Senior IT Project Manager

AHU Technologies Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work from home options

Job summary

AHU Technologies Inc is looking for a Program Manager in Washington, DC. This role will be responsible for leading complex projects across multiple areas including infrastructure and applications, ensuring successful delivery through all project phases.

The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of experience in project management, a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, and relevant certifications. Flexible work from home options are available.

Qualifications

• 12+ years managing and implementing concurrent initiatives of varying size.
• Minimum of four multi-year project implementations.
• Extensive knowledge as a team leader, motivating diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholder relationships for project delivery.
• Provide thought leadership for IT applications and processes.
• Create and monitor project schedules and sprints.
• Ensure communications and resource management align with project objectives.
• Lead teams through SDLC phases using agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Develop communication and project plans to inform stakeholders.

Skills

Managing concurrent projects

Agile methodologies

Team leadership

MS Office Suite proficiency

MS Project proficiency

Jira/Confluence proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CompSci, Business, Finance, or related field

PMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMIACP) or other Agile/ScrumMaster certification

Tools

MS Office Suite

MS Project

MS Visio

Atlassian Jira

Atlassian Confluence

Job description

Program Manager - Master

Project Manager is responsible for successful delivery of large and complex programs/projects through all phases of the Project Management Lifecycle, which includes initiation, planning, iterative development, continuous testing, execution, control & closeout of projects. The Project Manager will also be the primary technical point of contact to the customer and will be responsible for collaborating across multiple task areas, including infrastructure (SaaS, PaaS or on‑premise), applications, QA, change management, and customer service support.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with stakeholders, managers, and key software and services vendors for the delivery of projects and programs.
• Provide thought leadership and expertise for Software and/or Hardware system implementations, IT applications, business and systems processes.
• Manage the implementation of projects daily -- including defining deliverables as well as creating and monitoring sprints, project schedules and backlogs.
• Assist with internal communications and resource management as needed.
• Align project objectives with stakeholders' objectives.
• Lead teams through all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using appropriate waterfall and agile methodologies and processes.
• Create project plans, resource plans, program metrics, communication plans and develop analytics supporting delivery of life cycle activities.
• Develop communication plans to ensure business and executive stakeholders are well informed and are provided with accurate information for status of managed initiatives and to support decision making.
• Identify project and resource dependencies and collaboratively work with team members to ensure the project schedule is followed.
• Effectively communicate project status, actions, decisions, risks, issues and schedule for the customer's project portfolio.
• Prepare executive steering committee communications as needed.
• Direct, motivate and collaborate with project team members to ensure the team is provided with clear and accurate information in a timely manner that will enable them to complete assigned tasks within set times, and to deliver to top performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in CompSci, Business, Finance or other related field
• PMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMIACP) or other Agile/ScrumMaster certification is required

Qualifications

• Project Manager shall have significant experience (12+ years) managing and implementing concurrent separate initiatives of varying size. This person shall also have a minimum of four individual multi-year project implementation experiences, as well as previous success leading initiatives within an agile methodology environment.
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge and success as a team leader: motivating teams to success by creating an atmosphere of trust while seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; providing information and direction to less-experienced staff; coaching staff including providing timely and meaningful written and verbal feedback.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, Atlassian Jira/Confluence

Skills

• Exp. managing and implementing concurrent separate initiatives of varying size Required 12 Years
• Min. of 4 individual multi-year project implementation experiences & previous success leading initiatives within an agile methodology environment. Required
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge and success as a team leader Required
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, Atlassian Jira/Confluence Required
• Bachelor’s degree in CompSci, Business, Finance or other related field Required
• PMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMIACP) or other Agile/ScrumMaster certification Required

Benefits

Flexible work from home options available.