Project Manager - Richmond, VA

Alphanumeric is hiring a PROJECT MANAGER to work in Richmond, VA with our client of 20 years committed to improving lives through medical and pharmaceutical advancements.
This role requires full eligibility to work in the USA. We do not offer work visa sponsorships for this position.
As a member of the Project Management Office, you'll play a crucial role in managing change initiatives that support our ability to deliver world-class customer service and capabilities to our policyholders now and in the future. You will support projects focused on transforming our information technology. The projects supported by this role will have potentially span across multiple functions and technology platforms calling on breadth of technical and project management.
Conditions:

• Type of employment: W2 contract 
• MUST BE ABLE TO WORK with W2
• Duration: 5 months
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Hours/Shifts: M-F 8:00am – 5:00pm
• Pay range: 61.75$/hour

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years project management experience
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic relationships and lead customer focused projects across organizational boundaries
• Excellent planning, organizational and execution skills
• Strong communication -- oral, written, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Demonstrated experience interacting & collaborating with business areas in gathering, documenting and developing business
  scope for projects
• Results-oriented, ability to meet and exceed objectives and handle multiple deadlines and priorities
• Strong analytical and business problem solving skills

Key Responsibilities: 

• Manage cross-functional project teams through complex projects using widely accepted project methodologies (e.g., PMI, Agile/LEAN, SDLC)
• Motivate and direct team members to build collaborative project teams to conduct research and analysis to quantify business opportunities and issues and develop formal recommendations for presentation to management
• Apply project management tools and methods to manage project scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, communication, resources and suppliers
• Work with other PMO team members to integrate plans and coordinate execution for large cross-functional projects requiring multiple work-streams and sub-plans
• Conduct cost-benefit Analysis for projects, validate cost and benefit assumptions with stakeholders ,resource managers and process owners
• Conduct written and oral project updates for senior management and business leaders

Nice to have:

• Prior experience with large IT related projects and business transformations
• PMI (Project Management Institute) CAPM or PMP certification
• Experience using MS Project and Visio (or related platforms) at intermediate to advance level