Project Manager
Summary
Remote Project Manager leading strategic technology programs end-to-end: running stakeholder review cadences, tracking risks/issues, and reporting progress to executive sponsors. Operates in a hybrid agile/waterfall environment using MS Office, Teams, Project, Mural, and advanced Excel to drive process improvements.
Position Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Establish and lead stakeholder review cadence of key strategic initiatives to highlight
progress, foster teaming, identify risks, issues, and concerns and drive resolution.
• Work with teams on principles, tools, and best practices of program and project management.
• Develop metrics to measure, monitor, and report progress of programs and strategic initiatives.
• Identify areas for continual improvement in process and execution.
• Monitor project resource demand and capacity, highlighting areas of concern.
• Communicate goals, roles, responsibilities and desired outcomes to cross-functional
project teams to gain buy-in and delivery to project schedules.
• Report to key executive sponsors, stakeholders and team members on program/project status,
progress, and risk including continually managing project expectations etc.
Required Skills:
• Project and program leadership experience, with emphasis in visible technology
programs that include senior stakeholders. Ability to manage remotely a must.
• Independent leader who can work effectively on their own and within a team, integrate
knowledge and build internal networks for success.
• Strong background in project methodologies including agile, waterfall and hybrid.
• Apply best practices in program and project management methods, associated tools &
techniques in a hybrid (waterfall/agile) program environment.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with acute attention to detail, accuracy and
accountability balanced with sound business judgment.
• Skilled in MS Office, Teams and Project toolsets to create meaningful management
information, presentations, reports, etc. Confident in use and understanding of broad
range of enterprise tools. Mural, other visualization tools and advanced Excel a plus.
• Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and experience in process definition and
mapping
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional people skills - Ability to build strong relationships and rapport and work with
people at all levels to understand and solve problems; overcome obstacles.
• Work efficiently and effectively to meet desired deadlines.