ESG Consulting · 8 hours ago
Sr IT Project Manager
ESG Consulting is seeking an Expert level IT Project Manager responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile and hybrid project teams. The role focuses on achieving business results through effective project planning, team management, and stakeholder communication.
Responsibilities
Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning and operational readiness for assigned projects
Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, remove roadblocks to their work; leverage organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members; facilitate the efficient use of resources across multiple projects and monitor trends to ensure use aligns with strategic goal
Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and help with an effective system of project governance
Keeping stakeholders informed, resolving issues, and maintaining project documentation utilizing project management tools
Promotes empowerment of the team, ensuring that each team member is fully engaged in the project and understands how to motivate members to make a meaningful contribution
Monitor and report on vendor performance metrics. Drive vendors delivery against a specific contract deliverables
Qualification
Required
Must reside in Nebraska
Expert level IT Project Manager (PM) responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile and hybrid project teams
Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value
Organize and lead project status and working meetings
Prepare and distribute progress reports
Manage risks and issues
Correct deviations from plans
Perform delivery planning and operational readiness for assigned projects
Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments
Remove roadblocks to their work
Leverage organizational resources to improve capacity for project work
Mentoring and developing team members
Facilitate the efficient use of resources across multiple projects
Monitor trends to ensure use aligns with strategic goal
Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables
Manage stakeholder communications
Help with an effective system of project governance
Keep stakeholders informed, resolving issues, and maintaining project documentation utilizing project management tools
Promote empowerment of the team
Ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project
Motivate members to make a meaningful contribution
Monitor and report on vendor performance metrics
Drive vendors delivery against a specific contract deliverables
Effective interpersonal skills including the ability to manage conflict, listening, collaborating, and team building
Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
Ability to use critical thinking to make complex decisions
In-depth knowledge and understanding of business need with the ability to establish/maintain high levels of customer trust and confidence
Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools: Project Management tools, Jira/Confluence, Workfront, Monday.com or equivalent, Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools
Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting at all levels including the executive level
Full transparency and communication of project progress, risks, and vendor performance
Ability to work creatively and analytically to solve business problems and propose solutions
Ability to see the big picture and quickly comprehend the impact of new technologies, systems and/or teams on changes to business processes
Ability to drive projects and take initiative to keep things progressing forward
Ability to provide leadership to business analysts, program managers, coordinators, and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value
Bachelor's degree or higher
At least 7 years of medium to large-scale project experience in a project management or similar role
At least 7 to 10 years of strong experience with project or program planning, resource planning, work plan development, and project management processes
Preferred
PMP certification
Demonstrated prior experience with blended methodologies at the enterprise-level of an organization
Experience working within the public sector, specifically health and human services agencies
Organizational change management experience