Project Manager
MI
Project Manager
Full Time • MI
PROJECT MANAGER
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead all Project Management efforts for assigned projects.
- Create, refine, update, and manage Project Plans with business and IT stakeholders for all projects.
- Organize and define project milestones and dependencies for each project.
- Track all action items related to the seven project management phases: Discovery, Design, Planning, Development, QA, Deploy, and Completion/Closeout.
- Hold Kickoff meeting session at the commencement of each project with all business and IT stakeholders to align goals, timeframes, deliverables, expectations, dependencies, and requirements.
- Interface with Business Representatives, Executive Sponsors, Application Owners, Vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure timely status and task completion.
- Develop RACI with stakeholders to outline project roles and responsibilities.
- Lead project teams, resolve reliability issues, monitor progress, track KPIs, and manage project budgets.
- Prepare and present project reports and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Conduct financial planning and report performance to budget for projects.
- Manage project prioritization to maximize project launch efficiency to ensure the growth and support of the Network.
- Manage project management reporting and optimize flow efficiency across IT.
- Assist in removing roadblocks and blockers to projects.
- Train, guide, and mentor staff on Agile topics, and provide industry best practice recommendations.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10+ Years of hands-on experience leading corporate/enterprise programs and projects.
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) obtained through Project Management Institute (PMI).
- Ability to communicate across a broad spectrum of stakeholders with varied technical and Technical Expertise in IT technologies, including hardware, software, networking, and cloud computing.
- Strong experience in managing IT projects, including planning, execution, and monitoring.
- Strong analytical, coordination, and documentation skills
- Working knowledge and experience leading teams through Agile transformations.
- Experience managing financial roadmaps, reporting, procurement, payments, and tracking of purchase orders, requests, and guide SOW (statement of work) development.
- Extremely task and detail oriented, while able to understand and track project progress towards milestones and completion of programs and projects.
- Ability to interact with a wide variety of individual personalities in a constructive and professional manner, manage conflict, and mentor employees through servant leadership.
- Demonstrated capabilities in managing complex, large scale, technical projects.
- Ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects for entire teams under time constraints.
- Excellent verbal, written, and diplomacy skills.
- Display honesty, integrity, and respect for others, while being flexible and open to change.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree with at least 10 years of experience in Program and Project Management for enterprises.
- Strong organizational, documentation, and coordination skills.
- Ability to manage and prioritize tasks efficiently.
- Solid resource planning and problem-solving skills.
- Airline industry experience not required but may provide value.