Senior IT Project Manager

Description

Senior Project Manager

Required Skills

Managing the budget and timeline. Setting project goals and coming up with plans to meet those goals.

Maintaining project timeframes, budgeting estimates and consolidation of workstream status report.

Coordinating project team members and developing schedules and individual responsibilities.

Implementing IT strategies that deliver projects on schedule and within budget.

Using project management tools to track project performance and schedule adherence. (MS Project, Jira, M&A Accelerator, Clarity, Planview)

Scheduling and facilitating discussions and tracking minutes in a standard, predefined format.

Weekly report outs to program management. Conducting risk assessments for projects.

Establishment and maintenance of project's RAID log.

Identifying and organizing working sessions necessary to meet project goals and drive progress.

Identifying project goals, needs, and scope.

Planning, monitoring/controlling, and documenting tasks throughout the project.

Ensuring all tasks, deliverables, and project materials are delivered promptly and reporting any delays in a timely fashion.

Managing all resources necessary for project execution in conjunction with program management and delivery leadership.

Fostering effective communication with stakeholders concerning project status.

Foreseeing and strategically eliminating blockers and potential risks.

Working effectively with workstream leads and program management to deliver project's goals and objectives.

Documenting each step of the process using various project management tools.

Ensuring top-quality results and success for a project.

DESIRED SKILLS

PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, or Workday Financials ERP, preferred.

Direct experience managing systems integration projects, preferred.

Direct experience managing business process improvement projects, preferred.

Extremely organized and detailed oriented.

Self-motivated.

Proven leadership skills.

Strong written and verbal communications.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Business, financial, and technical acumen.

Assertive and action oriented.

Manages conflict.

Collaborative.

8+ years' experience in the financial industry and/or equivalent business and enterprise systems experience.

Have experience partnering with vendors and team members on requirements, deliverables, project planning, timelines, resourcing.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.