Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Southlake, TX (Hybrid Work Model – Monday – Thursday on site)
Duration: 6 months
 
Job Description –

• Our Opportunity: The I&O PMO within client Technology Infrastructure Services (STS) seeks a professional self-starter with expert level project management skills.
• The successful candidate will be highly capable at providing project management services, communication, organization, business savvy, and relational skills. Experience building business relationships beyond the project as well as supporting multiple projects and/or project managers is essential.
• This position will report to the Senior Manager within the I&O PMO and will work across multiple domains within the I&O organization and at times, across STS.

What you’ll do:

• Independently manage complex, strategic technology programs and/ or projects to successful completion.
• Develop and manage relationships with and between all key stakeholders, including the negotiation of roles and responsibilities.
• Independently and proactively leads/manages multiple medium and/or large sized projects with other efforts as assigned.
• Demonstrated history of project delivery, preferably in the technology Infrastructure and/or Cloud space.
• Timely and accurate record maintenance (Clarity, Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, Excel).
• Create project schedules and timelines. Identify, track, and manage project or initiative deliverables, risk, and/or issues. • Collects, authors, and presents executive level briefings capturing key project information for use in project/program status updates to leadership.
• Analyzes and evaluates project/program plans and makes recommendations and decisions within general parameters.
• Performs detailed needs assessments and identifies project/program priorities, risks, and issues.
• Proactively communicate both written and verbally; uses all communication methods (voice calls, IM, email, MS Office documents, etc.) to proactively manage the project details, update documentation, manage risk/issues, convey status, approval requests, and escalations to senior manager, key stakeholders, sponsor, and project stakeholders.
• Communicates moderately complex concepts and interacts with others to inform and direct action.
• Collaborates regularly with peers or external and internal partners.
• Review critical artifacts to gain an understanding of project deliverables, ensure quality of content, and support the effective management of risks/issues.
• Ensure realistic and reliable staffing plans across the program, focusing on the availability and commitment of appropriately skilled resources.
• Ensure program-wide adherence to corporate standards including Legal, Compliance, Vendor Management, etc.
• Track and report critical program and project level activity and progress.
• Utilizes both technical and business expertise to develop detailed project plans and needs/impacts assessments.
• Manages the implementation from resource allocation, progress tracking, change and control, testing, training to on-time delivery within budget.
• Coordinate governance meetings alongside subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Adhere to internal governance controls, processes, and procedures.
• Communicate project status updates, risks, issues, and regular updates to PMO and project leadership team members. • Facilitate meetings, create and publish meeting agendas and minutes.
• Aggressively follow-up with all project related action items.
• Assist with the tracking of business and technical deliverables and keep all project documentation plans up to date.
• Assist with PMO related administrative duties as assigned.
• Clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalate as appropriate.
• Engage in building consensus and developing recommended solutions as issues arise.

 
What you have:

• Minimum 8 years of technical Project Management experience
• Experience managing IT Infrastructure projects
• BA/BS degree, technical degree preferred.
• Self-motivated, quick, and decisive.
• Demonstrated experience working Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methodologies
• Delivers consistent and accurate work proactively and routinely.
• Comfortable managing change, preparing and presenting to individual contributors all the way to senior level executives.
• Exceptional written/verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized and able to manage many tasks at once.
• Able to work independently, seeking guidance at appropriate times.
• Detail oriented and capable of tracking and maintaining large amounts of project data through several different systems.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, influencing, prioritization, and conflict avoidance/resolution skills.
• Knowledge of MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook) plus MS Project.

In addition, ideal candidates will also have the following preferred qualifications:

• PMP preferred o Previous experience working in an Agile environment is preferred. CSM certification a plus.
• Working knowledge of SharePoint o Background experience in financial services or technology industry.
• Experience using JIRA. o Experience managing Cloud projects

 

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
 
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

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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: $65.00/hr.