Project Manager

Symphony Corporation; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT firm in Madison, Wisconsin is looking for a Project Manager to coordinate project-oriented work efforts. This management role involves collaborating with senior management to identify IT opportunities, ensuring projects are delivered on time and on budget, managing resources, and maintaining quality standards. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in project management, including knowledge of methodologies such as Agile.

Qualifications

• Typically has 10 to 15 years of IT work experience, including 4 or more years managing projects.
• Experience with projects in multiple technologies and functions.

Responsibilities

• Assists Program Manager(s) in identifying and prioritizing IT opportunities.
• Manages cross-functional projects of medium to high complexity.
• This is a management role with human resource management responsibilities.

Skills

Enterprise project management

Understanding of project management methodologies

Experience with agile

Project Management/Planning

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field

Project Management certification

Job description

Overview

• This position is responsible for overall coordination, status reporting and stability of project oriented work efforts.
• Establishes and implements project management processes and methodologies for the IT community to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations.
• Responsible for assembling project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts on a daily basis, identifying resource needs, performing quality review; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of customers.
• Coordinates communication with all areas of the enterprise that impacts the scope, budget, risk and resources of the work effort being managed.

Responsibilities

• Assists Program Manager(s) in partnering with senior management of the business community to identify and prioritize opportunities for utilizing IT to achieve the goals of the enterprise.
• Must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools, resource management practices and change management techniques.
• This is a management role with human resource management responsibilities (e.g., hiring, performance management).
• Manages one or more cross-functional projects of medium to high complexity.
• More senior role has responsibility for multiple large, complex projects with greater impact to the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.
• Project Management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum is required.
• Typically has 10 to 15 years of IT work experience, including 4 or more years managing projects. Experience with projects in multiple technologies and functions.

Must have skills

• Must have skills:
• Enterprise project management 1 years
• Methodologies – Understanding of project management methodologies and experience with ‘agile’ 1 years
• Project Management/Planning: Experience with creation of detailed work plans using automated tools, p 1 years