Technical Project Manager

Job Description

Summary: Avantive Solutions is looking for a senior level Technical Project Manager to support ongoing critical projects across the enterprise. The Project Manager plans and manages medium-to-large sized projects of moderate-to-high complexity, or portfolio of medium-to-small projects, and ensures project results contribute positive business value and meet agreed on scope, cost, schedule, and quality objectives. The Project Manager will be accountable for the project teams day-to-day execution and compliance with prescribed methodology process, including project charter development, project initiation and facilitation, project plan development, risk and issues management, quality planning, and communications planning. The Project Manager will function as part of a team, inclusive of customers, and must demonstrate sufficient written and communication skills to ensure success.If you are an excellent communicator, self-motivator, and are passionate about attracting and developing diverse talent, and you are someone who thrives in a complex, fast-paced environment who gains personal satisfaction when sharing knowledge and collaborating, then this is a great role for you and we would definitely like to hear from you.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Minimumseven (7) yearshands on Project Management experience.
• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with the team, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Develops and manages cross-functional IT projects and infrastructure initiatives.
• Works with the various business and technical groups to create and manage project priorities and clearly communicate these priorities to technology partners.
• Ability to create and manage an application project road map with high level delivery milestones to manage stakeholder expectations.
• Works with infrastructure service provider partners to ensure projects are delivered on time.
• Proactively manages changes in project scope, identifies issues, and devises contingency plans
• Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Ensures that work is carried out to a high standard and complies with the PMO guidelines.
• Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path.
• Estimates, Plans, schedules, and tracks project timelines, milestones, financials, and deliverables using appropriate tools.
• Develops clear and concise documentation to identify processes, problems, and action plans as well as design attractive and simple sketches, charts, diagrams, and other illustrative material to facilitate communication of complicated topics.
• Provides frequent on-site monitoring and enforcement of schedules, milestones, and vendor accountability.
• Facilitates collaboration across multiple functions, departments, and levels and serves as a role model for teamwork.
• Maximizes availability of all IT equipment and infrastructure through continuous improvement and continuously looks to improve efficiencies and cost reductions accordingly.
• Liaises and negotiates with contractors and external suppliers to clearly communicate technical issues and seeks economies of scale.
• Improves quality results by implementing unit, system, and integration testing cycles.
• Proactively identifies and communicates risks to project development and schedule
• Monitors and drives resolution of issues.
• Adheres to Governance, PM methods, and tools/templates as appropriate.
• Ability to work well independently and within a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical structures in an understandable user-friendly format.
Key Competencies and Qualifications:
• Minimumseven (7) yearshands on Project Management experience.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Strong planning, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients.
• Extensive knowledge of project management processes, systems development methods, organizational change management concepts, and business process improvement methods.
• In-depth knowledge of project planning techniques and automated project planning tools required.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Experience with project cost management and resource capacity planning
• Experience with Business Process development and Change Management.
• Bachelors Degree in related field.

Keyskills :
cost managementbusiness process management