RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in need of a remote Project Manager. This is a project management role within digital organization, and is responsible for overseeing complex migration projects. Responsibilities:
- Under administrative direction, uses extensive knowledge and skills obtained through education and experience to manage multiple projects simultaneously, both large in size and broad in scope
- Manages projects throughout the project lifecycle, from proposal and defining requirements to project planning and implementation, using extensive input from industry and/or business unit subject matter experts
- Influences strategic direction and develops tactical plans with substantial latitude for independent actions or decisions
- Provides comprehensive solutions to complex problems or needs
- Conducts preliminary investigations for all project requests
- Develops, prepares, presents and maintains project plans including staffing requirements, cost estimates, detailed budgets and work breakdown structures and schedules. business applications are delivered
- Refines and implements project management methodologies, tools and practices to provide continuous process improvement
- Selects and manages project teams; Manages such teams throughout the project lifecycle including planning, assigning, scheduling, monitoring and reviewing project activities, as well as evaluating individual performance upon project completion
- Participates in root cause analysis in order to recommend appropriate actions to improve productivity and efficiency
- Performs project risk assessments by identifying key risk factors, providing effective mitigation strategies, and assigning contingency action plans to both schedules and budgets
- Project selection and approval, budgeting and business case preparation and analysis, as well as work breakdown structures and forecasting
- Project budget interfaces with other accounting systems
Job Requirements:
REQUIREMENTS:
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- Familiar with Agile/SAFe methodologies
- Experience with application development and project life cycle methodologies and standards
- Familiar with concepts of risk management, issue tracking, change management and requirements gathering
- Experience with information technology support and technical documentation
- Familiar with principles of banking and finance and securities industry operations
- Business planning and analysis experience
- Experience using specific systems and related technological tools associated with assigned functional areas; Conducting investigations for proposed projects
Experience with the following:
- Applying application development and project life cycle methodologies and standards
- Refining and implementing project management methodologies, tools and practices
- Selecting and managing project teams; Performing root cause analysis
- Developing, preparing, presenting and maintaining project plans.
- Performing project risk assessments.
- Managing projects, using established project management methodologies.
- Reviewing, analyzing and evaluating financial data as well as preparing budgets and financial forecasts; Designing and developing management reports
- Performing project evaluations
- Developing service level agreements for new systems
- Developing business modeling presentations
- Evaluating vendors
- Negotiating with customers and vendors
- Delivering presentations to groups
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.