a hybrid basis two days per week.
• Work for a well-known insurance carrier client
• Plan, budget, facilitate, and lead medium-to-large size organizational priorities (projects) from inception to successful completion.
• Coordinate all phases of the project life cycle, including initiation, planning, execution, control and closing.
• Oversee the elicitation and documentation of business requirements.
• Identify the appropriate level of analysis and types of requirement gathering to deliver a high quality product.
• Plan and maintain project schedule, with appropriate milestones and dependencies.
• Prepare and track basic project budgets.
• Lead and facilitate cost benefit analysis as appropriate.
• Report project health according to schedule, cost and scope metrics.
• Document issues/risks in a timely manner, and evaluate quality of the project's deliverables.
• Identify potential risks and monitor them across the project's timeline.
• Work with project leadership to resolve any issues that become a reality.
• Identify opportunities to improve customer service, operating efficiency and productivity through analysis of workflow and automation processes
• Maintain and communicate awareness of current project/process management techniques, future development, industry trends and best practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Able to work on a hybrid basis two days per week in Columbus, OH at the client’s beautiful office location.
• Five years of experience as an IT project manager
• Insurance (auto, homeowner, business, workers comp) experience is very strongly preferred, so candidates who have that experience will be considered first.
• Four-year professional degree and/or comparable education and experience.
• Outstanding written communication skills. Must have the ability to convey complex technical issues in an easy-to-understand format.
• Writing proposals and strategies.
• Outstanding oral and presentation skills, with the ability to develop and deliver presentations, lead and facilitate planning and strategic discussions, and mediate the decision process in a group setting and create win-win outcomes.
• Coordinating medium to large projects.
• Leading meetings and set agendas.
• Evaluating project progress based on task completion.
• Analyzing cost trends.
• Managing work teams responsible for medium to large sized project delivery.
• Project management and presentation software tools such as Confluence, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and more.
• Managing the change control process.
• Aware of methods to measure project success.
• Managing vendor/contractor relationships within a project.
• Following corporate procurement processes and ensuring contract requirements are being met.
• Requesting organizational resources, as well as managing time and task commitments.
• Managing conflicts inside and out of the project team.
• Leading quality gate discussions at key points of the project life cycle to determine quality improvement

opportunities and go/no go decisions around next phase readiness and business case validation.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Certifications in project management (PMP, CAPM, or others)
• Insurance domain experience. Candidates who have insurance experience will be considered first.

s and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer