3rd Party Applications Project Manager - Junior Level - Onsite

EPMA•Houston, TX

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Our client is looking for an exceptional IT Project Manager -Infrastructure / Applications. Long term Contract- W2 Location :Houston, Downtown- Onsite- 5 days a week Industry: Oil and Gas -Midstream. IT Project Manager manages the project life cycle of a project providing project leadership including defining project objectives and scope for each phase of the project, overseeing quality control throughout the project’s life cycle, acquiring resources, managing resources and coordinating the efforts of team members in order to deliver projects/products according to plan. Essential Requirements: Experience, Educational & Special Training Required Responsible for the successful management of projects Manages project life cycle from initiating through delivery and project closure Manages the day-to-day activities of projects and project resources Creates, manages and tracks project documents including, but not limited to: project schedules, financials (budgets: estimates and actuals, forecasting, invoices), detailed project plans, scope documents, work breakdown structures, cost estimates, resource plans, risk and issue logs and regular status reporting Organizes, conducts and attends meetings with project team and stakeholders to facilitate all levels of project planning Manages multiple projects concurrently: 10 + projects Works with project managers of other teams to ensure overall business and operational requirements are met for company initiatives Lead steering committee meetings with IT and Business leadership Lead technical and requirements gathering sessions- bringing people and understanding together Communicates and collaborates with internal and external customers as needed including managing expectations, presenting and interfacing with stakeholders Works with third party integration teams to coordinate integration and testing PMI trained/educated Agile/Scrum understanding/experience Manage developer resources across projects Manages Geographically dispersed teams

Requirements

PMI trained/educated
Agile/Scrum understanding/experience

Nice To Haves

PMP Certification
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Management, Project Management, Engineering or related field
3+ years of professional experiences in the management of IT infrastructure and operations projects or Applications & 3rd party software implementation project experience.
A team player with excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
A strong desire for quality and attention to detail with excellent problem solving and organizational skills
Demonstrates leadership qualities include flexibility and adaptability to change

Responsibilities

Responsible for the successful management of projects
Manages project life cycle from initiating through delivery and project closure
Manages the day-to-day activities of projects and project resources
Creates, manages and tracks project documents including, but not limited to: project schedules, financials (budgets: estimates and actuals, forecasting, invoices), detailed project plans, scope documents, work breakdown structures, cost estimates, resource plans, risk and issue logs and regular status reporting
Organizes, conducts and attends meetings with project team and stakeholders to facilitate all levels of project planning
Manages multiple projects concurrently: 10 + projects
Works with project managers of other teams to ensure overall business and operational requirements are met for company initiatives
Lead steering committee meetings with IT and Business leadership
Lead technical and requirements gathering sessions- bringing people and understanding together
Communicates and collaborates with internal and external customers as needed including managing expectations, presenting and interfacing with stakeholders
Works with third party integration teams to coordinate integration and testing
Manage developer resources across projects
Manages Geographically dispersed teams