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Please send me matching resumes on [email protected] Sr. Project Manager Start: ASAP Duration: 6 - 12 Months Location: Tampa, FL Open Positions: 2 Locals Preferred!!! Job Description IT Project Framework and apply best practices in the knowledge areas of project management as follows: Integration Management: o Identify, analyze, and synchronize all cross functional and global integration and communication touchpoints for the project. o Manage project changes. o Address or escalate issues that may impact the successful outcome of the project. o Scope, schedule, and cost management - the most fundamental of PM disciplines which include the following responsibilities: o Establish and manage project and product scope boundaries. o Establish credible schedules with effort-based, resourced tasks or activities, regularly stat used, with managed critical path. o Establish and manage time-phased project budget with regular variance analysis and re-forecasting. o Resource Management: Manage and motivate project staff, allocate appropriate people to project roles, taking into consideration all the complexities of working on a major global project with a diverse team. Some specific tasks include: o Understand the expertise required by the project, acquire these resources externally (following PwC resourcing procedures) or internally (working with IT Programme Leader, Development Leader, and Quality Assurance Leader). o Manage complex resourcing issues that accompany shared or non-dedicated resources, matrixed resources or resources with no direct reporting relationship. o Manage virtual teams with a mixture of onshore and offshore team members, and diverse cultural backgrounds. Risk management - identify and assess risks, develop risk response plans based on impact and probability of occurrence. When necessary, exercise quantitative risk assessments on critical risks. Communication and Stakeholder management o Establish and execute a communication plan that considers the information needs of the team, key stakeholders and others who have a vested interest in the project. o Apply stakeholder management techniques to address resistance and gain support for the project. o Adhere to PwC project governance reporting requirements. Quality management: Adopt appropriate project quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement activities throughout the project life cycle. o Seek and incorporate project lessons learned during the project initiation and planning process. o Establish quality criteria to which the project deliverables must adhere. o Identify and correct process issues during the execution phase. o Ensure timely project and post-project reviews are conducted. o Ensure the project's best practices and lessons learned are documented and shared across PwC IT. Procurement responsibilities - when the acquisition of third party services, solutions, or solution components is required: o Facilitate the development of RFIs, RFPs o Facilitate vendor evaluation and selection process o Facilitate contract development o Adhere to or execute relevant contract provisions related to project management. In addition, the Senior Project Manager is expected to contribute to the continuous improvement and maturation of the PwC IT Project Framework, as well as to mentor other team members and PMO staff. Skills Professional Qualifications ? Undergraduate Degree (e.g., BA, BS) or equivalent experience ? PMI PMP certification required; PgMP a big plus Knowledge ? Knowledge and understanding of the issues surrounding technologies used in large global organisations with complex and distributed operating environments. ? Expertise in multiple project life cycle methodologies used with technical projects, such as: o Infrastructure PMs: infrastructure deployment frameworks o Project management methods (CPM, Critical Chain, Prince, etc) o Process quality management methods (Lean, Six Sigma, ITIL, etc) ? Understanding of professional services firms culture and way of working. ? Knowledge of the principles of programme and portfolio management defined by industry standards bodies. Thanks, Samir [email protected] Rider Consulting Inc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/us_itgroups?hl=en.
