Project Manager

VDart Inc; Texas; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Project Manager with extensive experience in ITSM onboarding. The role involves managing project activities, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring timely delivery of project milestones. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in project management and be proficient in tools like Planview and Jira. Excellent communication skills and the ability to present to executives are essential. This position is remote but candidates must be located in specified areas.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project management experience.
• 5+ years PM experience focused on CMM ITSM Onboarding.
• Strong experience with presenting to high-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Support the Delivery Leader through all duties to support project execution.
• Document scope, timeline, resource plan, and stakeholders.
• Identify and manage all issues and risks on the project.

Skills

Project Management

ITIL Foundations

Excellent Communication

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Planview

Jira

PowerBI

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Smartsheet

Job description

Location : Dallas, TX, Alpharetta GA, Atlanta, GA (Local only) 100% Remote but candidate should be on the given locations

Type : Contract

• How to drive ITSM
• someone knows services management
• Planview is must have

Support Needed : Project manager to manage activities related to onboarding a new business onto Client's ITSM process and tools

Additional Skills : Project Management, ITIL Foundations

Project Management Duties :

• Support the Delivery Leader through all duties to support the overall execution of the project / initiative. This includes driving collaboration, alignment and integrated delivery for a given project / initiative.
• Document scope, timeline, resource plan, and stakeholders.
• Lead the project team through each phase of the project.
• Identify and manage all issues and risks on the project; escalate items timely.
• Ensure that all the project tasks and deliverables remain on track and within cost.
• Manage the project folder and related documentation, ensuring decisions and status updates are captured timely.
• Communicate and maintain project progress and decisions via meetings and status reports on a regular basis and on demand based on stakeholder need.
• Establish and manage realistic and committed project schedules; taking into consideration deadlines, dependencies, resources, and costs when making changes and decisions to schedule.
• Ensure that the Project Team shares a common understanding of the project, that adequate resources are being applied consistent with the set timeframe.
• Secure acceptance and approval of deliverables from the Project Sponsor and Stakeholders, as required for the given project.
• Establish a project site and organize and maintain project documentation to support needs.
• Track financial spend against budget on third party purchases where needed.
• Maintain stakeholder list, develop communication plans, and assist with creating communications deliverables as needed.
• Use the following technologies : Microsoft : Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint; Jira
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement.
• Adjust project management approaches as needed, based on industry best practices and professional judgement.
• Facilitate discussions to drive decision making, share information and collect information, as required by the project.
• Proactively manage change control and communicate impact in project scope, identify risks / issues, and devising contingency plans.

Deliverables for each Project to be created and / or maintained

• Lean Business Case (justification, deliverables, milestones, level of effort by resource type, budget, schedule)
• High level Gantt chart and detailed project workplan / Schedule
• Stakeholder List
• Communications Plan
• Resource Schedule
• Weekly Status Updates
• Executive Updates (e.g. PPTs) as needed (frequency TBD)
• Others as required, based on business need.

Must have experience :

• 10+ years of project management experience
• 5+ years PM experience focused CMM ITSM Onboarding
• Strong experience with presenting to high-level executives as well as executives at different levels
• Very strong stakeholder management experience
• Experience at communicating at all levels (team to executive)
• Experience with Planview
• Experience with Jira
• Experience with PowerBI
• Understanding of Agile and Waterfall methodology
• Proven working experience in project management through all facets of project lifecycle.
• Proven track record to drive results and navigating challenges successfully.

Key Preferred Skills :

• Excellent Communication oral and written.
• Ability to lead teams through planned schedules and proactively address issues / risks.
• Proficient in creating effective PowerPoint presentations.
• Flexible to be in details and at summarized / high-level.
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices; Our client uses Jira, Smartsheet, Teams, O365
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic, who sets high standards for self and others and demonstrates enthusiasm for the mission of the team.