Description

• Assist the Project Management Office (PMO) managing all aspects of the project, with focus on creating and maintaining the Project Schedule and Client tasks
• Assist in the collection of Project Schedule updates and the application of the updates to the project schedule
• Create and maintain the Work Breakdown Structure and its linkage to the Project Schedule
• Manage all aspects of schedule development and maintenance for internal projects
• Ensuring the vendor has documented best practices for schedule management
• Oversee the vendor project schedule activities ensuring that the approved processes are followed
• Produce weekly schedule metrics involving schedule variance and earned value
• Assist PMO in the day-to-day analysis and management of project critical path and defined “tasks to watch”
• Help PMO in creation, maintenance and analysis of project metrics and reports  
• Prepare, organize, run, and properly document the project schedule meetings
• Provide clear and accurate weekly and monthly project reporting and resource forecasting
• Assist project team leads in schedule decomposition, estimating, and resourcing
• Review the schedule and assist team members in understanding their activities
• Manage the creation, maintenance and analysis of project risks, issues, and action items  
• Manage the creation, maintenance and analysis of project metrics and reports 

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• 3-5 years of experience in general PMO responsibilities including: creating project governance plans and processes; managing all aspects of project execution including creating and tracking schedule and scope baselines; managing project change and configuration; managing issues and risks
• 2-3 years of planning, scheduling and reporting, project metrics and resource management experience
• 2-3 years of Software Development Lifecycle planning experience
• 2-3 years proficient/experience working with Microsoft Office suite include SharePoint, Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• 3-5 years’ experience with Microsoft Project Server/ Project Web App (PWA)
• 3-5 years’ experience with Agile Software Development Methodology

Required Education/Certifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business field; or an Associate’s degree with 10+ years project management experience

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree