Job Title - Project Manager - Infrastructure
Duration - 06 months
Location - Newark, NJ

Job Description:

• Develop a comprehensive project plan by identifying the project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timeline to include a critical path.
• Break down the project into manageable tasks, assign responsibilities, and allocate resources effectively.
• Regularly update the project plan to reflect progress and any changes, ensuring clear communication among team members and stakeholders.
• Implement monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track project performance and ensure alignment with the initial goals. 
• Defines logical functional requirements that trace back to the business requirements, in collaboration with the lead developer for technical design
• Formulates logical statements of business, scientific, and or engineering requirements
• Develops Functional Specification Document Requirements Traceability Matrix, and Technical Specification in close collaboration with technology peers
• Researches and evaluates alternative solutions and recommends the most efficient and cost-effective solution for the system's design considering existing systems, available technology, the capacity and limitations of equipment, operating time, and the form of desired results 
• Works with development, operations, technical support, and other technology areas as appropriate throughout the design and development project phases
• Designs a detailed systems testing plan to ensure an accurate and effective product
• Prepares charts, tables, and diagrams to assist in analyzing problems, utilizing, if necessary, various business, scientific, and or engineering mathematical techniques
• Analyzes existing system logic difficulties and revises the logic and procedures involved as necessary
• Helps define projects, milestones, critical path

Qualifications:
Experience working on complex projects that require gaining stakeholder buy-in and directing stakeholder participation

Additional Details

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management of the transformation initiative usingthe  Waterfall methodology (not Agile).
• Develop and maintain project plans, work breakdown structures, and collateral.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including:
  • Engineering (perimeter/edge security)
  • IT support
  • Policy exception managers
  • Change operators
• Manage project milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Organize and lead meetings; set agendas, document minutes, track action items, and hold stakeholders accountable.
• Serve as the communication broker between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Create and maintain effective stakeholder communications, including:
  • Executive presentations
  • Project updates
  • Documentation
• Manage and contribute to knowledge management resources, including:
  • Confluence public project pages
  • SharePoint documentation

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Strong Project Management background (PMBOK, PMP-style discipline)
• Experience managing technical and infrastructure-related projects
• Ability to manage high-stakes, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders
• Comfortable with challenging personalities and managing conflict or derailment in meetings
• Strong ability to keep meetings on task and redirect discussions when necessary
• Exceptional at translating technical concepts into stakeholder-friendly presentations
• Experience with Confluence and/or SharePoint for knowledge management is a major plus
• Must be detail-oriented and highly organized

Nice-to-Have Experience (In Order of Priority)

1. Technical project management experience, particularly in IT infrastructure
2. Security domain experience, especially perimeter security or proxy technologies
3. Insurance industry experience (least important of the three)

  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 75.00/hr.