Project Manager

Coralville, IA
Remote

$69.44 Per Hour
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2 days ago

Job Description

Pay: 69.44
Job Description:
The role can work remotely, but it supports the Coralville-based organization - HM would prefer a candidate near Coralville IA
Monday through Friday, standard business hours, preferably central time zone
Top 3 must-have skills/qualities: Strong project management fundamentals across both Agile and traditional delivery; ability to manage cross-functional IT projects with clear plans, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication; strong ownership and executive-ready communication, with the ability to work independently and bring structure to complex work.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Plan and manage IT projects across multiple domains, including application, infrastructure, platform, and digital initiatives.
Develop and maintain project plans, including Product, schedule, dependencies, risks, and resource needs while ensuring projects follow defined delivery methodologies, standards, and governance processes.
Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure effective execution and issue resolution.
Track and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating as appropriate through governance channels.
Provide clear and timely project status reporting, including milestones, risks, and delivery health

The essential requirements of the job include:

Bachelor s degree in information systems, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline and PMP certification.
Minimum of five years project management experience serving in the role as a project manager
Knowledge and experience in the use of project management and SDLC methodologies and tools demonstrated mastery of process change, product development, manufacturing or software development.
Strong written and verbal communication skills in addition to facilitation and presentation skills.

The PM will lead dynamic project assignments from initial assessment through to completion, by leveraging and coordinating the expertise of diverse disciplines. Craft comprehensive project plans, schedules, and budgets; engage in negotiations with functional managers to secure the right resources and build a team dedicated to achieving project success. Prioritize tasks to ensure productivity, quality, and customer service goals are consistently met. Collaborate with business stakeholders to clarify requirements, ensuring alignment and understanding as needed.
Monitor and track project progress, providing key stakeholders with regular updates to the team to keep them informed of milestones and achievements.
Innovatively address and remove obstacles to enhance team productivity and ensure smooth project execution. Additionally, the IT Project Manager will collaborate within the PMO to support process improvements, foster collaboration, and report on portfolio and organizational metrics for IT.

THE ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and conflict resolution.
Strong leadership & stakeholder management skills with the ability to assemble, manage, and motivate diverse project teams to accomplish project objectives.
Identify project stakeholders, project requirements, and overall timelines, Manage and coordinate with project team to define Product, schedule, budget and risks, Document the communication plan, change management plan and escalation plan, Define team member roles and responsibilities, monitor team performance and ensure project resources receive the training required to perform their duties, Review and manage all changes requests according to the defined change management processes, Lead project meetings, status calls, coordinate project activities and manage stakeholder expectations, Provide regular project status updates including project progress toward achieving the objectives defined in the business case, Ensure the project management software tools are being updated in a timely manner, Provide sign-off for phase and project completion; document project outcome and lessons learned, Direct the activities of multiple global resources dependent upon on the Product of the project.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
Proven track record of managing complex projects, typically with 10 years of IT project management experience in relevant industries.
Advanced Project Management Skills: Proficiency in project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Waterfall) and tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, JIRA, PPM Pro).
At Least 10+ years of experience in a Project Management role with global technology projects, must have had hands-on experience Technical IT project management (E.g. Application. Infrastructure), Must have a technical background and the able to interface with business and vendors, PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification highly preferred, for global coverage, this candidate would need to be flexible to regularly attend meetings to accommodate Asia, US East Coast and European time zones.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (SOFT SKILLS):

Must be able to lead technical projects with limited direction, Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities, Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently, Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments, Ability to bring project to successful completion through organizational dynamics, Strong written and oral communication skills.
Strong interpersonal and operational skill sets, Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies, Strong Customer service skills and focus required, Tenacious, driven, energetic and a high degree of professional integrity, Strong track record of on-time, on-budget and to-specification delivery of projects, Ability to organize, delegate and leverage resources to accomplish objectives, Ability to manage relationships with internal team members, outside contractors and the customer stakeholders and end users.

Numbers & Facts

Location

Coralville, IA (

Remote)

Skills

Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Atlassian JIRAunmatched
Budget Managementunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
Business Caseunmatched
Calendar Managementunmatched
Change Managementunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Conflict Resolutionunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Documentation Planunmatched
Establish Prioritiesunmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS)unmatched
Manufacturing Softwareunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Microsoft Projectunmatched
Negotiation Skillsunmatched
Performance Analysisunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Product Developmentunmatched
Product Planningunmatched
Project Evaluationunmatched
Project Executionunmatched
Project Management Professional (PMP)unmatched
Project Management Softwareunmatched
Project Planningunmatched
Project Portfolio Management (PPM)unmatched
Project Scheduleunmatched
Project Trackingunmatched
Project/Program Coordinationunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Relationship Managementunmatched
Risk Managementunmatched
Schedule Developmentunmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
Software Administrationunmatched
Software Developmentunmatched
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
Team Buildingunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched

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