Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com Global Project Manager
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
6 months +
Primary Purpose and Goal
As a Global Project Manager, you’ll be expected to manage a project, or several projects, within one of the client’s International Portfolios.You’ll be expected to utilize your business knowledge, and project management experience, to successfully drive project outcomes and milestones. You will be expected to support and coach others involved in the integrated project team.Project Managers are expected to ensure that their projects deliver on the required, quality, outputs detailed in their Project Charters, within the specified time and financial constraints.There is a strong focus on financial management, coordination of delivery team resources, and closely monitoring and maintaining detailed project plans.It is expected that status reporting, issue and risk management is undertaken on a timely basis.Project Managers will be expected to follow the in-house project lifecycle from inception to completion using standard project lifecycle practices and artifacts.Responsibilities and Tasks:Build and maintain project plan, including approach, scope, tasks, durations, work effort, dependencies, budget, planning assumptions, risk profile, resource allocation, and deliverable definitionsManage both IT and Business ProjectsCoordinate and facilitate core and extended project track meetingsMake project-level decisions and manage track team leads and day-to-day team activitiesResponsible for identifying and managing project risk factors, and anticipating and resolving project issuesProactively provide project status to project team and stakeholdersComplying with all reporting requirementsUtilizing and ensuring project adherence to client standard project management processes and tools to manage project teams across the entire project life cycleServing as an advocate of the project management principles and standards established by the PMOMeasuring project progress against agreed objectives and success criteria
Escalating unresolved issues to the Global Program ManagerRequired Skills:Strong project management skills with experience in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing projects from definition through implementation, involving internal personnel and third-party contractorsRequires excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, strong supervisory skills, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively with project team members, project sponsors, functional leads, and senior managementKnowledge of other initiatives within the portfolio to leverage knowledge and networking
Knowledge of the Firm’s tools (JIRA, Confluence, Clarizen, etc.)Self-motivated and output focusedFlexibility to travel as required to regional locationsDrive and demonstrated success working independently in a virtual environmentCapable of strategic thinking and of moving strategic plans into actionCapable of managing multiple projects simultaneouslyEducation/ Certifications:Bachelor’s Degree Required from an Accredited UniversityPMP CertificationScrum/ CSM highly desired.