Project Manager

Job Summary

Position Summary

 

Project Manager II is responsible for the leadership of projects that are cross functional and have a relative degree of complexity. Project Manager II is knowledgeable of best practices of project management. They are responsible for the overall health of the project, ensuring that requirements are established and met, deliverables are completed and reviewed, and the project is completed on schedule and within budget. Project Manager II may be responsible for multiple projects running concurrently. The Project Manager II is responsible for collaborating with other members of Project Team.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

 

The major responsibilities of the position are listed below. To perform the job successfully, the individual must be able to execute each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties, assignments, and specific projects may be assigned at the discretion of executive management.

 

• Establish scope and detailed requirements for the project. Includes facilitating requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders, documenting the requirements, and managing the requirements through the life of the project.
• Identify and manage issues, risks and changes.
• Communicate and follow-up regularly with team members to ensure tasks are completed according to plans.
• Develop project plans for schedule, resources, and budget. Requires collaboration with resources managers, lead team members, Finance, and executives.
• Monitor and track progress against plans.
• Report status to project stakeholders through multiple formal communication methods (e.g, monthly status reports, bi-weekly snapshot reports, project plan updates) and informal methods (e.g, ad-hoc requests and email).
• Communicate effectively with project team members, management, and project stakeholders on status, issues, risks, and project goals and objectives.
• Create status reports on a regular basis.
• Assist in continuous improvement efforts of the organization's project management processes and standards.
• Monitor actual project hours and costs against the project/program estimates and budget.
• Monitor and report on the project budget.

Education and Experience

 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Relevant demonstrated project management experience and or project implementation experience.
• Experience with distributed project teams, desired.
• Excellent prioritization and organization skills, especially the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with all staff levels in the company and with clients.
• Excellent written/verbal communication, presentation, and listening skills, with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including non-technical.
• Experience working in a fast paced, high-effort, dynamic work environment.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

 

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

 

KNOWLEDGE

 

• Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Computers (non-technical) — Knowledge of software, including applications and programming

SKILLS

• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

ABILITIES

• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Travel

 

May need to travel up to 25% of the time.