Senior IT Project Manager

Coretek is a leading Infrastructure and Security as a Service Solution Provider dedicated to empowering organizations with cutting-edge technology solutions. We are Microsoft’s #1 Ranked Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) in the US and provide a Microsoft Centric suite of Cloud solutions as well as providing Hybrid Datacenter solutions leveraging industry leading technologies such as Palo Alto, Nutanix, and IGEL thin device solutions at the endpoint. Our comprehensive suite of services enables businesses to streamline their operations, enhance security, and drive innovation. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Project Manager to join our dynamic team.

Description

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of complex technical projects. Clients look to Coretek to innovate, architect and implement across several technology verticals, and as a Senior Project Manager at Coretek you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and delivering these projects from inception to completion. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage resources, and ensure that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. This role involves a combination of technical expertise, project management skills, and leadership capabilities. This individual will be responsible for supporting delivery quality and oversight for critically important customer-facing projects.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to apply and grow their skillset, work with a motivated and innovative team and engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for all aspects of multiple medium to large projects with moderate to high complexity. Projects typically expand across multiple lines of business and technologies include, but are not limited to: Azure Migrations, Cloud Adoption Framework, Palo Alto Deployments, Microsoft M365 service deployments, Azure Virtual Desktop Deployments and more.

• Build and lead project teams, assigning tasks and responsibilities.
• Ability to lead and manage multiple projects concurrently. A typical project manager has an average of 5-8 projects at a given time depending on size and complexity.
• Foster a collaborative and positive work environment.
• Develop detailed project plans to monitor and track financial and schedule progress by phase and milestone of the assigned projects.
• Ensure the project meets all its objectives and goals within the agreed-upon timeframe and budget.
• Collaborate with different teams across the organization and promote a culture of continuous improvement
• Establish and maintain clear communication channels with stakeholders while managing stakeholder expectations and customer satisfaction.
• Provide the appropriate level of Executive and Project Team level status reporting and update.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation for both customer/external and Coretek resources.
• Hold customer, external, and Coretek resources accountable to their project commitments and escalate to Customer and Coretek management as needed when project success is at risk.
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques and create appropriate change requests when applicable.
• Manage project issues, risks and dependencies
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
• Use and continually develop leadership skills.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
• 5-7 years’ experience in Project Management
• Though comprehensive and extensive technical experience is not a requirement; experience and knowledge managing technical projects specifically in the areas of infrastructure, Azure/Cloud, and end user computing (EUC) is strongly preferred.
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Executive Level Presence and ability to present to C-Suite
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Project or similar project management tools
• Ability to Develop and Track Project Financials
• Proficiency in risk management
• Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and priorities
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
• Experience managing projects Waterfall methodologies, Agile methodologies is a plus.
• Scrum Master (SSM or CSM) certified is a plus