Project Manager

US Tech Solutions; Houston (TX); On-site; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions is looking for a Project Manager in Houston, TX for a 5-month contract. This role involves managing project planning and execution for mergers and acquisitions, leading teams, and ensuring projects meet time and budget constraints. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, experience in project management, and familiarity with tools such as Microsoft Project.

Qualifications

• 1+ years' experience managing projects with teams of 4-10 resources.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• PMP Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects related to mergers/acquisitions.
• Develop and lead project planning efforts, coordinating with resources.
• Maintain budget forecasts and status reports.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Time Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Four year bachelor college degree

Project Management experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

SAP

SharePoint

Excel

Job description

This range is provided by US Tech Solutions. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$65.00/hr - $70.00/hr

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Title: Project Manager

Location: Houston, TX

Duration: 05 Months Contract

Responsibilities:

• Manage projects associated with mergers/acquisitions
• Develop, present, and lead project planning efforts including project definition, project justification/NPV, proposals, success criteria, risks/issues, requirements definition, technical design, testing procedures and documentation, system documentation, user training, and production delivery while coordinating and communicating with business and technical resources.
• Consult with program manager and sponsors to strategize, plan and implement needed projects within designated time and budget constraints.
• Recognize and document business process gaps and propose improvements.
• Extensive knowledge of interfaces, integrations and process flows.
• Maintain demand management list and work queues for managing workload and communicating priorities and resource allocation to the business.
• Host and facilitate regular meetings with business and technical resources for status updates, requirements definition, technical design, architectural reviews, demand management, and audit review.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Maintain appropriate status reports, meeting minutes, and follow-up with business partners and technical resources.
• Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Review deliverables prepared by team before delivery to the business or production support.
• Effectively applies appropriate project and development methodology and enforces project and development standards.
• Prepare for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.
• Minimize and manage exposure and risk on projects.
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Maintain project actual and forecasted budgets utilizing the various IT systems used for requests for expenditures, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

Qualifications:

• Four year bachelor college degree or project management experience preferred
• 1+ years’ experience in facilitating and managing small to large projects through project life cycle leading teams of 4-10 resources.
• 1+ years’ hands-on experience with Microsoft Project developing complex plans comprising of multiple teams and resources including functional use of dependencies, resources, budgets, and reporting.
• 1+ years’ experience in recognizing, measuring and mitigating project risks with appropriate communication and escalation plans.
• Ability to work independently with specific checkpoints as needed.
• Advanced time management and analytical skills
• Understanding and familiarity with applications like SAP, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, OneNote
• Ability to create/maintain project metrics and manage customer expectations on a weekly/monthly basis including delivery schedules, scope management, risks/issues, and budget through the life of the project(s).
• Understanding and experience with Sarbanes Oxley controls and how the control environment impacts both the business and IT processes and systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication/presentation skills with a strong focus on customer interaction, customer service, and presentation.
• A motivated self-starter with capability to operate on their own with little direction and/or monitoring along with an enterprise vision – ability to see big picture and relate to corporate strategy
• Capability to help deliver quality business solutions within restricted timelines while appropriately communicating/escalating risks, issues, or constraints as necessary to business management.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, business partners, and other departments.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial.
• Ability to read communication styles of team members, business partners, and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines and be able to change delivery of communication accordingly.
• PMP Certification preferred not required
• Change management skills preferred not required

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Recruiter Details:

Name: Sujith Reddy

Email: [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Oil and Gas, Oil and Coal Product Manufacturing, and Oil, Gas, and Mining

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