What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at E-Solutions INC?
Role: Project Manager
Location: Lincoln, NE (DAY-1 onsite)
Responsibilities and Tasks
- Ensure the project is delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
- Develop project scope and objectives, define project milestones and deadlines by involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Develop detailed project schedule (Work Breakdown Structure) to track progress.
- Lead and direct projects through the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) inclusive of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, and Close Phases
- Conduct project meetings with key stakeholders and capture actions items for follow up.
- Manage changes in project scope, schedule and budget and follow a formal CR process.
- Ensure project governance and escalation paths are clearly defined and followed.
- Identify potential risks and develop risk management strategies. Develop a mitigation plan and address the issues that rise during the project
- Report and escalate issues / risks to management as needed. Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
- Manage the day-to-day relationship with the client and stakeholders. Establish good working relationships with Product and Portfolio owners and ensure status alignment.
- Facilitate effective communication among project team members and stakeholders.
- Track and manage project financials by developing a detailed project forecast and validating against actuals each month to provide accurate financial reporting to stakeholders.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Facilitate technology discussions as warranted by the projects to drive solution and implementation.
- Focus on both qualitative and quantitative project metrics for better decision making.
Expected Skills / Qualifications:
- Minimum of 8 -10 years' experience in project management managing application development projects, with experience planning and executing both IT and business projects and programs.
- Strong project management skills with experience in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing projects from definition through implementation.
- Requires excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively with project team members, multiple Stakeholders, functional leads, and senior management in a matrixed environment.
- Solid experience on lifecycle management tools like JIRA, Confluence, DevOps, Clarity, MS Project, SharePoint / Team channels and other popular productivity tools
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, passionate, and problem solver
- Drive and demonstrate success working in collaborating with vendors, onshore and offshore product teams.
- Capable of strategic thinking and of moving strategic plans into action
- Capable of managing multiple mid to large projects simultaneously on various technologies
- Ability to manage various deliverables from different teams/individuals.
- Monitor and assess risks throughout the project and implement mitigation plans as necessary.
- Solid understanding and ability to manage Assumptions, Risks, Action items, Issues, Change, scope.
- Analytic and decision-making skills - Ability to analyze and document a situation/scenario and propose options, recommendations, and cost impact.
