IT Project Manager

Looking for a project manager for IT infrastructure projects. This includes telecommunications (VoIP/telephony), network, AV, deploy IT for new facility, call center, etc.

Core Duties*

Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Independently lead and direct projects requiring high levels of functional integration and involving multiple disciplines to be managed.

Direct development of an action plan, and estimate requirements for resources, including management, labor, materials, and time required to complete projects.

Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive recommendation and consensus.

Develop and help execute comprehensive change management strategy and communication plan relative to project scope and stakeholders; orchestrate and lead change management methodologies underlying project success.

Responsibilities include but not limited to: charter origination; scope identification and shaping scope definition; manage stakeholders, including local cities/counties; risk-manage, control and report on risk associated with more complicated projects, affecting division or program as it relates to their project portfolio; project complexity involves synthesizing complex technical data and driving decision.

Adapt to tools, methodologies, and practices used by the IT PMO.

* Other duties may also be assigned

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in a related field and five years of related experience in management of projects with extensive size/complexity and moderate performance risk, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting, or combination of education and relevant experience.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Proven experience with Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid project management methodologies strongly desired.

Knowledge of project management tools and software development lifecycle (SDLC) strongly desired.

Strong analytical skills and attention to details.

Proven experience in developing and maintaining complex and integrated project plans with proper work breakdown structure (WBS) strongly desired.

Proven experience in people, change, risk, and conflict management strongly desired.

Proven ability to build relationships and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve results in a consensus driven environment strongly desired.

Ability to lead and direct a team of internal and external technical and business staff, and align technical needs with business goals strongly desired.

Solid leadership, negotiation, persuasion, and facilitation skills strongly desired.

Ability to navigate stressful situations and make/negotiate decisions on complex problems strongly desired.

Solid experience with MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio), Smartsheet, ServiceNow Project Portfolio Manager (PPM), Zoom, Slack and Jabber are strongly desired.

Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite desired.

Experience with PeopleSoft Student and HR Administration desired.

Understanding of Telecom service delivery (e.g. paging, TDM, VoIP, PBX, Call Manager) and Telecom vendors such as Cisco, Nortel is a plus.

Experience with managing IT technical infrastructure, application and system integrations

Knowledge of quality assurance and testing practices desired

Knowledge of data integration across different technical platforms desired.

Understanding of Web application architecture and the technology tiers that support them, system architectures, application integration, and object oriented languages desired.

Certifications and Licenses

Project Management Professional (PMP) certified completion of a Project Management Certificate program, or certification in process.

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) completion or certification in process is desired.

ITIL Certification desired