Project Manager Technical

At-a-Glance:
Are you ready to build your career by joining a global hospitality company. If so, our client is hiring a Project Manager Technical.

Position Type:

• Contract
• Onsite

Required

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related discipline and/or experience
• Training requirements
  • Preferred PMP and/or equivalent experience
• Knowledge and skills
  • Leadership capabilities, strong judgment, and the ability to work effectively with and influence clients, team members, management and external groups.
  • Ability to acquire a thorough understanding of the business/client environment and systems, connectivity and application technological alternatives.
  • General business acumen.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Knowledge of project management life cycle and systems development lifecycle (i.e. Iterative, Agile, Waterfall, etc.).
  • Knowledge of project management tools, techniques and practices.
  • Ability to lead a team and deliver all phases of complex assignments.
  • Strong analytical, problem solving and planning ability.
  • Ability to interact with senior management.
  • Understands basic revenues models and cost to completion projections making decisions accordingly
  • Process improvement
• Technical Skills
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite of products, (i.e. Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).
  • Understanding of various technologies including, applications, databases, networking, telecommunications and connectivity, and security and compliance.
  • Basic familiarity with Clarity or other Portfolio/Program Management Software
• Work experience
• 2+ years of experience in a Project Management role with a background in team development.
• 2+ years in an information technology capacity with understanding of various technologies including, applications, databases, networking, telecommunications and connectivity.
• Experience equivalent to the education requirement may be accepted in lieu of the education requirement.
• Complexity
• Describe the following:
• Level of decision-making authority
• Decision making authority within the project scope, schedule and budget with team input.
• Responsibility to escalate decisions as needed with executive and/or senior leadership as appropriate.
• Documentation as required with PM processes.
• Level of autonomy
• Full autonomy within the bounds of approved scope, schedule, and budget of assigned projects and areas related to the development of the work plans and communication plans.
• Limited autonomy outside of the approved bounds of assigned projects, position must receive direction on key project decisions affecting schedule, cost, and/or budget are reviewed and decided by project executive sponsor to ensure the best interests of the corporation are driving the decision-making process.
• Impact of incumbent’s decisions on the organization
• Project Manager will work with cross-functional teams to successfully implement projects and facilitate resolution of problems/issues that arise during execution.
• Supervisory Responsibility:
  • Position has no direct reports but will have matrix supervisory responsibilities as it pertains to project roles with project teams varying in size from 5 to 25 people.
• Scope/Financial Responsibility
  • Responsible for schedule, scope, and financial cost of assigned projects. Schedule will vary depending on defined scope with typical projects running anywhere from several months to multiple year initiatives.
  • Financial costs of projects can run up to a million dollars, be of medium complexity and visibility based on technologies used, vendor engagement, project approach, and business impact.
  • Depending on Business Unit Sponsor, projects will have varying impact on revenue and profit / expense for the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Develops communication plan to provide continuous communication to the project team members, customers, and project sponsors regarding the status of the project.
• Identifies resources needed to complete work and collaborates with resource manager(s) to assemble appropriate skills/teams and resources.
• Manages issues, risks, and changes using appropriate and agreed upon processes and tools established within the Project Management Office.
• Determines the project schedules, identifies the critical path and potential risks. Effectively applies the delivery methodology and scheduling standards and enforces them with the project teams.
• Leads Project Team to maintain project work plans and drafts required deliverables.
• Facilitates/participates in project reviews and retrospectives, provides information for audits, status reports, and Executive Review meetings.
• Forecasts, manages, and reports on project financials, planned and actual project schedule, and resources utilization.
• Understands basic revenues models and cost to completion projections making decisions accordingly.
• Manages development and processing of funding documentation to meet finance and PMO requirements and process.
• Works with Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Team to prepare RFPs, MSAs & SOWs.
• Participates in process improvement initiatives and PMO onboarding activities.
• Performs other duties as needed
• Travel Requirements
• Minimum to None

Get in Touch:
We want to hear from you! If you think you’d be a good match, submit your resume and reach out to Trusha at to learn more.

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