IT Project Manager - Local to NY/NJ w2

Nexiva•New York City, NY

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a backfill position for a Project Manager with an urgent need. The role is expected to last for 2+ years and is an onsite position located in Long Island City, NY. The ideal candidate will have approximately 10 years of experience in business, information technology service management, project management, systems analysis, and development. Strong communication, organizational, and multitasking skills are essential, along with the ability to collaborate effectively as a team member.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or a Master's degree in business, management or a related field from an accredited college or related field.
Experience in business, information technology service management, project management, systems analysis, and development.
Strong written and spoken communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work as a team member.
Ability to successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
PMP Certification

Responsibilities

Oversees the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC), which encompasses the planning, organizing, and managing of resources required for the successful completion of specific projects goals and objectives.
Developing detailed project plans, establishing milestones, defining the resources required, and coordinating all project activities with business owners/stakeholders and technical teams to meet key IT service delivery objectives.
Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts, narrows down high-level information into details, abstracts up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishes user requests from the underlying true needs.
Partners with technical leads to direct and oversee the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), which encompasses establishing a logical process in developing application information systems, requirements and authentication, which will result in the production of a highly qualified system that meets or exceed expectations within time and cost estimates.
Develops and maintains IT service management policy and process documentation.
Conducts scoping sessions and assists in the creation of work and proposal statements. This may include providing technical approaches, tasks, deliverables, work estimates, assumptions, dependencies, etc.
Develops and monitors schedules to ensure that projects are completed within established deadlines.
Leads status meetings, tracks and maintains detailed issues and risks lists, and prepares appropriate project meeting minutes and status reports.
Meets regularly with other related application support areas to ensure that integration issues are identified and addressed.
Identifies project risks/issues and mitigation strategies and communicates risk/issue status updates to stakeholders.
Interfaces with all levels of business, technical management staff, Developers, QC and other project teams to facilitate problem-solving and competing priorities resolution.