Akkodis is seeking a Program Manager for a Financial firm for a 12 month contract position with a client located in Atlanta, GA or Chicago, IL.

Pay/Salary Range: $67.00 per hour on W2; either location

No c2c

The role includes:

• Responsible for establishing and managing projects to collectively deliver desired business outcomes.
• Project managers lead a variety of different types of projects utilizing several different methodologies including large scale application development, systems integration, operational efficiency improvements, process reengineering, and infrastructure upgrade and deployments.
• Project managers may manage multiple projects and may have end to end responsibility for the work effort and may lead both technology and non-technology initiatives.
• Project Manager will also be responsible for project financials partner closely with Line of Business Change Management teams to provide updates on technology deliverables.
• This person is responsible for end-to-end technology delivery of the assigned project and is the primary point of escalation for technology issues. Drives overall technology execution and manages line of business stakeholder relationships and acts as their advocate throughout the life of the project.

Plans, organizes, monitors and controls projects using appropriate tools and techniques to ensure efficient and effective project completion. Develop and socialize potential risk mitigation strategies. Effectively communicates with managers, peers and business partners on deliverables, timelines and support needed. Partners with the business to develop and transition plans, including ongoing success measures, to susaills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines

• Strong Project Management skills with ability to lead a team and drive to results

• Strong Change Management skills/experience

• Must have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Must possess analytical and problem solving skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Excellent time management and prioritization skills

• Strong project financial management skills

• Guides projects through all phases, ensuring required standards and processes are followed, required documents are completed, and required tracking systems are kept updated

• Develops and manages to project plan

• Identifies, assigns, tracks, escalates, and resolves issues

• Schedules and facilitates regular meetings to review progress and status, and ad hoc topical meetings; formulates agendas and documents minutes, action items. etc.

• Ability to provide project status on deliverables or escalate issues to sr. leaders and executives

• Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) proficient

• 7 years of end to end project management experience

• Agile Certification needed

• Agile Scrum master or RTE

• Bachelor’s degree

• PMP Certification a plus

• Familiarity with SAFe 4.0 (or higher)

• Experience working in a financial industry would be a plus

• Jira/Atlassian experience a plus