Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Philadelphia, PA (100% Remote Job)

Duration: Full-Time Position

Job Description

Preferably looking for 10+ years of experience candidate

Essential Job Functions:

1. Responsible for partnering with the project owner/sponsor and all stakeholders to create and implement appropriate and cost efficient solutions based on business objectives.  
2. Assists in identification of project’s business value; ongoing monitoring of value attainment within the project lifecycle and development of realization tracking method. 
3. Acts as project manager, with leadership responsibilities for a matrixed team on medium to large sized projects.  Manages results as outlined in the project’s triple constraints of budget, schedule and scope
4. Represents team recommendations to Senior Management, demonstrate influence over governance bodies, and communicate effectively via formal presentations.
5. Builds strong relationships with business and technology leaders.  Understands business area opportunities and challenges, process or system impacts to all related business or systems areas when implementing recommended solution to obtain business objectives.
6. Initiates and ensures project management and methodologies are followed and change management procedures and supporting tools are used in executing all projects as appropriate.
7. Manages deliverable estimation process, resource allocation and efficient utilization; negotiates resource conflicts with other project managers or resources managers as appropriate.  Escalates to VP, IT Service Delivery as necessary.
8. Communicates technical issues, impact, and risk mitigation strategies in business terminology that can be communicated to and understood by non-technical.
9. Provides ongoing status updates on project progress, risks, change management and issue resolution.  Leads issue identification, tracking, escalation and resolution documentation.   Monitors risk events before becoming issues and potential roadblocks.
10. Creates and maintains project plan (charters and schedules), and reviews them with the appropriate Group Company IT, business partners and steering committees. This includes tracking plans against agreed upon resource levels, timelines and budgets.
11. Responsible for facilitating vendor identification, selection and contracting with project owner, Vendor Management, Legal and Financial areas.  Maintains ongoing management of vendor throughout the life of the project.

Qualifications:

1. Project Management Institute PMP Certification desired
2. 10+ years of project management experience
3. Experience managing development projects in financial services or insurance companies; commercial property and casualty insurance a plus
4. Competent in the use of all project management and analytical software tools.
   1. Expert in Microsoft Office Suite
   2. Expert in Microsoft Project 2007 or 2010
5. Expertise in Portfolio Management techniques and analytical software tools.
   1. Experience with Microsoft Project Server desired
6. Expertise in methodology development, training and process control.
7. Experience managing 3rd party vendors in development, testing and staff augmentation
8. Working knowledge or experience in managing Agile or Iterative development projects desired
9. Experience in technical infrastructure projects and/or component deliverables
10. Experience managing project teams operating within a matrix organization.
11. Expertise in MS Project and Project Portfolio Management tools.
12. Expertise in MS Office suite.

If you are willing to apply, then please send your updated resume along with below mentioned details:

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Candidate must be authorized to work in the United States

Fulcrum Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to maintaining a discrimination-free workplace

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