Project Manager - IMS

Apps Associates•Acton, MA

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Manager – IMS will be responsible for managing small to medium sized technology implementation projects with low to medium complexity. This position reports to the Practice Director or a Managing Principle within the Apps Associates PMO.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. If Associates Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience. (focus in Business Administration or Information Systems preferred)
4+ years of consulting experience, most recently in a Senior Consultant, Manager, or similar level role
Leadership of a minimum of four (3) full life-cycle implementations in the Project Manager role
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong time management, organization, and collaboration skills
Proficiency with the Microsoft suite of business productivity tools (for example: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, One Note, Teams)
Strong understanding of the cloud software development lifecycle including waterfall, agile and hybrid methodologies.
Project management and/or hands on experience with at least two (2) of the following technologies: Infrastructure Project Management, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Database migration and/or upgrades, ERP upgrade/migration experience, Oracle Cloud ERP (Fusion, SCM, Financials), Oracle HCM or Oracle PeopleSoft, Oracle EBS, Other relevant experience, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Custom Software Development (within the Enterprise space), Integration technologies such Boomi, Mulesoft, Oracle Cloud Integration Service or equivalent, Salesforce implementation experience.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project or Smartsheet
PMP Certification (PMP, PGMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP)
Oracle Cloud Project Management Practitioner
AWS Cloud Practioner

Responsibilities

Collaborate with client contacts managing cross-functional client project team members to facilitate project delivery
Collaborate with Apps Associates project team members, who are both onshore and offshore, to successfully deliver projects
Manage the execution of the project's activities and resources in partnership with the practice technical leads and business partners
Lead project teams through scoping definition and ensure all execution efforts align to project goals.
Lead project team through the production execution of upgrade and migrations which may take place over weekends
Lead the establishment of measurable and achievable critical success factors for the project
Control planning and execution to ensure that cost, time, and quality goals are met
Develop and maintain project plans and related project artifacts
Provide view of plans and progress to date
Manage against the approved budget and recommend course correction as necessary.
Ensure project financial metrics are up to date consistently including project baselines, change orders, estimate to complete and estimate at complete
Conduct periodic stakeholder meetings to ensure status clarity and clear expectations
Adhere to the Apps Associates project management methodology
Possesses the ability to turn troubled projects around when and if needed
Utilize Apps Associates internal application technology for project management functions including Project Management, Estimating, Resourcing, and others.
Make continuous improvement a priority - The Project Manager should have a solid grasp of basic and many advanced project management principles, along with having experience in successfully applying and advancing those principles.