IT Project Manager (Full Scope Poly required)

About the role

This position manages customer project efforts and delivers exceptional customer service throughout the lifecycle of complex projects lasting approximately 6 months or longer. The individual in this position is an exceptional representative of Red River and maintains the highest standards of professionalism, attention to detail, and responsiveness to customer requests. They are the main point of contact for our customers and manage the day-to-day activities relating to the customer projects as required, including planning, coordination, scheduling, and execution of customer project requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage the project throughout its life cycle based on customer defined requirements and processes.
• Develop and maintain a detailed project plans to include establishing timelines and building budgets.
• Report on progress and provide regular updates to upper management.
• Work with other departments to ensure that project objectives are achieved within established timeframes.
• Cook up and coordinate between customer contacts, team resources, direct team members, partners, subcontractors, and project stakeholders on all aspects of a project.
• Manage partners or subcontractors throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Manage the budget on projects by reporting burn rates and tracking utilization to keep projects within assigned budget allocation.
• Provide detailed reporting to management on the development of projects.
• Translate metrics into actionable, meaningful intelligence.
• Centralize all project documents (hard and soft copies) in the appropriate data stores per the guidance from the customer.
• Provide detailed reporting to management on the development of projects.
• Manage expectations and track risks and benefits.
• Communicate and gather required documentation on the project.
• Create presentations and deliver content in a highly effective and professional manner.
• Develop and maintain standard operating processes.
• Maintain industry certifications as required.
• Support cost center growth efforts by directly identifying new business opportunities and driving pipeline development across tangential and organic market segments.

Requirements

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience Requirements: At least 5 years of experience in the project manager field or in a related area, Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph, Bachelor-level degree in management or equivalent educational or professional experience and/or qualifications, Experience with collaboration tools such as Teams and/ or WebEx, Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.

Preferred Education/Certification/Experience

PMP Certification or master’s degree in project management, AWS, Azure or GCP Cloud Certification, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Proficient with SharePoint, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project and MS Visio, A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected, Well organized and detail oriented, Analytical and have a keen grasp on evaluating project activities and mitigating risks to successful completion, Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision, Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers, Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments, Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.

Qualifications

U.S. Citizenship Required, Red River offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits and an exceptional work environment. You can review our benefit offerings here.

Benefits

Red River is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. Discrimination or harassment based upon any protected characteristics as defined by state or federal law is wholly inconsistent with our company values and will not be tolerated. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the American’s with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact accommodation@redriver.com.

Pay

Red River offers a competitive salary.

Schedule

Red River offers flexible scheduling options.