IT Project Manager

Encore Talent Solutions; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Encore Talent Solutions has partnered with a client in the Columbus, OH area to identify an IT Project Manager for a 12 month+ contract with option to hire. This role requires a HYBRID/ONSITE schedule of Tue/Wed/Thu in office, located in Columbus, OH.

The Cybersecurity Project Manager will guide cross-functional teams using Agile and waterfall methodologies, lead planning, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication while aligning goals with security requirements and delivering secure

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as IT project manager.
• Experience leading IT and business function projects.
• Experience managing large complex projects with mixed labor/non-labor costs.
• Knowledge of PM best practices including waterfall, agile, and SDLC.
• Strong leadership with ability to coach and lead diverse teams.
• Experience engaging executive sponsors and stakeholders.
• Experience in cost management and capacity planning.
• Knowledge of Business Process Analysis and Mapping.
• Experience with change management in projects.
• Experience in indirect management and training of team members.
• Familiarity with Energy Industry is a plus.
• Bachelor's Degree in CS, MIS, Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Guide cross-functional cybersecurity teams using Agile and waterfall methods.
• Lead project planning, stakeholder communication, and risk mitigation.
• Deliver secure solutions on time and within budget.
• Manage full project lifecycles using Agile, Waterfall or Iterative approaches.
• Produce Charters, SDDs, and Technical Documentation.
• Support vendor progress management and SOW development.
• Communicate with non-technical clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Agile

Waterfall

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS / MIS / Engineering

Tools

ServiceNow

PowerBI

Jira

Job description

Encore Talent Solutions has partnered with a client in the Columbus, OH area to identify an IT Project Manager on a 12 month+ contract with option to hire. This role would require a HYBRID/ONSITE schedule of T/W/TH weekly in office

• Candidates must be eligible to work on a W2 basis
• No C2c/1099 will be allowed/reviewed at this time

3+ years experience in role with:

• Experience with 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
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience that demonstrates experience with technical project management and project leadership

Responsibilities:

The Cybersecurity Project Manager is responsible for guiding cross-functional cybersecurity teams using Agile and waterfall methodologies, to achieve cybersecurity objectives. In this role, you will lead project planning, stakeholder communication, and risk mitigation efforts while maintaining a strong understanding of cybersecurity principles. The Cybersecurity Project Manager will foster collaboration, facilitate, and align project goals with security requirements while delivering these secure solutions on time and within budget.

• PMs are expected to manage full project lifecycles using Agile, Waterfall, or Iterative methods. Deliverables include Project Charters, Solution Design Documents (SDDs), and Technical Documentation. Agile readiness checklists, UAT approvals, and deployment plans. Change management artifacts like stakeholder assessments and adoption strategies
• Demonstrates knowledge of and contributes to project management processes to facilitate statement of work development and vendor progress management.
• Demonstrates a moderate understanding of core project management activities for risk, issue, decision management, dependency management, status reporting, demand, budgeting, forecasting, variance explanations and capacity management.
• Experience managing financials, including capital versus O&M spend forecasting, budgeting, and accruals.
• Facilitates collaboration across multiple functions, departments, and levels and serves as a role model for teamwork.
• Demonstrates moderate interpersonal skills, including the ability to contribute when making effective project presentations and communicates technical concepts to non-technical clients.
• Demonstrates basic knowledge in the use of project management and SDLC methodologies (Waterfall, Iterative and Agile) and tools (ServiceNow, PowerBI and Jira).
• While it is not required it would be nice if the PM understands about Archer tool and or has experience in Policy and standard management. Compliance and risk assessments, issue and exception tracking