Technical Project Manager

Job Title: Technical Project Manager

Duration: Open ended

Location: Columbus, OH

Shift: : A shift, 8-5PM EST

Hybrid role: schedule (3 days in office/2 days remote)

Required Skills: Demonstrated experience planning, running and managing

complex IT projects or similar efforts including the use of delivery

management tools (JIRA, Confluence, MS Project) and project management

concepts (e.g. issue, risk,

dependency mgmt.); Sufficient technical delivery experience/ understanding

to help guide delivery and be an active participant in technical project

discussions.

Ability to structure, illustrate and or communicate complex concepts in a

understandable, practicable manner; Strong written, verbal, visual

communication skills; Ability to be effective in dealing with uncertainty;

Ability to prioritize effectively

in a dynamic manner; Strong analytical and conceptualization skills; Strong

people leadership skills; Must have a good understanding of agile IT

delivery processes.

Nice To Have Skill Set (Technical Soft Skills): Custom software design and

development experience (ideally C#); Experience managing vendor and/or

offshore IT delivery teams;

What business problem needs to be solved?: Implement new package contract

management. Migrate 1.9 Mio active contracts. Deliver over 200 integrations

from new systems to legacy systems. Enhance legacy systems to integrate with

new contract management system. Significant testing of the new system, the

legacy systems, and the integrations.

Project Focus/Description: Candidate will be focused on driving/supporting a

portion of the integrations and managing/driving some of the small-medium

legacy development activities. May get the "opportunity" to take on other

tasks in the overall delivery as their capacity allows.

Additional Information: Candidate must have IT delivery/PM experience. Ideal

candidate would be strong using JIRA as well as having well-developed

project mgmt. and technical delivery skills. Must be a good lead

collaborator who can build and maintain relationships with members of the

delivery team.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: 10-15 years of Project Management experience

* Experience in managing multiple parallel work streams

* Strong organizational, leadership, problem solving and influencing

skills

* Strong interpersonal (relationship building), written and verbal

communication

* Sensitivity to future Organizational Change and multi-cultural

characteristics of Global IT organization

* Strong Microsoft Office, including Visio, MS Project, Power Point

and SharePoint skills required

* PMI/PMP certification desirable

* Scrum Master experience, certification desirable

* Business Analysis experience desirable

* User story experience desirable

Responsibilities: This position will be responsible for Project Management

activities for their assigned projects. The ideal candidate must have strong

project management experience in a global setting, having worked in multiple

technology domains. Candidate must be a strong self-starter as well as able

to manage competing priorities. He/she must possess excellent leadership,

problem solving and communication skills (written, verbal, and instant)

while able to build and maintain strong working relationships within a

global, culturally diverse environment. Primary Responsibilities:

* Leads, owns and manages project delivery for assigned projects

* Responsible for project planning and execution using project

artifacts to include: MS Project plans, schedules & resource plans

* Ensure projects are delivered within the agreed upon schedule,

budget, and quality constraints.

* Accountable for addressing external and cross team internal

dependencies, mitigation and resolution of project level risks and issues.

Escalates to Project Owner and Executive Sponsors as necessary.

* Acts as the communications conduit to Project Owner, Sponsors and

Steering Committee by conducting periodic briefings/status updates as well

as providing support and guidance for general communications to key

stakeholders.

* Builds and maintains a comprehensive Project Plan/Schedule with

Project Schedule rollups.

* Ensures all Projects adheres to the Program/Project Management

Quality Framework, the Global PMO policies and procedures, and other

compliance processes where applicable.

* Produces weekly status along with financial reporting and metrics.

* Identifies and manages dependencies

* Continuously monitors plan focusing on activities and milestones at

risk

* Facilitates population of risk register and keeps risk management

plan up to date

* Provides proactive communication of project risks

* Creates alerts to notify project Sponsor and Steering Committee of

upcoming due dates and emerging issues

* Creates status reports, dashboards, milestone reviews, and ad hoc

reports

* Participates in deliverable creation as necessary - especially

business analysis and user story creation

* Validates and approves deliverables

Comments/Special Instructions: Looking for a Technical Project Manager with

both a development/delivery and project management background.