Description
We are offering a long term contract employment opportunity for a Computer Project Manager in Newark, New Jersey. Are you passionate about enhancing and shaping the IT project industry, eager to take on a challenge, and want to experience professional growth while supervising complex IT projects in different customer business areas? If yes, we're looking for you. We currently seek a motivated Desktop Engineering Project Manager for a vital Windows 11 upgrade project at an Investor-Owned Utility client headquartered in New Jersey.
As a Project Manager, you will govern the planning, coordination, monitoring, and execution of intricate, large-scale projects to accomplish corporate targets. Your role will also include maintaining vital project management process aspects, such as planning, budgeting, and risk evaluation.
For this role, we require a candidate with robust project management skills and experience in organizing, planning, and implementing substantial projects from vision to execution, covering internal personnel, contractors, and vendors.
Location: Newark, NJ. Candidates must be local and capable of reporting to the office.
Key Responsibilities:
Collaborate with the field services team to curate a schedule and facilitate a virtual Windows 11 upgrade or hardware refresh.
Develop a shared document repository, collect business requirements from several sources including application services, infrastructure operations, desktop engineering, and information security.
Converse and coordinate with the desktop engineering lead to log test scripts and pass/fail requirements. Also, you will be responsible for documenting test results and maintaining them in a shared document repository.
Proactively manage project-related issues, such as changes, risks, actions, and decisions.
Establish and monitor procedures for trans-departmental communication.
Requirements
Required Education & Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS or similar.
Minimum 6 years of strong Project Management experience.
Prior experience with Windows Upgrade project.
In-depth Project Management experience handling Project Financials, Schedules, Scope, Testing.
Excellent customer-facing, researching, decision-making, and organizational skills.
Preferred Experience: Experience in the Utility sector.
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