About the position
The successful candidate's responsibilities will include, but not be limited to leading projects with a focus on 4 Project Dimensions (Scope, Schedule, Cost and Quality). The role involves leading Agile and Waterfall projects as per ATI PMO Processes and following Allison Project Management Methodology based on PMI PMBOK / Agile and Waterfall methodologies. The candidate will manage vendors and deliver projects in a highly outsourced environment working with both on-shore and off-shore resources. They will manage all deliverables with a focus on meeting RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix), Project Exit/Closeout criteria, and Project Success factors. The role also includes participating in and facilitating leadership steering group & project status meetings, developing/distributing status reports, maintaining resource forecasting, planning & work assignment allocations, and being responsible for project planning. The candidate will identify estimates and present cost, schedule, and risk for the project, influence others to drive issues to resolution, ensure compliance with Internal and External Audits related to IT projects, and facilitate projects and decisions to keep driving towards overall business objectives. Additionally, they will manage projects, consultants, and project resources, assuring projects are delivered according to scope, design, budget, and timelines as outlined by the Sponsor and documented in the charter / Project Definition Package. The candidate will provide reporting analysis and review of Program / Project status to senior leadership and negotiate Project SOWs with vendors, consulting firms, hardware, and software companies to deliver a project.
Responsibilities
- Leads projects with focus on 4 Project Dimensions (Scope, Schedule, Cost and Quality)
- Leads Agile and Waterfall project as per ATI PMO Processes
- Follows Allison Project Management Methodology as set by the PMO based on PMI PMBOK / Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Manage vendors and deliver projects in a highly outsourced environment working with both on-shore and off-shore resources
- Manage all deliverables with focus to drive towards meeting RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix), Project Exit/Closeout criteria and Project Success factors
- Participates in and facilitates leadership steering group & project status meetings; develops/distributes status reports
- Maintains resource forecasting, planning & work assignment allocations
- Responsible for project planning. Identifies estimates and presents cost, schedule and risk for the project
- Influences others to drive issues to resolution
- Compliance with Internal and External Audits as related to IT projects
- Facilitates projects and decisions to keep driving towards overall business objectives
- Manages projects, consultants and project resources, assures projects are delivered according to scope, design, budget and timelines as outlined by the Sponsor and as documented in the charter / Project Definition Package
- Provides reporting analysis and review of Program / Project status to senior leadership
- Negotiation Project SOWs with vendors, consulting firms, hardware and software companies to deliver a project
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in progressive Program/Project and IT Management role
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects with budgets in excess of $500k through successful implementation using strong project management principles
- Project Server/SharePoint tool set, TFS, ServiceNow
- US Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Nice-to-haves
- Project management experience with an IT integrator
- PMP Certification
- Engineering and/or manufacturing project management experience
- Experience in running HRIS and User Productivity Tooling Programs
- Proven understanding of SEI - CMMI practices, PMBOK and ITIL
