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Accion Labs · 2 days ago

Project Manager

Durham, NC

Contract

Onsite

Mid Level

Accion Labs is seeking a Project Manager to oversee IT enterprise-class application development and COTS implementation projects. The role involves managing project scope, schedule, and budget while ensuring quality standards are met and maintaining effective communication with stakeholders.

Big DataBusiness IntelligenceCloud ComputingMobileSoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Sheetal Correia

Responsibilities

Project manage IT enterprise-class application development and/or COTS implementation projects

Deliver 100% of project scope to quality standards within agreed upon schedule and budget

Create, maintain and manage detailed Plans; clearly articulating work breakdown structures of deliverables by phase, activity and task; with role assignments and estimates to complete on each task

Create and maintain project accounting records to accurately reflect, by month, by expenditure type and class; project spend-to-date, estimates to complete and estimates at complete; analyzing with explanation any variance between budget, plan, actuals and forecast

Partner with resource managers and functional owners to identify all resources required to execute your plan, negotiate and place resource requests and manage the resource plan for your projects

Ensure timely execution of project tasks by named resources in order to achieve project goals

Record work complete on your project tasks and update estimates to complete frequently

Manage changes to project scope, schedule and costs using integrated change control and appropriate verification techniques

Keep the project plan current and accurate for all team members to reference regularly

Set and manage expectations of stakeholders and team members in accordance with your project plan, aligning to a common understanding by all

Record detailed business outcomes, constraints and assumptions in order to establish project objectives, deliverables and the project charter

Conduct kick-off meetings with all key stakeholders in order to announce the start of a project, review the overall project plan and gain consensus

Monitor, control and report on project performance metrics; measuring progress of the project, identifying and quantifying any variances to plan, and communicate any corrective actions to appropriate stakeholders

Develop and implement the project communication plans to address the needs of all functional roles within your project organization

Identify and document project risks, assumptions and constraints on a frequent basis using historical data, expert judgment (yours, as well as others’) and other methods to understand project limitations and mitigation tactics

Implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate project risk in order to reduce or negate the probability of impact to your projects

Listen intently to what others’ are saying, assuming good intentions, seeking to understand their points of view, asking questions when appropriate, and allowing others to speak without interruption

Demonstrate mastery of various communication styles – speak, write and illustrate, to share ideas and information so others will understand

Inspire loyalty and trust by handling oneself with high ethics and values

Praise people for a job well done

Build mutual trust and encourage respect and cooperation among your team members

Continuously improve your teams’ performance through leading by example, mentoring, training and motivating in order to facilitate team cohesiveness, boost morale and increase project efficiencies

Establish and maintain constructive and cooperative interpersonal relationships at all levels of the organization

Openly embrace diversity and treat people with respect

Qualification

Budget ManagementRisk ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementCommunication SkillsDiversity AwarenessTeam LeadershipInterpersonal SkillsMentoring

Required