Information Technology Project Manager

Manifest Solutions; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Manifest Solutions is seeking an IT Project Manager for an onsite role in Columbus, OH to lead and deliver complex IT initiatives. The position requires coordinating cross-functional teams and maintaining strong governance with stakeholders and leadership.

The successful candidate will manage scope, budget, and schedule while applying best practices in waterfall and agile methodologies, SDLC, and change management to ensure timely delivery of a quality solution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in project management and leadership across IT and business functions.
• Experience managing large complex projects that consist of a combination of internal/external and labor/non-labor cost components
• PM best practices including waterfall, agile and SDLC.
• Excellent leadership; experienced in coaching and leading cross-functional teams.
• Proven stakeholder engagement with executive sponsors.
• Cost management and capacity planning experience.
• Business process analysis and mapping.
• Change management experience.
• Indirect team leadership and mentoring.
• Energy industry familiarity a plus.
• PMI PMP certification.
• Scrum certifications (PSM/PSPO) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform issue and risk management activities
• Use tools to forecast, plan, estimate, and track project delivery and budget
• Provide oversight for performance, cost, scope, schedule, and quality to technical leadership
• Lead the project to produce the agreed upon solution deliverables in accordance with the applicable timeframes
• Execute a wide range of process activities beginning with the requirements definition and continuing through development, test, and final delivery
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Develop clear and concise documentation to identify processes, problems, and action plans as well as design attractive and simple sketches, charts, diagrams, and other illustrative material to facilitate communication of complicated topics
• Facilitate collaboration across multiple functions, departments, and levels and serve as a role model for teamwork
• Coordinate and provide timely status reporting on the stability of program-oriented work efforts and on compliance with Customer technical standards and PMO aligned processes and methodologies
• Have responsibility for determining and communicating team assignments and directing and monitoring work efforts
• Provide status reports to Service Provider/Customer leadership teams on potential impacts to scope, budget, risk, and resources

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Waterfall & Agile

SDLC

Communication

Forecasting & budgeting

Team coaching

Job description

Manifest Solutions is currently seeking an IT Project Manager for an onsite position in Columbus, OH.

No C2C; No Third Parties - Applicants Only

• Perform issue and risk management activities
• Use tools to forecast, plan, estimate, and track project delivery and budget
• Provide oversight for performance, cost, scope, schedule, and quality to technical leadership
• Lead the project to produce the agreed upon solution deliverables in accordance with the applicable timeframes
• Execute a wide range of process activities beginning with the requirements definition and continuing through development, test, and final delivery
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Develop clear and concise documentation to identify processes, problems, and action plans as well as design attractive and simple sketches, charts, diagrams, and other illustrative material to facilitate communication of complicated topics
• Facilitate collaboration across multiple functions, departments, and levels and serve as a role model for teamwork
• Coordinate and provide timely status reporting on the stability of program-oriented work efforts and on compliance with Customer technical standards and PMO aligned processes and methodologies
• Have responsibility for determining and communicating team assignments and directing and monitoring work efforts
• Provide status reports to Service Provider/Customer leadership teams on potential impacts to scope, budget, risk, and resources

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in project management and leadership across IT and business functions.
• Experience managing large complex projects that consist of a combination of internal/external and labor/non-labor cost components
• Extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management best practices including knowledge of waterfall, agile and SDLC methodologies and tools
• Must have excellent leadership skills (proven ability to coach, develop, and lead a team) and must be able to work with a diverse project team consisting of resources from all parts of the organization (both IT & Business)
• Proven ability to engage and develop relationships with executive sponsors and key stakeholders with clarity and precision
• Experience with project cost management and resource capacity planning
• Strong Business Process Analysis and Mapping skills
• Experience implementing change management approaches to support projects
• Experience in the indirect management of team members including assisting in the development, training, and assignment of work/projects to other members of a team
• Familiarity with the Energy Industry is a plus
• Project management certification (PMP)
• Agile certification such as PSM (Professional Scrum Master) and Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) a plus