Information Technology - Project Manager (IT)

Responsibilities

• Project Leadership & Delivery
• Lead project team to successfully deliver project objectives and benefits, providing required oversight to ensure control of scope, schedule, resources, and cost
• Provide structured project management leadership by establishing governance, ensuring clear roles and responsibilities for all project team members, defining phases, and identifying deliverables/milestones
• Develop project plans, provide executional leadership, and track progress on project goals
• Identify and manage areas of risk and dependencies, including contingency planning and developing project health restoration plans
• Ensure adherence to NT project standards, IT controls, risk, and regulatory requirements
• Provide timely communications on project status and health including scope, schedule, resource, and/or budget, as well as articulate key risks/issues and associated impacts
• Manage stakeholder expectations and motivate project team
• Partner with stakeholders to plan for and manage project resources
• Facilitate discussions and working sessions across the various teams involved in the project
• Establish and execute against project communication plans
• Escalate in a timely manner to the appropriate party(ies) to address decisions needed, the removal of roadblocks and other obstacles or constraints

Required Skills:

• Level 3 - minimum of 7+ years' experience
• Experience leading infrastructure technology projects and leading teams to execute highly complex initiatives of significant scope, scale, and risk
• Program/project management expertise including working knowledge and application of Waterfall, Hybrid, and/or Agile methodologies
• Skillful in adopting corporate project management standards (incorporating PMI standards), IT controls, risk, and regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated ability leading multiple concurrent projects
• Results-oriented with a bias for action and execution
• Sound problem-solving and analytical skills
• Adept at navigating a matrixed environment; ability to influence, inform, and collaborate with all levels of the organization
• Strong communication skills to effectively share information, collaborate, and drive results
• Ability to easily process information from various sources and simplify the complex
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Self-starter with ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and manage ambiguity
• Thrives in a team environment and works well with others
• General familiarity with infrastructure technology (Servers / Storage / Network / Database / Middleware)
• Familiarity with PPM Tools such as Clarity, and other tools including ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.
• Solid working knowledge of MS Office Suite including MS Project, SharePoint, and Teams

Nice to Haves:

• Experience in a large financial services firm or highly regulated industry
• Experience leading application development initiatives
• Network project experience

Required Education:

• Bachelors Degree

Required Certification:

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)