Associate Project Manager

Description

Responsibilities:

• Manage all project activities to achieve stated project goals, objectives, budgets and schedules.
• Develop key project documentation, including, but not limited to, task orders/work orders, statements of work, requirements and specification documents, comprehensive project management plans and all associated sub-plans, deployment plans, and lessons-learned documents.
• Work with the cross-functional teams to identify, articulate, and mitigate project issues and risks.
• Proactively manage internal project teams, and when necessary, consultants and/or external vendors.
• Effectively manage resource allocations, resource scheduling, inter-project and external project dependencies.
• Implement and execute comprehensive stakeholder management and communication plans.
• Create and deliver presentations on project goals and plans, including progress reports.
• Analyze and effectively report on project metrics – e.g., ETC, EV, profitability, project progress, issues and risks.
• Perform other Project Management related duties as requested to achieve organizational objectives.
• Contributes to account management initiatives, including partner relationship development and cultivating new opportunities for deployed services.
• Other responsibilities assigned by manager.
• Generate marketing activity reports.
• Assist with customer service support for state agencies and association members.

Qualifications: 

• 1-3 years of Project Management experience leading project teams, as a member of an IT Project Management Office (PMO), or as an individual contributor within an IT department.
• Understanding of implementing project management best practices leveraging multiple methodologies.
• Experience with E-Commerce projects, specifically online payment engines and/or credit card transactions
• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related scientific, technical or business discipline.
• Basic understanding of the full SDLC and SDLC Methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.)
• Understanding of risk and issue management including strategies related to identifying risks, tracking and mitigating risks.
• Strong customer service background or mentality
• Demonstrated effective group facilitation skills.
• Ability to identify and understand complex problems/issues and develop effective solutions.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.