IT Project Manager

The IT Project Manager is a hands-on technical project management position with high visibility and large levels of responsibility. The PM is responsible for providing end-to-end cross-discipline leadership of IT projects ranging from business application and infrastructure implementations, to business change initiatives. Accountable for on-time, on-budget, high quality project delivery, the PM plans and manages the project throughout the life cycle. This project manager is expected to manage multiple medium to high complexity, medium risk, and/or business critical projects; and actively champion and contribute to continuous improvement of PM best practices. This PM is the advocate for the project team; including business stakeholders.

Qualifications :**•Strong understanding of Project Management methodologies and the system development life cycle (SDLC). Able to blend and “right-size” these practices to fit the project and business need; using Agile methodology where appropriate.•Driven, proactive and a do-er with exceptional organization skills.•A strong communicator with the ability to pull out and summarize information and tailor communication style and content for a variety of audiences. Comfortable and confident presenting to executives.•Have an understanding of the “bigger picture”. Be able to conceptualize where and how the project fits into the company’s mission. Must be able to establish project goals, validate and confirm acceptance, challenge stakeholders, and hold stakeholders accountable.•Ability to take a consultative approach to understand requirements, drill into details, and resolve issues.•Ability to facilitate resolution of technical issues. Capable of interpreting technical information and communicating this information to different audiences in a way they can understand.•Experience leading a variety of different types of projects including COTS implementations, system integration, infrastructure, business process.•Skilled in building trusted relationships with team members and project stakeholders.•Ability to effectively address and resolve conflict within and across teams.•Deltek is a fast-paced and dynamic environment; the ability to multitask on different projects concurrently and react quickly to movements in the business is critical.