IT Project Manager
B&W is seeking a highly organized and results-driven IT Project Manager with 3-5 years of experience successfully leading diverse technical projects from initiation to completion, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery while maintaining effective stakeholder communication and team leadership.
Responsibilities :
- Work with stakeholders to clearly define project goals, objectives and deliverables
- Work with resource managers to allocate resources and determine project budget requirements : Assigning team members, equipment, and other resources effectively while monitoring and controlling costs to stay within the allocated budget.
- Develop detailed project plans : Creating comprehensive plans outlining tasks, timelines, dependencies, milestones, and resource requirements.
- Manage project scope, budget, resources and timeline and document and manage project changes, assessing their impact and working with stakeholders implement them effectively.
- Oversee project execution : Directing and coordinating project activities, ensuring that tasks are completed according to the plan
- Identify potential risks and issues and implement mitigation strategies
- Establish and maintain clear communication channels with stakeholders : Ensure stakeholders understand the project's purpose, timeline and expected deliverables.
- Conduct regularly scheduled project team meetings to assess status, roadblocks, issues and / or concerns
- Regularly update stakeholders / IT Management on project status, progress, challenges, and solutions.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation : Documenting project plans, schedules, meeting minutes, risk registers, lessons learned, and other relevant project artifacts
- Conduct post-project reviews and analyses : Evaluating project outcomes, identifying lessons learned, and documenting best practices for future projects.
Qualifications :
Strong MS Product skills including Word, Excel, Microsoft Project and PowerPointProven work experience in project management at varying levels of complexityStrong understanding of project management methodologies, tools and processes (i.e. Waterfall, Agile, Scrum etc.)Proven experience utilizing MS Project required. Exposure or Knowledge of DevOps / Jira desired but not requiredProven experience of successfully leading technology projects through the project lifecycle with strong business partnershipAbility to work with minimal supervisionExperience managing project scope changes (i.e. documenting changes, assessing their impact on the project schedule / budget, effectively communicating the impact to project stakeholders and securing the appropriate approvals to proceed)Experience working with Business Analysts and / or Business users to gather and document Project RequirementsExperience writing clear, concise and comprehensive status reportsSelf-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands.Excellent leadership, organizational, and time management skills.Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple projects, across multiple business units, work under tight deadlines, and handle changing prioritiesPMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent certification preferred but not required3-5 years of experience within project managementPrimary Location : US-OH-Akron
Work Locations : Akron, OH (100) 1200 East Market Street - Suite 650 Akron 44305
Job : Information Technology
Organization : Corporate