We are seeking an IT Project Manager for a contract-to-hire role in Englewood, CO. This role will be onsite/in the office during normal business hours Monday-Friday (no remote options) and will be managing the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of projects, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals. This role will have the opportunity to advance into additional areas of the organization in the future.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the planning and implementation of the Business Projects
- Present and negotiate with customers, senior management, and IT teams
- Facilitate the definition of program scope, goals, and deliverables
- Create Executive Status Reports and Roadmaps
- Develop full-scale Project plans working with various IT and Business teams
- Assemble and coordinate Program staff and manage program resource allocation
- Plan and schedule program timelines and necessary weekly/daily or ad hoc meetings
- Track program deliverables and fill out the program RAID using appropriate tools
- Provide direction and support to the program team
- Constantly monitor and report on the progress of the program to all stakeholders
- Present reports defining program progress, problems, and solutions, and perform risk management
- Implement and manage program changes and interventions to achieve program outputs
- Provide program evaluations and assessment of results throughout and post-project deployment
- 5+ years of Program Management experience
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, to interact effectively with IT management, software development and test teams, and infrastructure teams
- Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of program management
- Knowledge of technical hardware program management techniques and tools
- Knowledge of working with Vendor SOWs, RFPs, and contracts
- Working knowledge of IT systems, Agile, and SDLC
- Direct work experience in technical infrastructure and security program management capacity and vendor management
- Proven experience in people management, strategic planning, risk management, and change management
- Solid experience with GSuite, Visio, and MSProject
- SDLC and Agile Scrum
- Enterprise software releases
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Engineering, or related degree
- PMP certification and Advanced Degree preferred
Desired Skills and Knowledge Areas:
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior level executives.
- Strong negotiation/facilitation skills with an ability to gain consensus
- Ability to consult with customers at a business level.
- Ability to translate and communicate a customer's strategic opportunities into requirements for the technical teams
- Excellent written and presentation skills and strong decision making skills
- Ability to facilitate solutions in a complex IT technology and business environment and able to adapt quickly to change.
- Ability to manage customer expectations throughout the program implementation and delivery process.
- Ability to work on teams in a lead and participative capacity with many different and diverse stakeholders.
- Formal knowledge of Program management principles, processes, and tools
This contract-to-hire role will be onsite/in the office during normal business hours Monday-Friday (no remote options) in Englewood, CO.
