What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Project Manager III position at BizTek People, Inc. | APA International Placement Consultants?
This is an 8 month contract in Portland, OR
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Responsible for leading a single major project or multiple moderate projects.
Types include, but are not limited to, business systems or process improvement,
department reorganizations and strategy implementation, training, feasibility
studies and pilots.
• Consults
with operations managers to ensure strategic alignment, cost-effectiveness and
mitigation of negative operational and/or customer impacts of business
initiatives and projects; works with project sponsor to develop objectives and
scope; assists in or develops business case/justification.
• Develops
or oversees development of project plan(s) including WBS, schedule and cost
baselines, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies
project risks and mitigation strategies; partners and strategizes with Supply
Chain, Legal, IT and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations.
• Leads
multiple major projects/initiatives in completing strategic projects. Provides
staff leadership to team members; facilitates team meetings, cultivates and
reinforces group values, norms and behaviors; provides guidance and motivation
to team on performance and productivity issues; ensures compliance with
established project management methodologies and standards; takes corrective
action as needed.
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Establishes and maintains formal controls to manage and monitor project budget,
scope, quality, schedule and risks to ensure projects are completed on time,
within budget and effectively. Negotiates necessary project changes with
project sponsor. Maintains, adjusts and updates project plans as needed.
• Develops
communication plans and strategies; provides timely, accurate communication of
project plans and status to stakeholders.
Required
Skills
• Requires
a bachelor’s degree in business, communications, psychology or computer science
or other related field or equivalent experience.
• 8 or more
years in project management or a related field.
• PMP
certification required
• Advanced
knowledge of project management science, methodologies and standards.
• Advanced
knowledge of and ability to integrate project management knowledge areas
including project scope, quality, time, cost, communication, procurement, human
resources and risk management.
• Advanced
knowledge of and skill in using software applications such as MS Project,
PowerPoint, Word, Excel spreadsheet and graphing, Access and Visio, Maximo and
Power Plant.
• Advanced
knowledge of business process reengineering and continuous improvement methods
and concepts.
Salary : $75