Infrastructure Project Manager

We are seeking for strong Infra PM candidates for our direct Client:

• LOCATION: Okemos, MI (4 days in office weekly, 1 day remote)
• Contract to hire
• Compensation: Negotiable, includes insurance, PTO, paid holidays
• Must be W2 employee; No C2C or 3rd party assistance; No current or future sponsorships.

Job Summary:

• This is a hands-on Project Manager position that will be assigned to 5-8 small to medium-sized infrastructure projects and will help support senior level Project and Program managers on larger projects.
• Experience with networking, hosting, architecture, or database management is preferred.
• Position requires advanced leadership skills; ability to thrive in a fast paced environment; ability to analyze and resolve complex problems; use independent judgment and communicate effectively with internal and external contacts.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

1. Creates project plans, defines scope, creates budgets and timelines, identifies staffing and other resource needs, prioritizes tasks, creates roadmaps, defines strategy, identifies and documents technical and business needs, develops risk mitigation plans, and ensures project objectives meet the defined business requirements.
2. Executes project plans by overseeing staff assignments, facilitating meetings with the project team and end users to define and document technical solutions, engages external vendors as necessary, and executes operational readiness activities
3. Monitors and tracks the progress of project deliverables across multiple Agile teams and business units and focuses on regular and timely delivery of value to ensure that established cost, time, and quality goals are met.
4. Communicates project status with key stakeholders as needed, leads project team meetings as needed to assess project progress, prepares and distributes ongoing status updates, escalates issues and risk as appropriate, and manages and documents change.
5. Coordinates project activities and process definition with the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office and other departments as necessary to improve project team performance and ensure documentation requirements and formats adhere to corporate standards
6. Provides assistance, consultation, and mentoring to other project teams and Enterprise Portfolio Management Office staff.
7. Utilize PPM and Agile tools to track and measure project and team progress, productivity, and individual performance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Position requires a bachelor’s degree with relevant coursework in business or computer science
• 3-5 years' related work experience in project management with prior experience in systems development or support.
• Certification or advance degree in project management (i.e., Masters Certificate in Project Management or PMP/PMI-ACP-certification) is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practice is required.
• Experience working within a SAFe environment is preferred.

OpTech is a woman-owned company that values your ideas, encourages your growth, and always has your back. When you work at OpTech, not only do you get health and dental benefits, but you also have training opportunities, flexible/remote work options, growth opportunities, 401K and competitive pay. Apply today!

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