Description

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Delivery

• Lead projects through the full project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manage project scope and ensure effective change control procedures are followed.
• Track progress against project objectives and proactively address issues impacting project success.
• Run effective Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning sessions, and retrospectives as required.
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and customer expectations.

Financial & Resource Management

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, labor utilization, and financial performance.
• Monitor project burn rates and resource allocations.
• Coordinate project staffing requirements and work with functional leaders to secure resources.
• Track project expenses and identify opportunities for improved efficiency.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings, status reviews, steering committees, and stakeholder communications.
• Translate complex technical information into business-friendly communications.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, business partners, and delivery teams.

Risk & Issue Management

• Identify, document, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions.
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans.
• Escalate critical issues appropriately and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain project governance artifacts and reporting.

Team Leadership

• Coordinate cross-functional teams consisting of technical, business, and third-party resources.
• Foster collaboration and accountability across project participants.
• Promote adherence to project management methodologies and best practices.
• Support mentoring of junior project coordinators and project managers when appropriate.

Reporting & Governance

• Prepare regular project status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries.
• Maintain project documentation and ensure compliance with organizational standards.
• Support portfolio-level reporting and governance activities.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts and lessons learned reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• 3-6- years of project management experience delivering technology projects.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with varying levels of complexity.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid approaches.
• Experience working with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, CAPM, Agile, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.
• Experience within a technology consulting, managed services, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, or digital transformation environment.
• Experience leading projects involving:
  • Cloud migration
  • Infrastructure modernization
  • Cybersecurity initiatives
  • Application development
  • Data and analytics solutions
  • AI and automation initiatives

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree