Sr. Project Manager

Company: Platinum Resource Group
Location: Aliso Viejo
Posted on: August 31, 2020

Job Description:

Sr. Project Manager needed for a long term contract with our client in Aliso Viejo. Position is currently remote until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. JOB DESCRIPTION As a Sr. Project Manager, you'll lead a strategic and high value project using agile, traditional and hybrid delivery approaches. You will perform the normal project management activities for this project, including delivering status reporting and managing scope, schedule, budget, issues and risks, using selected tools and techniques that are part of the project management's team's practice. Stepping beyond the normal Sr. Project Manager role, you'll help organize and communicate our overall eSubmission program plans, help resolve resourcing needs, establish and maintain an overall timeline schedule, report progress and impediments to achieving the eSubmission objectives, coordinate resolution of program-level issues, organize players from many areas to support the different initiatives, coordinate facilitate stakeholder sponsor meetings, and provide oversight and coordination for project managers on multiple initiatives. Represent scope and status at Digital Initiative and eSubmission related meetings. Define and prepare execution KPIs and success metrics dashboards and assist with establishing benefits realization measurement. Drive agenda and develop supporting material for stakeholder or initiative area meetings. Communicate program-level status, obtain decisions, resolve escalated issues, resolve resource constraints, and agree scope and direction changes. Maintain eSubmission roadmap and cross-effort dependencies actively work to resolve interdependency challenges and clear roadblocks. Prioritize and handle simultaneous demands including managing program-level needs while handling specific project execution tasks and leading project execution. Facilitate meetings hold scrums with program project managers and leads. Communicate leadership decisions and information to all program execution team leaders. Make effective use of available work styles or frameworks, including tools, techniques and templates, processes, and governance practices. Understand established practices and guidelines and adapt them to the needs of the project. Consult with team members and leaders to define the approach, success metrics and scope of each assigned project. Develop comprehensive execution plans, including dependencies and resources. Facilitate and encourage project communication. Manage scope and use appropriate change control or scope management processes. Manage all aspects of a program project to execute against the plan including managing risks and mitigation plans, tracking progress, and reporting status, handling changes, facilitating issue resolution, and communicating decisions. Motivate and coordinate team members from various internal departments and vendors, to drive solution delivery. Effectively manage risks, issues, and outstanding decisions to rapid closure. Understand and present project financials, including forecasts and over-spend mitigations. QUALIFICATIONS Minimum of 6 years' experience in project management with 2 years' program management and leadership with ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. Broad knowledge of financial services industry products, services, markets, and technology. Use of multiple project methodologies or frameworks, including waterfall, iterative, and Agile experience in adapting customizing to environment and project needs while maintaining core elements. Exceptional communication skills including written, verbal as well as visualizations to a variety of audiences, including the ability to influence others toward consensus and outstanding meeting facilitation skills. Previous coordination with project managers executing multiple projects comprising a program. Ability to adapt and respond constructively to changes in organizational priorities and funding decisions. Experience understanding and implementing business strategies, including project road mapping and costbenefit case management. Ability to work effectively with all levels of division and corporate leadership. Excellent customer service, critical thinking, research, and analysis skills. Strong leadership skills with the ability to work well in a matrix environment able to collaborate with team members and leadership. Strong work planning, organization, and management skills attention to detail. Use problem-solving to maintain target date delivery. Have good knowledge of IT functions and terminology, and comfort managing projects including technology workstreams. Possess great business judgment and common sense. Hold a CSM (Certified Scrum Master) or equivalent. Platinum Resource Group is a professional level consulting firm, providing resources to Fortune 1000 client companies in the areas of technology, human resources, accounting, finance, business systems and supply chain, on a contract and interim basis. PRG has operations in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. As a W-2 employer we offer our consultants direct deposit bi-weekly payroll, health, dental, vision benefits, paid holidays, and referral bonuses.

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