Dear Partners, Our client is looking for a *Project Manager *for a long term project in *Princeton, NJ* Job Title*: Project Manager* Location: *Princeton, NJ * Duration: *18+ Months* *Responsibilities*
• Manages the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of projects assigned • Delivers projects successfully on time and on or under budget with regularity and predictability • Creates and manages a detailed project plan • Ensures proper project execution of workflows, critical paths, and milestones • Manages project scope and change control processes • Manages the project’s budget by creating monthly forecasts and analyzing and explaining variances • Identifies resources needed, requests appropriate resources, and ensures appropriate staffing for the duration of the project to ensure efficient and successful project completion • Records actual labor utilization on the project and creates resource utilization forecasts • Effectively manages a diverse group of team members from the business, IT and external service providers • Tracks project issues and ensures appropriate resolution • Identifies, qualifies, and documents risks and puts in place appropriate mitigation strategies • Reviews project deliverables to ensure high quality • Reports project status to team, PMO, and management through regular status reports, management reports, and communication meetings • Holds formal project reviews with management to ensure successful project execution and customer satisfaction • Communicates effectively with all levels of staff and management • Confronts issues openly and effectively • Manages stakeholder expectations on scope, schedule, costs and quality • Assesses training needs for the project and ensures proper training for end users • Acts as the lead person responsible for the development of the Opportunity Initiation, Business Case, and Capital Expenditure Request for new project opportunities in order to gain management approval • Runs the RFI and/or RFP processes as needed by each project • Acts as a trustee and steward of the Covance Project Management Methodology by acting as a vocal advocate and continuously improving the processes, tools and templates *Qualifications* • Bachelor's Degree required • Formal project management education • PMP Certification desired • Minimum 8 years of IT project management experience, with 3-5 years in a senior project leadership role • Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently • Superior oral and written communication skills *Experience* • Experience in managing large scale or complex IT projects • IT Project management experience focused on managing and implementing corporate financial and large data integrity solutions • Experience in setting and managing expectations and escalations at the VP and C-level executives -- * Thanks + Regards,* *George,* *Recruitment & Business Development | Maisa Solutions* *Phone: 408-457-0571/347 812-4828, * *[email protected]* <[email protected]> <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/george-l/63/557/59b> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP BASIS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-basis. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
