Project Manager - Fully Remote

Applicable Limited; New York (NY); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Project Manager to lead IT projects remotely within the US. The role requires extensive experience in managing complex projects, financial oversight, and strong leadership capabilities. As part of an innovative organization, you'll drive results and contribute to high-impact IT solutions.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7+ years of project management experience delivering IT projects.
• Familiar with effort-driven project planning techniques.
• Experience managing financials and vendor relations.

Responsibilities

• Leads IT projects involving software implementation and infrastructure.
• Creates detailed project schedules and reconciles financial forecasts.
• Manages multiple projects and resolves resource challenges.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Risk Management

Financial Forecasting

Communication

Education

Project Management Institute PMP Certification

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Req ID:327940

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Project Manager - Remote within USA to join our team Remotely within the US. Candidate must be willing to work PST business hours.

Role responsibilities:

• Leads IT projects from start to finish. Projects may consist of one or a combination of implementation or customizations of commercial off-the-shelf insurance software applications; mobile/web technologies, system integrations; software upgrades, Intelligent Automation (RPA) and infrastructure (hardware).
• Manages three (3) or more projects simultaneously, depending on project complexity, duration and lifecycle phase. Average duration of most projects is 6 – 8 months.
• Manages a project team of matrixed resources. Resolves challenges presented by resource and schedule availability in matrixed organizations (project team members, including the PM, are rarely 100% dedicated to a single project).
• Creates and maintains detailed project schedules for accurate schedule tracking and progress reporting.
• Reconciles project team time cards from time card system with planned hours in project plan; investigates and resolves variances between planned and actual time reported on time cards; adjusts project task effort/duration with the project plan as necessary to maintain correct forecast of ETC.
• Maintains and reconciles the project financial forecast in the project financial accounting tool; investigates and resolves variances between forecast and actual project costs.
• Accurately follows all documented PPM processes, procedures and templates.
• Anticipates, identifies, and manages project risks, issues, assumptions and decisions; escalates in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Prepares twice-monthly project status reports for each assigned project.
• Meets regularly with project team(s), business sponsors/stakeholders, portfolio manager(s), and other key stakeholders.
• Facilitates the completion, approval and storage of project artifacts including approval documents.
• Ensures compliance with project management governance standards.
• Develops project charter, communication plan, risk management plan, responsibility matrix, resource plan, roles, responsibilities and project reporting structure. Sets frequency and type of interactions, extent of involvement of stakeholders and the process to resolve disputes.
• Assists in maturing and improving the PMO practice by providing support and feedback.
• Initiates and ensures project management and methodologies are followed and change management procedures and supporting tools are used in executing all projects as appropriate.

Required Experience:

• 5 to 7+ years of current project management experience delivering IT projects with a minimum budget of $150K preferred.
• Has successfully delivered IT projects from start to finish.
• Familiar with or has used effort-driven project planning techniques in MS Project.
• Demonstrates high-levels of capability in all project management competencies, including: planning, executing, monitoring and controlling of IT projects.
• Project Management Institute PMP Certification preferred.
• Experience managing development projects in financial services or insurance companies; commercial property and casualty insurance a plus.
• Experience managing vendors, requesting and executing SOWs.
• Demonstrates a personal sense of urgency to complete day-to-day work. Must drive for results from self and project team members. Must know when to push back on perceived limitations and when to be flexible and accept the limitation.
• Exercises strong leadership capabilities; presents “executive presence” – especially when delivering difficult messages to stakeholders and leaders; calm and collected under pressure; takes accountability for entire project and outcomes.
• Demonstrates strong customer focus; is responsive, consultative, collaborative and accurate in work approach. Considers project impacts and outcomes from the business (customer’s) perspective.
• Experience directly managing and forecasting project financials (reconciling invoices, timekeeping, etc.)
• Able to create clear, concise messaging to all organizational levels.
• Exercises sound judgment, making informed, successful decisions from a set of complex options.
• Willing to develop technical understanding of the systems involved and ability to understand data flow and the high-level technical architecture.
• Ability to learn project management and financial planning tools as required.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies.Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us atus.nttdata.com

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