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*Project Manager / Program Manager Consultant NYC* #Project Program Manager needed in New York office. This is for the Availability and Resiliency Program. Requirements Education: · This position requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Certifications: · PMP Certification (a plus) · Lean Six Sigma Certification – Yellow, Green or Black Belt (a plus) Experience: · *10 years or more of formal projec*t / program management experience including management of large projects and programs · Experience executing architecture / infrastructure / technical type projects a plus · Relationship Management: The project manager must be client focused, and is expected to manage relationships and expectations. Managing the expectations of and influencing several diverse stakeholders, through effective communication and well tuned interpersonal skills, is critical to project success. · Leadership: Throughout the project’s life cycle, the project manager must also remain focused on driving the team and maintaining momentum. Acting as a change agent where necessary, and motivating the project teams in support of meeting the project and business objectives are key competencies in this leadership role. · Continuous Improvement: Determining which project management tools are best suited and effectively using those tools to increase the likelihood of project success is a key decision that project managers must continuously make when managing projects. Applying lessons learned from previous projects to current projects is another way to ensure continuous improvement Program Overview This program was established with the objective to improve the availability and resiliency of our technology systems and enhance our capability to respond to a disaster. Specific focus and recommendations have been identified based on business objectives, architectural considerations, cost, and risk. Major Responsibilities This Project / Program Manager role will be hands on. Responsible for project management of select projects within the program as well as play a supporting role to the initiative program manager. This individual will drive the projects to a controlled execution while assisting in the overall program management, tracking and communications. This person will be responsible for execution of projects throughout the lifecycle – Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control and Closure. Key success for this role is to ensure that all the project deliverables are implemented on time, on budget, and within scope, to meet the expectations of the project stakeholders. As a project manager / program manager it is critical that this individual be hands on with the ability to communicate effectively to senior members of management. Management · Manage the execution of identified projects with defined, complex scope, with several cross project dependencies · Manage projects and programs with scope that impact the enterprise · Able to regularly manage concurrent projects, within a program or portfolio · Ensure the project scope is adequately defined and agreed upon by all stakeholders · Establish proper project governance and ensures that the structure and controls are followed · Work closely with project sponsors to ensure requirements are complete, accurate and measurable Schedule/Time Management · Ensure that appropriate duration and man hour estimates are prepared and maintained for project efforts · Establish & maintain detailed project work plans · Monitor project progress against baseline schedule · Ensure that any project change requests are assessed for impact to schedule, and that approved schedule changes are implemented Financial Management · Ensure that initial project estimates & financial forecasts are complete with sufficient level of detail to support baseline estimates · Monitor the status of the project from a cost perspective · Ensure that any project change requests are assessed for impact to budget or business case and that approved cost changes are implemented · Communicate / report financial performance throughout project lifecycle Quality Management · Ensure that project approach deploys adequate quality assurance techniques in accordance with Guardian standards · Ensure that project deliverables – Charter, BRDs, Test Plans etc. meet quality standards and are approved in a timely manner Resource Management · Promote proper resource management by assigning clear ownership in the project schedule, with resource forecasted at appropriate levels · Monitor & communicate resource utilization · Manage work stream team leads to ensure that deliverables are completed on schedule Communication Management · Institute effective project related internal and external communication · Escalate and resolve issues via proper communication channels · Maintain and distribute required project documentation and performance information, including status reports and progress measurements Risk Management · Identify, track, manage and resolve project issues and risks · Perform risk analysis and assist in the development of risk response plans *Venu | IT Recruiter |* [image: Description: logo] *A CMMi Level 3 Company* *Driving the Business Trend* [image: cid:[email protected]]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/USM-Business-Systems/294628553910625> [image: cid:[email protected]]<http://twitter.com/#!/USMBusinessSys> [image: cid:[email protected]]<http://www.linkedin.com/company/96716?trk=tyah> 14175 Sullyfield Circle, Suite # 400,Chantilly, VA 20151, U.S.A Email: [email protected] , Phone: 703-246-1848 Skype:venub_usm ISO 9001 and ISO 20000 Certified Company Ranked No.7 in the Washington DC area-*Washington Business Journal, 2013;* Smart CEO Award Winner By SMART CEO Magazine, Baltimore, U.S.A; *Inc5000* *Recognized Fastest growing private company in U.S.A.**www.usmsystems.com* <http://www.usmsystems.com/> *,* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Source J2EE frameworks" group. 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