Job Information
Io Datasphere, Inc. Project Manager in Lansing, Michigan
Our client is looking for a Project Manager. The Project Manager will be responsible for a $20 million modernization project, which will be highly complex, require extensive change and vendor management skills, and experience with Microsoft DevOps.
Tasks
- Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams.
- Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework.
- Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor.
- Creates project charter and work plan and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics.
- Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities.
- Documents risks and develops mitigation plans.
- Manages scope.
- Creates and implements a communication plan.
- Builds an effective team, assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes.
- Negotiates resources.
- Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsor.
- Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers.
- Provides technical support to project members.
- Handles complex application features and technical designs.
- Designs and implements the components required for complex application features.
- Manages a group of applications system analysts.
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Provides overall direction to the formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of a project.
- Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance, revenue, and profit objectives of a project and its contracts.
- Ensures that the project plan maintains tasks, schedules, estimates, and status, and disseminates information to team members and customers.
- Creates a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment with emphasis on quality, productivity, and consistency.
- Directs corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives.
- Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other supporting facilities, business areas, and support functions, and monitors their performance.
- Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects.
- Oversees all aspects of projects.
- Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project.
- Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Clear and concise communication skills.
- Self-directed and independent.
NOTE: Local candidates only. Relocation not allowed. Hybrid Role with 2 days onsite from day 1 - Tuesday and Wednesday.
Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid -- 2 days/week (Tuesday/Wednesday) on-site)
Contract: 1 year