10+ years of overall work experience, with strong planning and organizational skills
Responsibilities
Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with senior management
Develop and manage cross-functional IT projects and infrastructure initiatives
Create and manage project priorities, communicating effectively with technology partners
Proactively manage changes in project scope and devise contingency plans
Ensure projects are delivered on time and to high standards, adhering to PMO guidelines
Facilitate collaboration across multiple functions and serve as a role model for teamwork
Monitor project timelines, milestones, and vendor accountability
Benefits
Onsite position in Columbus, OH
Opportunity to work on diverse IT projects
Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
Focus on continuous improvement and efficiency
Potential for professional development and skill enhancement
Full Job Description
Manifest Solutions is currently seeking a Project Manager for an onsite position in Columbus, OH.
Defines project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
Develops and manages cross-functional IT projects, application implementation, and infrastructure initiatives
Works with business groups to create and manage project priorities and clearly communicate these priorities to technology partners.
Ability to create and manage a two-year technology project road map with high level delivery milestones to manage stakeholder expectations.
Works with technology partners to ensure projects are delivered on time
Proactively manages changes in project scope, identifies issues, and devises contingency plans
Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts within the project team
Ensures that work is carried out to a high standard and complies with the PMO guidelines
Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path
Estimates, Plans, schedules, and tracks project timelines, milestones, financials and deliverables using appropriate tools
Develops clear and concise documentation to identify processes, problems, and action plans as well as design attractive and simple sketches, charts, diagrams, and other illustrative material to facilitate communication of complicated topics
Provides frequent on-site monitoring and enforcement of schedules, milestones, and vendor accountability
Facilitates collaboration across multiple functions, departments, and levels and serves as a role model for teamwork
Maximizes availability of all IT equipment and infrastructure through continuous improvement and continuously looks to improve efficiencies and cost reductions accordingly
Liaises and negotiates with contractors and external suppliers to clearly communicate technical issues, and seeks economies of scale
Improves quality results by implementing unit, system and integration testing cycles
Proactively identifies and communicates risks to project development and schedule
Monitors and drives resolution of issues
Adheres to Governance, PM methods, and tools/templates as appropriate
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field
5+ years of experience leading medium to large projects from initiation to delivery
Extensive knowledge and use of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, hybrid) and techniques
Proven ability to define scope and purpose while working with stakeholders to establish realistic expectations
Experienced in identifying and overcoming ambiguous scope and objectives, resource constraints, and skill limitations
Expertise to create detailed project plans outlining objectives, timelines, deliverables, milestones and resource allocation plans
Proficient at creating and maintaining integrated project plans, work break down structures
