Project/Program Manager IT 4

Nexiva•Chicago, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The IT Project/Program Manager is accountable for ensuring successful completion of projects, on-time, within budget, and error-free. The principal responsibility of the IT Project/Program Manager is to manage the planning and execution of project team members. The IT Project/Program Manager will be responsible for managing the project charter, communications, metrics, reporting, and the overall project plan and budget. Support various project teams and obtain/provide a variety of information starting at concept stage and continuing through prototype, pilot, implementation and follow-up stages of various projects. Develop and produce project management schedules. Use professional project management tools and techniques to manage reporting, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately. Manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making. Manage schedules that reflect detailed information related to the changes, including effected components and functions, timelines for various stages of project completion, cost, etc. Will work with the individual team members from multiple functional disciplines and customers to establish completion dates. Monitor progress of projects, discusses problems with affected areas, assures appropriate personnel are informed of problems and steps are in place to meet schedules. Depending on the nature of problems, expected to recommend possible solutions and alternatives. The role is currently Hybrid but could change to 5 days a week in the office.

Requirements

A 4 year college or university degree, plus 8+ years experience OR Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Business) plus 6+ years experience.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
PMP certification
Change Management Certification
6 years' experience in managing a project from inception/beginning.
Must be able to lead the team to alignment.
Leading end-to-end program management/ cross-functional matrix organization.
6+ years of direct project management experience working with software engineering teams in an Agile Software Development methodology, Business partners and product managers.
Proven experience with project management concepts including project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion – needs to have the ability to walk teams through the creation of project charters, including aligning team to determine the scope, ways of working etc.
2+ years experience with Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS) and Confluence
Advanced knowledge of Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Project
Experience in large organizational change management
Experience in strategic thinking, alignment and direction.
Excellent interpersonal skills are required in order to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions.
Strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organizational skills.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Education MUST have year degree was completed (i.e., Bachelors of Computer Science at Harvard University- Graduated May 2000).

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
Some Scrum Master experience in addition to the required project management experience.
Experience having worked with large enterprise-level organizations.
Experience with Ecommerce applications/projects.
2+ year experience with Power BI

Responsibilities

Manage the planning and execution of project team members.
Manage the project charter, communications, metrics, reporting, and the overall project plan and budget.
Support various project teams and obtain/provide a variety of information starting at concept stage and continuing through prototype, pilot, implementation and follow-up stages of various projects.
Develop and produce project management schedules.
Use professional project management tools and techniques to manage reporting, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately.
Manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making.
Manage schedules that reflect detailed information related to the changes, including effected components and functions, timelines for various stages of project completion, cost, etc.
Work with individual team members from multiple functional disciplines and customers to establish completion dates.
Monitor progress of projects, discusses problems with affected areas, assures appropriate personnel are informed of problems and steps are in place to meet schedules.
Recommend possible solutions and alternatives depending on the nature of problems.