IT Project Manager 2

Enterprise•St. Louis, MO

1d•Remote

About The Position

Technology powers nearly every facet of how we do business. That’s why understanding, evaluating and prioritizing key tech efforts in flight is critical to advancing any tech and business strategy. The Portfolio Management Office is evolving, and we are looking for strong leadership to drive the transformation in becoming trusted partners that bring visibility and alignment across our portfolios that drive outcomes that align to our strategic priorities. The Portfolio Management Office has an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager 2, supporting our Information Technology Domain areas (Infrastructure, Security and Workforce Technology). In this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with senior IT leaders while leading complex IT projects that support and advance the way we do business. The scope of your role includes planning, guiding, coordinating, and monitoring activities of one or more project teams involved in the discovery, design, build, rollout and transition of IT initiatives. You will collaborate with project sponsors to define the project scope and objectives, identify required skills and resources for the project team, develop detailed work plans, and provide project status updates. You will be responsible for anticipating and identifying project issues, risks and dependencies, recommending solutions, and working with senior management to implement solutions. This is an excellent opportunity to utilize your strong leadership skills.

Requirements

Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future.
Must reside in the United States (does not include Alaska or Hawaii).
Must be able to work a schedule within U.S. Central Standard Time core business hours.
Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities.
5+ years IT related project management experience.
Experience leading teams using Agile, Waterfall and Iterative methodologies and tools.
Proficient knowledge of program and project management concepts, from planning and inception through implementation and support.
Proficient knowledge of analysis techniques, tool usage and standards.
Capable of overseeing large enterprise efforts and complex strategic projects with responsibility for planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling project activities.
Knowledgeable with technical system concepts, i.e., servers, storage, database, middleware, and networking.
Able to perform in the face of ambiguity.
Proven leadership, results orientation, and self-motivation traits.
Must possess strong meeting facilitation and relationship building skills.
Proven success for project delivery on time and within budget.
Capable of applying a resource management model to manage the resources and projects in the portfolio.
Must show ability to deliver on high profile programs/projects.
Proven ability to concurrently manage multiple end-to-end projects.
Intimate knowledge of full life cycle development.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Planning, guiding, coordinating, and monitoring activities of one or more project teams involved in the discovery, design, build, rollout and transition of IT initiatives.
Collaborating with project sponsors to define the project scope and objectives.
Identifying required skills and resources for the project team.
Developing detailed work plans.
Providing project status updates.
Anticipating and identifying project issues, risks and dependencies.
Recommending solutions.
Working with senior management to implement solutions.
Overseeing large enterprise efforts and complex strategic projects with responsibility for planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling project activities.
Applying a resource management model to manage the resources and projects in the portfolio.
Concurrently managing multiple end-to-end projects.