IT Project Manager

Summary

IT Project Manager

 

At our Company, we grow People, Brands, and Businesses! The IT Project Manager, with expertise and creativity, is responsible for managing both technical and business objectives. This position oversees IT department projects to track status and resource allocation, and ensure they are completed on time and within budget.

 

Take this opportunity to join North America’s leading business solutions provider and build your career working with amazing people in a growing industry! Apply today!

 

What we offer:

• Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(k) with company match
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off 

Responsibilities:

• Manage software/hardware development projects to ensure quality, on time, within budget delivery from requirement definition through testing, rollout, and support.
• Perform project planning and sizing activities, identify resource requirements, and oversee a team capable of producing specified deliverables.
• Perform work breakdown and task identification, assign tasks to project resources, track progress on assigned tasks, and manage the assembly of completed tasks into coherent deliverables.
• Create and maintain an information technology project plan that communicates tasks, milestone dates, status, and resource allocation.
• Identify and communicate major milestones and risks to achieving those milestones in a positive manner. 
• Partner with Executive Stakeholders to build consensus.
• Perform technical liaison functions to all clients/customers.
• Coordinate delivery of development (beta) and production releases that meet quality assurance standards.
• Assist technical team in design and development tasks.
• Assist test team in creating test plans and testing efforts.

 

Qualifications:

 

• 3-5 years of experience in project management; software/hardware development projects preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in managing complex projects in a project manager lead role.
• PMI Certification is preferable.
• Experience using project management tools.
• Experience using project management methodologies and management of a full project lifecycle.
• Experience developing useful project metrics and applying those metrics.
• Experience capturing and documenting requirements.
• Experience with multi-vendor negotiation/management skill

 

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

 

Responsibilities

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

 

Job Duty

• Project Management
• Manage software/hardware development projects to ensure quality, on time, within budget delivery from requirement definition through testing, rollout, and support
• Perform project planning and sizing activities, identify resource requirements, and oversee a team capable of producing specified deliverables
• Perform work breakdown and task identification, assign tasks to project resources, track progress on assigned tasks, and manage the assembly of completed tasks into coherent deliverables
• Create and maintain an information technology project plan that communicates tasks, milestone dates, status, and resource allocation
• Identify and communicate major milestones and risks to achieving those milestones in a positive manner
• Partner with Executive Stakeholders to build consensus
• Perform technical liaison functions to all clients/customers
• Coordinate delivery of development (beta) and production releases that meet quality assurance standards
• Assist technical team in design and development tasks 
• Assist test team in creating test plans and testing efforts

 

Supervisory Responsibilities

 

Direct Reports

- This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

 

Indirect Reports

- Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports