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IT Project Manager
3 days onsite in Downtown Houston
Long term contract
*No C2C or Associate Vendors*
Project Details
- Serve as the connector and driver, ensuring AI/BI projects are clearly defined, efficiently managed, and successfully delivered to the business.
- Balance speed of proofs of concept with the rigor of formal project governance.
- Projects range from short-term POCs to longer-term AI/analytics rollouts.
- All initiatives are high visibility across the organization.
Top 3 Technologies
- MS Projects – Project planning, scheduling, and deliverable tracking.
- Microsoft Office Suite (Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word) – Process diagrams, requirements documentation, analysis artifacts, and executive communication.
- Agile & Waterfall Methodologies – Ability to flex based on project needs.
Top 3 Experience Requirements
- 5 years of technical project management with:
- Custom development and COTS implementations.
- Standard project management tools and techniques.
- Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Strong ability to communicate clearly and concisely with stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Proven track record of being detail-oriented, confident, and fully in command of project scope and status.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with Palantir Foundry.
- Exposure to or experience with DevOps practices and tools.
- Project management certifications (PMP, ScrumMaster, etc.).
Daily Duties
- Project Delivery:
- Lead fast-paced POCs to test AI/BI use cases.
- Manage full lifecycle of IT development and analytics/AI projects.
- Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Partner with business functional groups to capture needs.
- Gather and translate business requirements into functional documentation.
- Facilitate workshops with business and IT stakeholders.
- Documentation & Analysis:
- Capture current-state and future-state business processes.
- Document requirements, technical capabilities, and project deliverables.
- Produce project artifacts (process diagrams, BRDs, project plans, etc.).
- Coordination:
- Act as liaison between business, IT, and vendors.
- Support technical leads by documenting high-level system designs.
- Maintain project plans in MS Project Online.