Project Manager, Professional Services

ABACUS; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exposure to diverse array of tech

Competitive compensation

Robust benefits package

Wellness program

Team events

Job summary

Abacus is seeking a motivated Project Manager to join our fast-growing technology team in the United States. You will manage customer infrastructure onboarding projects, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive schedules, budgets, and risk management from initiation to completion.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and presentation skills, with experience using Office 365, SharePoint and Azure. Some remote collaboration and NYC travel are expected as projects demand.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience leading small to mid-sized technology projects focused on client infrastructure onboarding.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Able to handle stressful situations professionally and lead meetings.
• Strong presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Proficient in Office 365, SharePoint and Azure.
• Experience managing remote resources and projects.
• Willing to travel to NYC once a month.

Responsibilities

• Develop a full understanding of customer requirements and identify project deliverables and outcomes.
• Lead projects from initiation to completion, planning, organizing and managing resources.
• Develop and monitor schedules to meet deadlines.
• Assist with detailed project plans, timelines, budgets and resource needs.
• Identify risks and mitigation strategies; communicate status and risks to stakeholders.
• Lead status meetings, maintain issues/risk lists, and prepare status reports.
• Coordinate with service providers to resolve integration issues.
• Interact with all levels of management and project teams to facilitate progress.

Skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Communication

Office 365

SharePoint

Azure

Microsoft Project

Travel readiness

Tools

Office 365

SharePoint

Azure

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Summary

Abacus is a fast-growing technology company focused on providing Hedge Funds, Private Equity firms & Healthcare clients with cloud-based IT solutions. We are looking for an independent, motivated, and enthusiastic Project Manager.

If you are a self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and strong interpersonal skills, as well as an excellent understanding of project management approaches, we'd love to consider you for this opportunity. This position reports to the Manager of Professional Services and interacts with global business, management, and technical teams to develop consolidated project plans, status reports, and metrics, spanning all project areas.

Responsibilities :

• Develop a full understanding of customer requirements, identifying project deliverables and outcomes.
• Working with clients from project initiation to completion, which encompasses the planning, organizing, and management of resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
• Develop and monitor schedules to ensure that projects are completed within established deadlines.
• Assist with the development of project plans, including project timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Identifying project risks, mitigation strategies and communicating status and risk issues to stakeholders.
• Lead status meetings, tracks and maintains detailed issues and risks lists, and prepares appropriate project meeting minutes and status reports.
• Meet regularly with related service providers to ensure that integration issues are identified and resolved.
• Interfaces with all levels of business and technical management staff, as well as project teams to facilitate problem resolution and the resolution of competing priorities.
• Monitors team progress to ensure that project objectives are met.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Demonstrate experience in a project delivery environment.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Strong Presentation skills; able to collate and summarize meetings.
• An interest in Technology and/or business operational improvement.
• A self-motivated individual, able to work independently and part of a larger team
• Be flexible for evening and weekend work

Essential Skills and Experience Required:

• Must have 3-5 years of experience in executing small to mid-sized technology projects focused on client infrastructure onboarding,
• Must possess strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills. Must be motivated, decisive, flexible, and possess sound business judgment.
• Ability to handle and manage stressful situations in a professional manner.
• Strong presentation skills, both oral and written, with the ability to lead meetings.
• Strong proficiency in Office 365, SharePoint and Azure.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project or the equivalent.
• Ability to manage multiple tactical and strategic project initiatives.
• Ability to manage remote resources and projects.
• Ability to prioritize project requests from business and technical teams.
• Ability to protect project scope and set expectations with the customer.
• Experience within an IT Service Provider environment would be advantageous.
• Relevant Project Management certification a plus.
• Must be able to travel to NYC 1 time a month

The Benefits of Working for Abacus:

• Exposure to diverse array of technologies
• Competitive compensation
• Robust benefits package: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k, and PTO
• Positive, friendly, supportive team environment
• Workplace perks such as wellness program and fun events