IT Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage all stages of the IT projects assigned with management support, including planning, implementing and monitoring activities.
• Work with IT line managers and team members to develop appropriate methodology plans and activities with appropriate tasks, resources, milestones, cost analysis and timelines.
• Provide all levels of project communications and work with project sponsors or product owners to resolve issues, address changes and identify risks.
• Provide appropriate business analysis by working closely with business areas to understand the business need and work with IT to identify alternative technical, architectural and design solutions to meet that need.
• Identify future business needs, especially from a strategic perspective.
• Contribute to ongoing IT project leadership process improvement by peer review of other projects, recommendations to the Project Management Practices team (Waterfall) or the Community of Practice related teams (Agile) and leading by example in following IT project methodology standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• IT Project Manager II: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems or equivalent work experience. 3 years experience managing successful IT projects using a formal methodology life cycle and software development methodology. Professional Certification(s): Appropriate methodology certification preferred as offered through the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• IT Project Manager III: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems or equivalent work experience. 5 years experience managing successful IT projects using a formal methodology life cycle and software development methodology. Technical Skills And Knowledge: Strong knowledge of Waterfall project management and/or Agile scrum master methodologies/processes. Advanced knowledge of the applications development life cycle and infrastructure processes.
• IT Project Manager IV: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems or equivalent work experience. 7 years experience managing successful IT projects using a formal methodology life cycle and software development methodology. Experience in dealing with stakeholders at all levels of the organization and vendor management. Professional Certification(s): Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred for Waterfall professionals. Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification preferred for Agile professionals. Technical Skills And Knowledge: Appropriate methodology certification preferred as offered through the Project Management Institute (PMI).