**Please Read - This is a 3-month contract-to-hire role in New Jersey and would require relocation if you do not already live in the area. Hybrid work setting - 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week remote.**

Experience

• Three to five years implementing and managing Information technology projects.
• Previous technical analyst or equivalent experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Networking Concepts and Vendor Management

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong organizational, project management, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proficient understanding of project lifecycle, methodologies, and best practices.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

Emotional Abilities

• Able to cultivate trust and credibility with peers and maintain strong working relationships with all levels and functions of company.
• Ability to lead and manage multiple time sensitive and deadline-oriented projects simultaneously.
• This position has the authority (delegated) to hire, terminate, discipline, promote, or effectively recommend such to manager.

Essential Functions

• Communicates solutions to management through formal presentation of findings, recommendations, and specifications.
• Analyzes complex processes, workflow analysis, and identification, communication, and evaluation of all alternate solutions encompassing a variety of techniques, in accordance with information systems documentation standards.
• Evaluates impact of present and/or proposed systems which have or will have on organization through detailed cost and benefit, statistical and impact analysis.
• Develops appropriate system documentation as it relates to completed policy, procedures and systems specifications, in accordance with information systems documentation standards.
• Manages project scope and implements appropriate procedures.
• Exercises discretion and independent judgment when working closely with business partners to collect, define, and document detailed business requirements.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive project plans for all activities.
• Coordinates and directs project staff to ensure projects and requests are completed within timetables and objectives met.
• Prepares and manages timely implementation plans through coordination of efforts of assigned project members in all project endeavors including implementation and ongoing support.
• Leads in conducting system investigation to determine general feasibility, cost and alternative system solutions by interviewing users to define requirements and objectives of automation, in accordance with established standards.
• Coordinates vendor demos, site visits, and reference calls by completion of demo scripts and reference call questionnaires, in accordance with IS documentation standards.
• Exercises discretion and independent judgment within generally defined policies and practices to identify and select a solution.
• Serves as liaison between business users and developers/vendors through facilitation of regular conference calls, project meetings, etc.
• Assists Director with preparation of yearly departmental operating budget.
• Demonstrates proactive vigilance in identifying opportunities for review enhancement and cost reduction.