CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions, and they are seeking a Senior Project Manager to focus on best-of-class project management for cloud consulting engagements. The role involves managing project budgets, timelines, and relationships with customers and vendors while ensuring successful project delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Govern project budgets, timelines, risks, assumptions, scope changes, issues and dependencies; report out to clients and team members
- Plan, schedule, document and manage activities throughout cloud consulting engagements as a billable project manager
- Lead consulting sessions with Delivery team to understand challenges, technical needs, and customer requirements
- Document and present recommendations to customers, including senior leadership
- Manage comprehensive project plans and validate requested deliverables, resource requirements, internal goals, client priorities and milestones
- Control and analyze project finances by ensuring project funding is secured and documented and creating cost estimates that are aligned with resource requirements
- Coordinate relationships with customers and vendors to identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements
- Manage scope changes and customer expectations through the change order process
- Work with Mission Cloud service delivery leadership and sales resources to scope work efforts for project services
Requirements:
- Proven experience in project management, including direct management/interactions with customers
- Experience in cloud consulting engagements including Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar
- Ability to consult and manage projects on a time and material basis
- Ability to manage third-party partners as part of a consulting engagements
- Working knowledge of project management frameworks including Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall
- Knowledge of ITIL practices (Change Management, Problem Management)
- Project Management Professional, Scrum Master, or similar certification
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (required within 60 days of hire)