What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager II position at Saxon Global?
Company Description
Saxon Global is one of the fastest growing Inc. 500 Companies in the US, providing enhanced IT consulting to top Notch Direct IT Clients.
Job Description
Job Title: Project Manager II
Job Duration: 12 Month Contract
Address: Chester Brook,PA19087
Interview Method: Phone then In Person
Job Description:
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- Exceptional project management skills, including the ability to manage projects of various diverse scope in a cross-functional environment.
- Experience in working in an outsourced development environment.
- Technical expertise in project management support tools like HP Quality Center, Clarity/Open Workbench, MS Project, SharePoint.
- Ability to organize, plan, and implement projects of various size and scope.
- Solid teamwork and interpersonal skills.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Strong knowledge of computers to operative effectively with PowerPoint presentations, Microsoft Project, Excel spreadsheets and Microsoft Outlook.
- Any experience working with the Legal/HR/Marketing projects is a plus.
Summary:
- Develops, refines, validates and manages project plans to ensure on time and on budget delivery of major technology initiatives across the enterprise.
- Responsible for utilizing project management methods, standards, project integration as well as the coordination of all internal and external resources required to complete assigned projects.
- Provides timely and concise communications to functional leadership regarding project status and pending issues; analyzes processes and makes recommendations for optimizing resources and product delivery.
- Develops project plans based on specifications provided by the Portfolio Management staff and manages effective execution of the initiatives.
- Builds consensus among multiple process leads relative to project scope, task execution, staffing and issue resolution.
- Brokers services within IBS and client vendors on behalf of the business area represented.
- Provides overall financial direction for the projects to manage the development of budgets, controls and measurements to monitor project progress.
- Identifies potential risks within the project; proactively manages issues.
- Participates in identifying project costs, resource allocation, project schedule changes and issue escalation.
- Frequently interacts with IBS staff including business area management, portfolio managers, vendors, consultants and other contractors.
- Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
- Good interpersonal skills Excellent relationship building skills Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing Good group presentation skills.
- Good analytical and problem solving skills Good mathematical skills Excellent organizational skills Excellent leadership skills computer software includes application development lifecycle, MS Office Suite, Outlook.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.