Sr. Project Manager

Position description: Business Systems PMO delivery team is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with experience implementing data integration platform migration projects. 

PM Responsibilities:

• Project management responsibilities will include delivering the project on time within budget and scope. Project managers should have a background in business skills, management, budgeting and analysis.

• Create detailed forecasts and actuals worksheet with reconciliation and variance explanations.

•Manage project financials in Oracle Unifier, SharePoint, and other applications.

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors.

• Develop detailed project plan and use it to track and manage progress.

• Manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.

• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.

• Report project status, including at monthly meetings with executives and sponsors.

• Manage the relationship with the client, vendor and all stakeholders.

• Perform risk management to proactively manage and contain project risks.

• Guide contract and procurement activities to successful conclusion.

• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

• Play the role of hands-on Technology PM at times, working closely with application and database support teams, Project Architect and Enterprise Architecture.

• Manage the basics – capture and send meeting minutes and action items, open risks with mitigation plans, decisions and project issues. 

Skillset

• Bachelors degree or higher.

• Proven working experience as a project manager working for at least 10 years in the information technology sector.

• Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience with hardware, software, data management projects.

• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail.

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office tool set.

• Strong meeting facilitation and task orchestration skills.

• Experience creating and executing contracts for work with outside vendors.

• Should be familiar with data integrations and integration platform migrations.

• Experience with IBM Websphere Message Broker (WMB) and/or IBM Integration Bus (IIB) systems

• Should have been exposed to and led Projects with Agile SCRUM methodology.

• Experience working as coordinator and facilitator of an outside vendor to successfully deliver a project.

• Experience in the Energy/Utility sector a plus.

• Experience with Kafka is a plus.