Specialist - Business Project Management I

Spectraforce

Jacksonville, Florida


5 months ago

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Specialist - Business Project Management I
Spectraforce
Jacksonville, Florida

5 months ago

Job Description

Job Title: Specialist - Business Project Management I
Location: Remote (Occasional Travel required to Florida - Must be able to travel to job sites/centers via rental car and/or airline travel; may require overnight stay (approx. 1-2/quarter))
Duration: 12 Months

Skills required:
• Basic Computer Skills and Abilities
• Resourceful and Responsive
• Familiarity w. construction project management preferred
• Familiarity w. Gantt Charts required

Key Job Responsibilities:
• Project Plan/Work Breakdown Structure Maintenance and Coordination
• Progress Tracking
• Documentation Management
• Project Executive Summary Reporting and Updates

JOB SUMMARY:
Business Project Managers are responsible for the overall direction, management, communication, coordination of status reports, and accountability of project-oriented work efforts and success of their projects across the IT organization. This position focuses on technical projects related to the design, development, execution, implementation or maintenance of systems or software. Project Managers ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations. They create scope documents based on approved charters and project plans (work breakdown structures). They track key milestones and adjust project plans, budget requests and/or resources to meet the needs of customers.

REQUIREMENTS:
• Partner with staff and Business Sponsor to ensure the design accomplishes both business and technical requirements
• Accountable for managing and monitoring project performance of multiple projects with one or more internal and external dependencies, multiple scopes, including: providing guidance to Leadership and core team which consist of Business/IT and external entities.
• Manages Issues, Risk, Dependencies and Change Request following the established PMO guidelines.
• Identifies, negotiates, communicates and manages project changes. Reports status of project, including project risks, to customers, project team, supervisor, Project Offices, governance and other key staff
• Oversee product documentation and archiving and adheres to the Project Management standards for project closure.
• Responsible for managing external and vendor relationships (including the SOW) and managing to implementation of deliverables and schedules
• Solid knowledge and experience in various Project Management and Product Development concepts, methodologies and processes
• Ability to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
• Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Understanding of the concepts, theories and processes of the Project Management Methodology.
• Broad knowledge of IT functions.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of labor, cost management and project tracking and management tools such as MS Project.
• Ability to lead and facilitate project team status meetings to obtain schedule, issues, risk, and dependency updates.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload.
• Strong Communications (written and verbal)
• Strong PC skills specifically utilizing the MS Office Suite products (e.g., MS Word, MS Excels, etc.).
• Expert in MS Project 2010
• Expert in MS Excel


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The preferred qualifications listed below reflect desired knowledge, skill, and/or experience.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:
• Various Domain experience; Health Care, Financial, etc
• Specific tools, languages and specialty skills may vary

Required Experience:
• 0-2 years related work experience or equivalent combination of transferable experience and education as a Project.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
• Bachelor’s Degree in a Computer, Mathematics, or Business-related field or relevant work experience.Position is offered by a no fee agency. 
Location : 4800 Deerwood Campus Parkway, Building 100, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32246 
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.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. 
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: $35.00/hr.

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