IT Collaboration Tools Project Manager

• Please note that our customer is currently not considering applicants from the following locations: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee.***
  
  

Our Customer is a corporation that develops, manufactures, and markets robotic products designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients through minimally invasive surgery. Founded in 1995, their goal was to create innovative, robotic-assisted systems that help empower doctors and hospitals to make surgery less invasive than an open approach. Working with the top medical professionals, they continue to develop new, minimally invasive surgical platforms and future diagnostic tools to help solve complex healthcare challenges around the world.

We are seeking a IT Collaboration Tools Project Manager on a contract basis to support our Customer's business needs. This role is hybrid in Sunnyvale, CA.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to design and implement new applications and systems or enhance existing solutions.
• Manage one or more small or medium-sized projects with moderate complexity.
• Deliver projects within defined start and end dates, scope, budget, and performance objectives.
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion related to project execution.
• Manage projects typically ranging from $100,000 to $5,000,000.
• Gather, define, and document project requirements.
• Communicate roles, responsibilities, and expectations to all project team members.
• Independently plan and maintain project tasks and schedules.
• Identify and creatively solve complex project challenges.
• Lead project teams to deliver milestones on time and on budget.
• Conduct project kick-off meetings and phase gate reviews.
• Ensure project teams have the necessary tools and training.
• Record, track, and communicate project issues, risks, changes, and status in alignment with PMO standards.
• Drive all project tasks and workstreams to successful completion.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules and work plans.
• Monitor critical milestones and proactively mitigate risks and issues.
• Assess project performance and implement changes to keep projects within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Communicate project status to stakeholders and leadership in a timely and accurate manner.
• Build and maintain productive working relationships with sponsors, vendors, and key stakeholders.
• Prepare accurate and complete project documentation.
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

• 5 years of experience managing moderately complex IT products or software development projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with effective presentation abilities.
• Advanced understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
• Experience working in a PMO environment as a Project Lead or Project Manager.
• Advanced project management knowledge and technical competence.
  
  

Required

• Experience managing projects related to facilities or physical security.
• Experience implementing or upgrading collaboration tools such as Zoom, Office 365, Slack, Box, or Lucid.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Smartsheet and Anaplan.
• Understanding of IT roles, responsibilities, and resource planning.
• Experience managing resource plans and balancing resources across projects and programs.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
  
  

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.