Project Manager - IT - Mastery

Axelon Services Corporation; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Project Manager to lead complex IT projects in Springfield. This role involves managing cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with business strategies, and delivering quality solutions on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, particularly in the financial services sector, and be proficient in tools like MS Project and Excel. If you're passionate about driving project success and have the ability to navigate challenges, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make an impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• PMP certification or similar; Fluent with PMBOK methodology required.
• 3-5 years of experience in financial services/insurance industry required.
• 4+ years IT experience managing large-sized IT program or portfolio required.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project teams and manage project timelines and risks.
• Ensure compliance with SDLC methodology and manage project budgets.
• Drive delivery of quality solutions tied to business problems and benefits.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Budget Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Project

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Outlook

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager - IT - Mastery
Springfield, MA.

Job Description:

Duties:

1. Lead cross-functional project teams and collaborate with various work streams to manage project timelines, milestones, dependencies, and communicate and mitigate any foreseeable risks and issues.
2. Lead the Technical project team, assess people and budget requirements, and work with the project sponsor to ensure alignment with the overall business strategy.
3. Collaborate and lead project delivery through strong stakeholder and vendor relationship management.
4. Ensure compliance with the SDLC methodology for tasks, documentation, modifications, conversions, and implementation. Ensure tools/documentation are consistent and leveraged across all projects.
5. Define and manage detailed project plans in MS Project.
6. Develop, monitor, and report on all project/program tasks and deliverables; actively manage the resource plan; and tightly manage the project budget, approved funding, forecasts, and actuals.
7. Provide ongoing and targeted documentation and communication to various audiences to drive awareness and engagement.
8. Be accountable to business sponsors and management to drive delivery of quality solutions tied to clearly understood business problems and benefits.
9. Hold yourself and the project team accountable for delivering objectives on time and with quality, focusing on scope and budget.
10. Be responsible for the overall project plan, schedule, and budget, as well as project status monitoring and reporting.
11. Manage and mitigate project risks and issues and escalate when necessary.
12. Lead the team through issue resolution as quickly as possible, avoiding impact to schedule.
13. Manage conflict and prioritization to prevent any delay to the schedule.
14. Lead the timely delivery of platform enhancements and/or complex initiatives.
15. Partner with internal and external subject matter experts and other resources to define and execute plans for each delivery.
16. Accountability to key stakeholders to provide status on progress.
17. Gain recognition as a trusted advisor and leader with customers and stakeholders at all levels of the organization across business and IT.
18. Implement strategies that deliver projects on time and within budget.
19. Remove barriers to enable project team to complete objectives.
20. Drive and influence decisions while assessing risk and impact.
21. Effectively negotiate priorities and solutions.

Skills:

1. Work independently and with management on highly visible, complex projects with multi-platform deliveries.
2. Develop, communicate/escalate, monitor, and report on all project/program tasks and deliverables.
3. Actively manage the resource plan and tightly manage the project budget, approved funding, forecasts, and actuals.

Skills and Qualifications REQUIRED:

1. PMP certification or similar; Fluent with PMBOK methodology required.
2. Agile methodologies required, CSM preferred but not required.
3. Strong Project Management tool background – MS Office Project, Excel, Word, Outlook required.
4. 3-5 years of experience in financial services/insurance industry required.
5. 4+ years IT experience managing large-sized IT program or portfolio, including experience with integrations required.
6. 2+ years vendor management and contract negotiations (SOW/Invoice) required.
7. Strong financial acumen experience managing program/portfolio budget.

Education: Bachelors