NA has a client that is seeking 4 Senior Project Managers to join their team on a long-term contract basis. Candidates must be Wisconsin residents or willing to relocate to Wisconsin prior to starting at their own expense. Currently, the manager requires 1 onsite day per month, with other dates as needed. Onsite days could be between 10-20 days a year.
Summary:
- Management of project timeliness, quality of effort, monitoring scope, budget, resource assignment, and escalation of issues
- Manages and leads project teams
- Facilitates project meetings, elicits requirements and group collaboration, sets agendas, and provides project status reports as outlined within the communication plan
- Responsible for developing/coordinating the project plan, monitoring vendor delivery efforts, timelines, and milestone completion efforts
- Ensures continuous communication throughout the project with stakeholders
- Manages all aspects of the project within the defined budget
- Liaises with and updates progress to the portfolio owner (deputy director of OEI)
- Works closely with the sponsor and business representatives to ensure that the project meets the identified business requirements
- Defines and manages user acceptances testing (UAT)
- Identifies user training needs and works with transition manager to coordinate user training
- Integrates the transition management plan into the implementation work plan
- Reports on transition management activities, deliverables, and status