Project Manager, Professional Services
About The Position
As a Project Manager, you will oversee the end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. Acting as the main point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders, you will be responsible for planning, execution, risk management, and reporting. You will drive collaboration between development teams, architects, and business stakeholders, ensuring seamless coordination throughout the project lifecycle. You will also focus on resource management, governance, and process improvements, ensuring that project execution follows SDLC and Agile best practices. Financial oversight will be a critical responsibility, including tracking budgets, scope adherence, and change control.
Requirements
- Minimum 3+ years in IT project management, with a focus on technical delivery.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project, JIRA, and Confluence.
- Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement and team coordination.
- Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities for managing concurrent projects.
- Strong problem-solving and risk management skills.
Nice To Haves
- PMP, PRINCE2, or Scrum Master certification is advantageous.
- Financial industry experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate internal and client project kick-offs, ensuring clear objectives and expectations.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including project development schedules, scope statements, resource allocation and dependencies, risk assessment and mitigation strategies, and build estimates and budget tracking.
- Secure stakeholders buy-in and sign-off for key project milestones.
- Act as the primary liaison between internal teams, clients, and leadership.
- Manage risks, assumptions, issues, and decisions (RAID logs), ensuring timely resolution.
- Collaborate with development teams, business analysts, architects, and product managers to ensure technical alignment.
- Track and manage project deliverables, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
- Provide regular project status updates, ensuring transparency and stakeholder engagement.
- Schedule and optimize resource allocation, resolving conflicts across multiple projects.
- Conduct monthly financial reviews with stakeholders to track budget adherence.
- Manage change requests (CRs), ensuring they are documented, approved, and aligned with budget constraints.
- Maintain project artifacts and documentation, including project charters, sign-off documents, change request logs, and RAID logs.
- Ensure adherence to SDLC, Agile, and DevOps methodologies.
- Monitor compliance with internal governance and industry standards.
- Lead formal project closure activities, ensuring lessons learned are documented.
- Conduct post-mortem reviews, identifying process enhancements for future projects.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives, focusing on efficiency gains.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
