Contract EPMO Project Manager

Manage a medium size project to document internal EPMO processes from beginning to end, ensuring adherence to COMPANY project management principles, processes, and best practices with general overview by more senior project management staff. Defines and verifies project objectives, scope, requirements and deliverables that support process documentation goals in collaboration with all key stakeholders. In additional to duties of Project Manager, responsible for assembling project team, assigning individual deliverables, ensuring all appropriate resources are assigned, and developing schedule to ensure timely completion of the project/projects.

Job Description

• With input from others, assembles project team. Provides formalized, continuous work direction and leadership to assigned team of professionals, including the scheduling, assignment, and review of project work.


• With input from others, guides project team to create high-value solutions.


• Using standards set by PMO develops, tracks, monitors and communicates project progress against the project plan.


• Works with project stakeholders to develop project requirements, quality measures, standards, processes, cost estimates and milestones.


• Coordinates the input, support and communication with all functional areas that impact or are impacted by project scope, business value, risk, and resource requirements.


• Provides input into the improvement of Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) and System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and methodologies used within COMPANY.


• Manages project team in accordance to waterfall project delivery phases or agile methodologies according to scrum ceremonies.


• Manages project change control, decisions, risks, issues, assumptions and mitigation planning.


• Adheres and participates in the monitoring of quality assurance and project management guidelines.


• Develops and delivers progress reports, proposals, requirement documentation and presentations. Determines the frequency and content of status report from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.


• Develops and maintains all business relationships vital to the success of the project.


• Manages medium sized projects from end to end.


• Other duties as assigned.


• Requires a Bachelors degree in Business Administration or a related discipline.


• Requires four-six years of project management experience working with cross-functional teams and staff of all levels.


• PMP certification preferred.


• Requires experience with project management methodologies (e.g., PMBOK and PRINCE2).


• Additional years of relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.


• Requires proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Visio, and SharePoint.


• Requires effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.


• Requires proficient leadership skills to coordinate and motivate project teams.

Additional Job Description

Strong background developing and documenting internal business processes preferred.

Ability to identify gaps/issues in current processes and recommend process improvement solutions.

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