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* Location: Vancouver, Washington
* Type: Contract
* Job #8614
Overview:
ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This IT Project Manager 2 will lead and coordinate end-to-end IT projects, providing guidance on PMI-based methodologies, project planning, resource forecasting, and stakeholder alignment. Manage schedules, risks, budgets, and deliverables while facilitating cross-functional collaboration and clear communication with technical and business teams. Support development of project plans, roadmaps, documentation, and reporting, while driving issue resolution and continuous improvement. Require 5+ years of full lifecycle IT project experience across software, infrastructure, or integration projects, with strong MS Project skills. Demonstrate expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, stakeholder communication, and managing complex, multi-team IT environments. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.
Pay Rate: $41.9 - $59.87
Benefits:
* Paid holidays: 11
* PTO: Starting at 10 days
* Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
* EAP: Employee Assistance Program
* Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
* Other benefits include the following: Calm App, LifeBalance Discount Program
Responsibilities:
* Provide project management expertise, support, and facilitation of manager-assigned Control Center (CC) IT projects, from beginning to end, providing expert guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development, including:
* Identify and request necessary subject matter experts needed during the project.
* Forecast and recommend/request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs; resource requests must be submitted to and assigned by Performance Managers.
* Collaborate with internal business units and Performance Managers to resolve resource allocation issues.
* Schedule and facilitate project team meetings.
* Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives.
* Provide recommendations regarding project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables, and goals.
* Draft project plans, resource strategies, and funding estimates required to advance each assigned project / defined effort.
* Alert manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule, or scope.
* Organize, coordinate, and facilitate the work of project team(s) and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, includes recommending project stages and assessing business implications for each stage.
* Monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards, and targets, alerting appropriate manager / personnel of any obstacles or potential delays to project timelines, targets, or success; provide corrective action recommendations.
* Coordinate activities for assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be met within the prescribed time and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate manager / personnel.
* Collaborate with manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) and to properly understand related business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and how best to effectively deploy end products.
* Address and navigate politically sensitive issues in a collaborative and profe
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