Senior IT Project Manager (Hybrid / Partially Onsite)

Req ID: 265828 

NTT DATA Services strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

 

We are currently seeking a Senior IT Project Manager (Hybrid / Partially Onsite) to join our team in New Orleans, Louisiana (US-LA), United States (US).

 

This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and implementing complex large-scale IT projects (e.g. tasks > 500) to meet organizational goals. The selected candidate will oversee and guide the personnel responsible for the organization's portfolio of projects. He/she will maintain the efficiency of important aspects of the project management process such as planning, budget, and risk assessment. The ideal candidate is required to have excellent project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from vision to implementation involving internal personnel, contractors, and vendors. This will be a Hybrid role with travel to the client site in New Orleans at approximately 25%.
 

Primary Duties & Areas of Responsibility:»

• Leadership
  • • Provide strong, proactive and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects
    • Makes decisions at the project team level and properly escalates those decisions that cannot be resolved on a timely basis
    • Lead project team members such as executives, line of business subject matter experts, controllers and schedulers through the lifecycle of a project
    • Manage project teams that typically include multiple vendors with onshore and offshore resources
• Project Planning
  • • Create project management plans, set expectations, execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures
    • Integrates all elements of the plan so that interrelationships are known, accounted for and taken advantage of
    • Work with respective groups to secure and manage resource availability across the project team, including business resources
• Scope Management
  • • Coordinates with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables
    • Ensures that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards
    • Ensures projects are delivered on time, on budget, and remain in scope. Monitors and tracks project dependencies
• Schedule Development and Management
  • • Work with the assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables
• Budget Development and Cost Management
  • • Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals
• Issue and Risk Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Communications Management
• Quality Management

 

Requirements:

• Required to be a US Citizen or permanent resident
• 8+ years of Project Management experience
• Solid understanding of Project Management and Project Management Office
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and compliance requirements, HR policies and best practices
• Demonstrated experience building and driving people and culture programs from the ground up
• Ability to build and maintain relationships, partnerships and external networks
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Excellent research, decision-making and organizational skills are required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Project or similar project management tool
• Work independently and follow through on assignments with minimal direction while keeping the team informed
• Possess a mastery of basic/generic data skills (tools & concepts)
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other guidelines where appropriate 

• Active PMP certification
• Primavera P6 certification desirable

 

Minimum Educational Background and Physical Requirements Required to Perform Job:

• Bachelor’s and above degree in Computer Science,