Project Manager 3 - Contract To Hire

CoServ•Denton, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under limited supervision, the Project Manager 3 performs on large projects or small programs, handling budget tracking, communications, progress monitoring, and management reporting. The Project Manager 3 maintains a fully resource-loaded schedule, tracks plans and activities, coordinates and monitors tasks to ensure projects/programs are tracking on budget and on schedule. This role involves taking and publishing minutes, and communicating project status. The Project Manager 3 must be technically competent in information technologies and promote the use of PMI best practices.

Requirements

High School Diploma or G.E.D equivalency
Bachelor’s Degree in business or a related field or equivalent work experience
7+ years of experience in a Project Manager role
Expert knowledge of practical aspects of project management
Mastery of project management techniques and tools.
Proficiency in managing cross-functional teams of diverse subject-matter-experts
Adeptness in managing multiple projects/programs with competing priorities
Experience working with 3rd party suppliers/vendors
Demonstrable competencies in planning and managing a project's/program’s Scope, Schedule, Cost, Resources, Quality and Risks
Excellent written and oral communication skills
The ability to build, lead, develop, coach and motivate a project team.
Proficiency with MS-Project & MS-Office and various other industry tools for Project Management
Strong organizational and planning skills to oversee project/program deliverables
Strong priority setting and delegation skills
Ability to multitask in a dynamic environment
Demonstrate attentiveness to quality and productivity
Strong analytical, problem solving, negotiating and organizational skills
Effective use of reading, writing, oral communications skills, presentation techniques, meeting mechanics and team building techniques
Ability to lead project/program teams
In-depth knowledge of project management practices and policies
Strong written and documentation skills
Must have and maintain a valid Texas driver's license

Nice To Haves

Project Management Institute certification in project management or other related disciplines
Broad range of technology experience including programming, customer information systems, billing, report generation, analysis, etc.
Ability to operate office machinery, such as copier, fax machine and personal computer

Responsibilities

Accountability and responsibility for overall project/program success from start to finish.
Provides budget analysis, resource planning, and coordination of activities.
Works closely with business clients to gather, analyze and document all of the solution requirement details.
Define and refine a detailed scope of work for all project deliverables.
Develop a detailed project/program schedule to produce all of the required deliverables.
Prepares and publishes MS Project and MS PowerPoint presentations communicating the status of projects and initiatives on a weekly basis.
Collaborates with appropriate CoServ resources on business, organization and culture to strengthen their credibility as trusted advisors.
Validate and produce appropriate baseline project plans and templates.
Assists in generating Statement of Work and vendor proposal documents.
Works with appropriate parties to plan project resource requirements.
Assesses project performance and communicates lessons learned to increase institutional knowledge.
Ensures project team adheres to CoServ policies, procedures, methodologies and quality standards.
Manages programs including interactions with project team and executives.
Resolves all project issues including budget, timeline, accounts payable, scope changes, software functionality and technology.
Provides regular project communication and status reporting.
Manages project quality to ensure customer satisfaction.
Proactively manage and resolve issues to minimize crises and escalations, while proactively informing and escalating to appropriate leadership level.
Manages the acceptance of all formal project deliverables.
Closes the project/program on completion of all deliverables.
Leads, manages and monitors project/program teams to execute the project according to plan.
Provides leadership, guidance and assistance to project team members throughout the project/program life cycle.
Complies with established CoServ safety and operating rules, procedures and guidelines including reporting unsafe practices to a supervisor.
Complies with established CoServ Information Security Handbook, policies, procedures, and guidelines including reporting suspected information security incidents to Tech Support.
Attends all required company training and employee development.
Attends monthly department safety meeting or reviews material independently.
Performs other duties and activities as directed.