Project Manager

Harvey Nash; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash is seeking an experienced Project Manager (certified) to lead IT initiatives in a dynamic environment. The PM will initiate and coordinate stakeholder and vendor meetings, create and revise work plans, manage resources, and drive adherence to established SDLC standards.

The role requires strong analytical skills, 10+ years of IT project leadership, and proven ability to manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and UAT activities across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• PM certification and track record leading IT projects.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid delivery.
• Strong requirements, scope, schedule, and budget control.
• Proven vendor management and contract deliverables oversight.
• Excellent communication, documentation and stakeholder skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office and PM tools (MS Project, Visio, SharePoint).
• Experience coordinating UAT and risk/change management.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute project work plans and adjust to changing needs.
• Identify resources and assign responsibilities.
• Apply SDLC methodology and enforce project standards.
• Prepare for requirements reviews and QA procedures.
• Minimize exposure and risk on projects.
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, stored.
• Track and report status to branch manager weekly.
• Facilitate team and client meetings effectively.
• Communicate with clients daily/weekly; resolve issues promptly.
• Hold regular status meetings; inform team of changes.
• Deliver engaging, organized presentations to stakeholders.

Skills

Professional Project Management Cert

Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid

UAT coordination

Vendor management

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Microsoft Office suite

Azure DevOps/Jira/ServiceNow

Budget/Risk/Change mgmt

10+ years IT PM experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Advanced IT degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Visio

SharePoint

Azure DevOps

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

Duration: Long - Term Indefinite Contract

Job Description

Currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of a Project Manager (certified).

The PM will be responsible for initiating and coordinating meetings with stakeholders and venodrs.

Additional responsibilities are:

• Creating and executing project work plans and revising as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Identifying resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities.
• Applying CABINET OATS IT SDLC methodology and enforces project standards.
• Preparing for requirements reviews and quality assurance procedures.
• Minimizing exposure and risk on project.
• Ensuring project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Tracking and reporting team project status to branch manager on a weekly basis or as needed.
• Facilitating team and client meetings effectively
• Communicates effectively to client on a daily/weekly basis.
• Holding regular status meetings with project team.
• Keeping project team well-informed of changes in project status.
• Conveying engaging, informative and well-organized presentations.
• Resolving and/or escalating issues in a timely fashion.

Teamwork:

• Consistently acknowledges and appreciates each team member's contributions.
• Effectively utilizes each team member to their full potential.
• Motivates team to work together in the most efficient manner.
• Keeps track of lessons learned and shares those lessons with team members.
• Mitigates team conflict and communication problems.

Essential skills:

• Professional Project Management Certification from accredited intuition
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience managing Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid software development projects.
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and change management.
• Experience coordinating User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
• Experience managing software vendors and contractual deliverables.
• Experience reviewing technical and functional documentation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Project, Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, ServiceNow, or similar project management and work management tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively with business and technical teams.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing large-scale Information Technology projects.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts.
• Possess general understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design.
• Self-managed, highly motivated and has a strong drive for results.
• Skilled in managing a team.

Desired Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree or other advanced degree preferably in an IT related field.
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods.
• Experience mentoring, coaching and developing rising talent in the technology department.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others.
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising department teams.
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality.
• Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles.