Technical Program Manager - Contract

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to work both at a team level and with management with skills to run projects and summarize, elevate and create the right optics
• Excellent ability to create project plans, WBS from start defining clear goals, objectives and milestones working with the team in a fast-moving environment. 
• Work with team members to plan and develop requirements and standards in reference to scheduled projects and initiatives (and from a ‘start’)
• Oversee daily tasks of projects working toward established milestones with teams and keeping everyone infirmed 
• Hold regular project team meetings to determine progress and address questions or challenges. Work to drive to recommendations .
• Assess Risks for projects and initiatives, work with the team to elevate as needed

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in corporate PMO environment.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Wrike, MS Teams and other related project management and collaboration tools.
• Competency in PowerPoint or similar presentation software.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to help define and refine working processes in order to maximize efficiency in constantly evolving environments.
• Work with team members to help prioritize needs and goals.
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills  and collaboration, can do attitude .
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decisions.
• Able to use influence and inspire project team members.
• Able to anticipate and remove impediments, provide escalation management and make tradeoffs by balancing business needs with technical constraints.
• Self-motivated with a strong desire to initiate and drive projects; ability to work independently and in a team.
• Able to contribute to Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and work under time pressures.
• Excellent written/verbal communication, presentation, and listening skills, with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences 

Education & Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Salary Expectations:

• Contractor $60 - $90 USD / Hour