IT Project Manager

POSITION SUMMARY:

Manage the projects portfolio for Corporate group, including Open Architect Operations, Data Integration Services, and Data Architecture. Provide IT support to the non-financial corporate areas, such as Communications, Development, Growth, Risk, and Real Estate, by acting as a liaison with IPG IT groups for ongoing support or IT-related projects implemented in those groups.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Creating long and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines that identify resource and budgetary needs.
• Making effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project.
• Communicating with project sponsors and stakeholders to keep the project aligned with their goals.
• Performing quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected.
• Provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to the team members.
• Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness.
• Develop internal communication strategies useful in ensuring communication between various departments and organization.
• Host project meetings at least once a week with team and managers.
• Use specific tools and technics (e.g. Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, etc.) to delegate and ensure even distribution of tasks to project team members.
• Serving as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy.
• Proactive elaboration of materials for sessions with external parties (agency reps, IPG Ops team, etc.).
• Facilitate the documentation of customer requirements and business process using document analysis, requirements workshops, business process description, and use case scenarios.
• Ensure project costs are under budget, recognizing warning signs that a project could experience delays or go over budget.
• Adjusting schedules and targets on the project as needs or financing for the project change.
• Manage risks and issues faced during the projects.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Leadership skills: able to direct the operations of a project unit to ensure set goals are achieved
• Problem-solving skills: apply project management principles and methodologies in seeking solutions to project problems
• Analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business requirements needs and translate them into application and process requirements.
• Interpersonal skills
• Decisiveness
• The ability to delegate effectively
• Time management skills
• Written and verbal communication skills to interreact with business executives
• Education and Training: Bachelor’s degree in project management or a related discipline. 3+ years of experience in people and resource management (PMP and/or Agile certification desired)
• Experience with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel