| Title: Project Manager/Business Analyst
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| Location: Morris Plains, NJ
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| Job Type: Contract
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| Compensation: per Hour
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| Reference Code: 951311-AQG
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Description: This position intends to fill a Project Manager/Business Analyst role for Business Technology Infrastructure under the Process Standardization Team. The selected candidate, in cooperation with project leads, will manage and drive the Knowledge Management (KM) consolidation work effort, coordinating several resources, both contracted and employees. The selected candidate will execute on project management methodologies, coordinating and driving work of the core and extended teams and interactions with stakeholders and sponsors, to result in one consolidated KM solution for Business Technology. The selected candidate will have a working knowledge of the IT environment and ITIL best practices in order to fully understand the project and deliverables.
Responsibilities:
- Translate project approach into a detailed project schedule
- Creates, maintains, evaluates project plans and objectives
- Create/update WTPS project entry as necessary (Schedule, Budget, Forecast, Status)
- Define task owners working with service areas and providers
- Directs and influences a project team according to the project schedule
- Tracks and reports progress relative to time, budget, and demonstrated results
- Communicates project status, milestones and issues to the project sponsors
- Applies effective project management methodologies and control techniques
- Works independently and with project team members to ensure task-level plans are completed and executed on track
- Manages project critical path and scope
- Reviews and verifies deliverables and artifacts
- Lead project team meetings and sub-meetings
- Create meeting minutes
- Update Actions log
- Project administration
- Project time tracking and administration
- Project issue and risk tracking
- Project document management including filing, retrieval, and standards enforcement
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Requirements: Requirements Include:
- Minimum: Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems, Information Management, or related field
- Preferred: MBA and/or MS, PMP/PMI Certification
- Other: ITIL Foundation v3 certification, Six Sigma Certification, Business Management /Leadership Training experience
The successful candidate will have:
- 5 years of progressive experience in IT and program/project management
- Strong interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to manage geographically distributed teams, as well as the ability to operate in a politically sensitive environment
- Demonstrated experience in successfully delivering business IT projects on time and on budget using defined project lifecycle and project management methodologies (PMP)
- Demonstrated success in managing customer relationships
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) with the ability to build relationships, influence outcomes, and prioritize/resolve problems
- Demonstrated ability to interact comfortably with all levels of management and colleagues
- Experience in working with financial processes, systems and customers is preferred
- Experience managing program/projects within the Client is preferred
- Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Microsoft Project
If qualified please use the apply online option.
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