Project Manager

Essential Functions:

• Plan and oversee all project work in support of the goals of the project stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate team meetings.
• Develop, manage, and update Project Plan and other project documents (e.g., Communication Plan, Risk Plan, Stakeholder Register, Resource Plan), following standard project management methodology.
• Manage the execution of the Project Schedule to ensure project scope and applicable milestones are met.
• Monitor project progress, budgets, and timelines.
• Provide management oversight of project deliverables, status, budget, risks and concerns through regular status reporting.
• Promote change readiness and adoption across all stakeholders.
• Manage project scope across the team to ensure that changes to deliverables are handled appropriately.
• Proactively identify and assess project risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues as needed.
• Lead and oversee development of all deliverables, status reports, and other work products.

Knowledge, Skill, Ability:

• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate to all levels; strong work ethic; driven to achieve deadlines and deliverables; self-motivated; strong planning skills; ability to engage team members and get desired results
• Ability to resolve conflict for the team and within the team; influencing internal stakeholders
• Exposure to technical concepts, tools & principles
• Knowledge of both Waterfall and Agile project management is preferred

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field, or 5 years experience in lieu of degree
• PMP certification is highly desirable
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in project management
• Experience with Scrum Agile and Waterfall Project Management Frameworks
• Experience managing IT projects involving cross functional teams preferred
• Strong understanding of pension systems, financial services, IT infrastructure, preferred
• Excellent communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with Project Management tools such as Azure Devops, Microsoft Project
• Organizational Change Management experience is highly desirable
• Knowledge of Agile Software Development Life Cycle is strongly preferred