We are looking for an IT Project Manager for a contractor position in Jacksonville with Excellent Communication, Vendor Management, Application Development and Software Package Implementations experience to start as soon as possible.

Required Skills/Experience:

• This role will support the SET BU IT (Southeast Toyota Business Unit) and must have experience in the following areas:
• A team builder who can effectively lead a team, build relationships, and ensure a detailed plan is being followed.
• Ability to manage to a budget, includes forecasting and providing variance explanations.
• Ability to quickly get up to speed on new business concepts and have enough technical experience to be able to understand and keep up with what the team is discussing during requirements and design sessions.
• Executive presence and effective communication 
• Must be able to clearly articulate project updates to stakeholders and members of the senior leadership team 
• Must possess a strong presence with confidence and polish
• Excellent planning and coordination skills 
• Waterfall and Agile Methodology 
• Must have strong experience running waterfall, agile and hybrid projects, aligning processes, deliverables, and project metrics/dashboards/reports as needed
• Experience with various dependent projects potentially being executed with different methodologies

Vendor Management

• Experience with Vendor contracts management
• Experience with and Vendor package implementations 
• Strong experience in managing internal, external and hybrid teams

Technical

• Prior experience managing technology roadmap projects
• General knowledge and understanding of the technology field and technology projects
• Understanding of core infrastructure
• Understanding of Cloud Development (preferable Azure)

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage projects that involve multiple vendors and complex integrations
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables
• Develop and track full scale project plans including external integration points and dependencies
• Establish and coordinate project teams
• Direct and oversee the project team
• Define project tasks and manage project resource allocation
• Manage project budgets
• Identify project risks and issues and develop and execute mitigation plans
• Manage project changes to achieve project goals
• Monitor and report project status to all stakeholders
• Provide guidance and direction to external vendors as applicable
• Participate in quality audits
• Develop Requests for Information/ Proposals (RFI/RFP) for external services as applicable
• Demonstrate leadership, and strong organizational, presentation and communication skills

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher required
• Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certifications required
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience
• Experience with vendor management and vendor package implementations
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $85.00 - $90.00 per hour

Experience:

• Project management: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• PMP (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Jacksonville, FL 32219 (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Jacksonville, FL 32219