Remote Management Consultant Senior

Summary

Join our consultancy as a highly motivated Senior Project Manager to lead complex projects, improve project management practices, and provide strategic planning. Ideal candidates have at least 10 years of experience in project management, strong communications skills, and familiarity with Power BI.

Requirements

• Advanced knowledge in Project Management/Leadership
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, Computer Science or comparable
• Strategy implementation experience
• Experience designing and standing up a new program office
• Familiarity with Power BI
• Strong communications background
• Flexibility and ability to act quickly as things change
• Change management experience
• Skilled in business process improvement, strategic planning, IT, business strategy and data analysis
• Experience with a variety of methodologies including Agile and Waterfall
• Project Management Certificate – PMP, PRINCE2, or similar preferred
• Agile Certification – CSM, ACP, or similar preferred
• Minimum of 10 years managing programs or projects

Responsibilities

• Make recommendations to improve project management practices
• Implementing project management process improvements
• Training project managers on project management best practices
• Provide strategic planning, process development, analysis and interpretation to complex Business problems
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support the Project Sponsor’s business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Work constructively with sponsors, business analysts, stakeholders, and customers to define the scope of the project and determine staffing requirements
• Monitor and communicate project status, including reporting results to managers and users
• Promote teamwork and a collaborative work environment
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion; ensure that the team’s progress is clear within the team, as well as communicated clearly to stakeholders
• Communicate effectively with customers to provide project status and secure customer feedback
• Manage expectations; ensure that reports, estimates and status are accurate and appropriately detailed, and that projects receive the appropriate level of priority
• Take on complex and large projects in terms scope, dependencies, risks and impact to the organization
• Oversee, develop and maintain automated project plans and leverage project management tools to monitor tasks and resource assignments
• Stay aware of current project management trends and improvements within the industry
• Develop and establish objective measures and provide constructive input to the performance measures used within the project management lifecycle
• Develop standards and procedures; train other project managers to adapt to these standards and procedures
• Follow company rules, procedures and maintaining a positive employee relations climate
• Foster a culture of achievement within a results-oriented work environment
• Assist in the recruitment and selection of prospective team members, as well as assimilation of new people into the organization
• Manage issues and problems in a constructive and professional manner

Benefits

Full benefits, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, vacation, and 401(k) with company match