BI Project Manager (Remote)

6 Month Contract Position / 100% Remote

Must be located in EST or CST - work hours are 8am-4/5pm CST

Our client is looking to add a BI Project Manager that will drive BI team programs and projects required to ensure programs achieve their strategic objectives within scope, schedule, and budget and deliver business value.

• Ensures that all assigned programs are utilizing an appropriate change control process.
• Articulates the program status and outcomes appropriately to all stakeholders, including making presentations that could be presented for executive sponsors.
• Develops and implements effective communication plans, designed to drive program discussions with stakeholders; handles escalations or further escalates so that issues do not impact scope, schedule, or budget.
• Develops resource estimates and identifies subject-matter-expertise required to effectively staff program. Negotiates with resource managers on the availability of all needed resources.
• Ensures that all required program artifacts (charter, change requests, etc.) are executed and stored correctly; ensures that all project teams and project managers comply with methodologies established; conducts periodic program audits to ensure compliance.
• Ensures that program and project managers utilize industry-standard project, program, and change management best practices.
• Ensures that the project and program managers are helping their teams to Identify all project risks and create plans to manage (accept, avoid, mitigate, transfer.) Coaches on risk management strategies as needed.
• Responsible for forecasting and controlling the program budget (revenue and costs) to ensure the entire portfolio realizes the expected financial & business benefits (e.g., revenue, cost savings, etc.).
• Understands Business Unit requirements and ensure that program time logging requirements are met.
• Leads efforts in determining the optimal resourcing mix required to best achieve program operational and financial goals.

Requirements:

• 8-10 years’ experience managing multiple, large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects/programs; accountable to executive stakeholders. These projects may include software product development, product/service implementation, or marketing that utilizes cutting-edge technology.
• Demonstrated ability to manage geographically dispersed project teams.
• Excellent customer focus—dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers, acts with customers in mind, and establishes and maintains effective working relationships with customers.
• Proven knowledge of Project/Program Management principles/methodologies (e.g., waterfall and Agile) and the ability to coach and mentor less experienced program/project managers.
• Proven process management skills—skilled at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done, knows how to organize people and activities, knows how to separate, and combine tasks into an efficient workflow. Can recommend enhancements and present findings to executive stakeholders.
• Proven planning skills—can work with cross-functional project teams to accurately scope out length and difficulty of milestones, break work down into tasks, develop schedules for multiple, inter-connected and non-related projects and teams, anticipate and adjust for problems and roadblocks, measure performance against goals across the program, and evaluate results. Communication
• Demonstrates ability to effectively cope with change and shift gears comfortably.; help their teams and executive stakeholders move efficiently through the change curve.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and interpersonal) with team members, stakeholders, and customers—effective in a variety of informal and formal settings. Able to clearly articulate complex concepts.
• Research functional and technical knowledge and programs needed to support the program.

The anticipated hourly rate range for this position is ($50-$52/hr). Actual hourly rate will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, retirement and/or other benefits are available after a waiting period.