Senior Project Manager Opportunity.

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Position requires experience managing various complex technology projects, business process reengineering (BPR) of complex enterprise systems, and technology product evaluations.

Duties

• Oversees the day-to-day responsibility of managing BPR and Information Technology projects.

• Communicate with the sponsoring organizations to assist in needs assessment, scope definition, risk, and process improvement analyses.

• Responsible for drafting specifications, proposal reviews, work plan definitions, task management, overall deliverables, and status tracking for systems integration and/or development.

• Reviews project proposals and plans to determine time frames, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements, and allot available resources to various project phases.

• Leads and motivates cross-functional project teams. Manages, directs, guides, and coordinates project teams through SPR, project launch, system selection, and integration, data conversion/migration, QA/QC testing, training, and system implementation to ensure projects are on schedule and within the prescribed budget.

• Implements best practices and project management methodologies appropriate to the project(s) scope.

• Develops and manages the project schedule using Primavera Scheduler, MS Project, Project Scheduler, or similar project management tools.

• Reviews status reports prepared by contractors and project personnel to modify schedules or plans as required.

• Prepare project reports for management, clients, or others.

• Confer with project team members to provide technical advice and resolve problems.

• Performing power system engineering and deployment management

• Manage software quality assurance testing, error reporting, correction, and verification.

• Maintain database for recording software errors and corrections for each project.

• Confer with project members to outline work plans and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.

• Use Internet tools to communicate with project parties continuously.

• Conduct regular project meetings with the contractor and stakeholders to monitor progress and disseminate actions required.

• Proactively solving problems to ensure milestones are met and projects are completed on time and within budget.

• Conduct and evaluate post-mortems to improve future projects.

• Responsible for ensuring and maintaining a long-term outlook for the system(s) the project manager represents.

• Manages project issues, revises plan as necessary, and communicates changes to the project team members.

• Maintain close contact with project sponsor(s), ensuring a shared vision, stakeholder buy-in, and project support.

• Personally responsible for self-improvement of management, technical, analytical, and business skills.

• Prepare and evaluate proposals/solicitations.

Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills

Specific technical skills required or desired for this position include:

• Extensive knowledge of system integration, testing, and change management

• Ability to quickly gain knowledge of business process analysis and bench-marking techniques

• Ability to apply technology to solve business problems.

• Ability to understand computer software at the "power user" level. Familiarity with

Micro-soft office products, database, and ability to master new programs quickly.

• Ability to communicate effectively.

• Ability to communicate accurately with non-technical individuals on technical matters.

• Strong ability to lead and influence.

• Ability to gather appropriate information and make sound decisions.

• Ability to rapidly learn and apply new technologies and products.

• Ability to work with others as a team to ensure strong customer relationships and

• satisfaction.

• Ability to track and organize multiple projects and/or a single large project, including project team activities.

• Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision.

Minimum Qualifications

Recent verifiable experience working on Transit Industry Projects. With demonstrated knowledge of voice, data, and power systems.

• Must have a minimum of seven (7) years of Information Technology

• Project Management experience and consulting experience.

• Proven track record managing successful large enterprise system implementation projects involving current information technologies and/or SPA.

• Designing low and high-voltage AC/DC power systems

• Formal training and experience in Project Management, estimating, cost and schedule management, variance reporting, and electronic project management tools such as Primavera, MS Project, and Project Scheduler.

• Familiarity with Internet access, email and web hosting technologies