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Technical PMO Project Manager
RELX Group
Alpharetta, GA, United States
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Technical PMO Project Manager I - Entry Level
Alpharetta, GA
The Project Manager I provides support to the Engineering Program Management (EPM) team and is directly responsible for significant, cross functional technical projects, typically with large budgets and sizeable staff, focused on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders etc. This entails fostering and managing productive relationships with executive level sponsors by partnering with sponsors in understanding and creating opportunities and in making timely choices. The Project Manager I spends majority of time on IT project management responsibilities and leads the design, testing, planning, and implementation of complex software application development projects using a waterfall and/or hybrid methodology.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Maintain compliance with corporate and public regulations.
• Lead the development and implementation of a broad, coordinated set of plans and programs to meet the goals and priorities of the business unit in a matrixed environment specifically in the Motorized Vehicle Records (MVR) Vertical.
• Meets financial objectives by forecasting future resource needs; preparing and maintaining a project budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Establishes contacts, relationships and a network both inside and outside Technology.
• Brings this array of resources to bear on improving project effectiveness by performing Portfolio Management which includes effectively negotiating project tradeoffs with stakeholders.
• Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion
• Develop and maintain project artifacts to document project activities
• Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities using Release Management techniques.
• Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc) required to complete the project by working with Technical Resource Managers.
• Monitor and approve all budgeted project expenditures and communicate to stakeholders on a monthly basis
• Escalate complex issues and decisions to senior-level PMO colleagues.
• Effectively communicate project status including schedule variances and mitigation options.
• Identify and make recommendations for improvement to existing processes and procedures.
• All other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• 5+ years of IT PMO experience
• Bachelor’s degree in technology, finance, business, or equivalent experience required
• Technical knowledge – Software Development Lifecycle. Familiarity with Agile.
• Project governance certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, etc.) preferred
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
• Creativity/Innovation: Develop new and unique ways to help remove project roadblocks or improve organization productivity. Demonstrates superior collaboration skills and techniques which appropriately define alternate solutions; resolve conflicts; and create lasting, productive partnerships with clients. Works with senior management to resolve more complex problems.
• Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problem, and make decisions that enhance cross functional effectiveness.
• Lead: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization.
• Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.
• Organize: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities, including managing project budgets of $1M or greater.
• Plan: Determine strategies to move the project forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.
• Solve Problems: Drive organizational change taking full account of obstacles, opposition, and differing stakeholder priorities. Actively participates in cross-functional groups to solve problems across conflicting projects.
• Tools: Experience using MS Project, MS Office, and MS Visio.
• Methodology: Emphasis on waterfall and/or hybrid methodology for software application development solutions.
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