Project Manager III

CSS; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CSS in Indianapolis is seeking a Project Manager III to oversee complex initiatives, ensuring on-time delivery and staying within budget.

You will lead scope, cost, schedule, staffing, and vendor management while collaborating with senior management and stakeholders to meet business goals.

Qualifications

• Associate degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5 years required, 7 years preferred directing work in a large-scale project management capacity.
• Business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.
• Prior experience with managing people and processes to achieve objectives.
• Ability to build effective business relationships with other functional areas to best support mutual objectives.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze workflow and processes to provide productive service to internal and external customers.
• Interpersonal, conflict management, and negotiation skills required, including strong human relations skills to supervise and develop assigned employees effectively.
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.
• Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Directs and manages large and complex project development from beginning to end.
• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables to support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develops full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Identify, manage, and track project dependencies, risks, critical path, and milestones using appropriate project management tools.
• Monitor and control project performance, tracking milestones and deliverables to ensure consistent execution.
• Manage changes in project scope, assess potential impacts, identify concerns, and develop contingency and mitigation plans.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations for internal leadership and customers.
• Communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary liaison with internal and external project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Set and manage expectations with customers, ensuring alignment with contractual and PO requirements.
• Understand and communicate all customer, contract, and PO requirements to internal workstreams to ensure successful execution.
• Proactively communicate project status, risks, and needs to customers.
• Identify and manage customer critical milestones, deliverables, and success factors.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities effectively and build accountability across cross functional teams.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

Leadership

Vendor management

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

As a Project Manager III, you will manageand overseeall aspects of a project to ensure it is completed on-time and within budget. You will be responsible formanaging scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing and outside vendors. This role operates with a high degree of independence and collaboration and contributes to moderately to highly complex project initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Directs and manages large and complex project development from beginning to end
• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables to support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develops full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
• Identify, manage, and track project dependencies, risks, critical path, and milestones using appropriate project management tools.
• Monitor and control project performance, tracking milestones and deliverables to ensure consistent execution.
• Manage changes in project scope, assess potential impacts, identify concerns, and develop contingency and mitigation plans.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations for internal leadership and customers.
• Communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders
• Serve as the primary liaison with internal and external project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Set and manage expectations with customers, ensuring alignment with contractual and PO requirements.
• Understand and communicate all customer, contract, and PO requirements to internal workstreams to ensure successful execution.
• Proactively communicate project status, risks, and needs to customers.
• Identify and manage customer critical milestones, deliverables, and success factors.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities effectively and build accountability across cross functional teams.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5 years required, 7 years experience preferred of directing work in a large-scale project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution
• Business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods
• Prior experience with managing people and processes to achieve objectives
• Ability to build effective business relationships with other functional areas to best support mutual objectives
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze workflow and processes to provide productive service to internal and external customers
• Interpersonal, conflict management, and negotiation skills required, including strong human relations skills to supervise and develop assigned employees effectively
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products
• Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent computer skills