Project Manager

• The Position is Remote with occasional presence needed in the Clients location.
  
• Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week
  
• Job Type: 5 years
  

• The Project Manager will be capable of managing multiple concurrent projects of varying complexity across the clients ranging from classroom technology implementations to district-wide enterprise systems.
  
• Project managers will be able to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders while ensuring alignment with the Client.
  
• The Project Manager will coordinate people and processes to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget and produce the desired results.
  

• Determine and define project scope and objectives
  
• Create comprehensive project plans with realistic timelines, milestones, and deliverables
  
• Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
  
• Estimate budgets based on scope of work and resource requirements
  
• Track project costs in order to meet budget
  
• Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan
  
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
  
• Manage contracts with suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables
  
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution
  
• Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed
  
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement
  
• Oversee all incoming and outgoing project documentation
  
• Design risk mitigation plans
  
• Optimize and improve processes and overall approach where necessary
  
• Develop project evaluations and assessment of the results.
  

Requirements

• Qualification in project management or equivalent.
  
• Possess strong theoretical and practical knowledge of and experience with project management best practices and with a demonstrated successful track record.
  
• Direct work experience as a project manager over large software systems implementations.
  
• Direct work experience as a project manager over one or more large enterprise-wide software solutions, such as Oracle PeopleSoft and SAP.
  
• Proficient with project management techniques, tools and software.
  
• Ability to understand project detail but manage from the overall project perspective.
  
• Proven experience in strategic planning and risk management.
  
• Proven experience in change management.
  
• Excellent management and team-building skills.
  
• Ability to analyse, understand and effectively communicate between business requirements and technical design and implementation.
  
• Knowledge of business application lifecycle management.
  
• Knowledge of system development life cycle management.
  
• Budget planning and management.
  
• Problem-solving, negotiation and decision-making skills to influence management, as well as internal and external partners.
  
• Ability to apply sound judgment, strong leadership and negotiating skills.
  
• Ability to manage significant responsibility within the context of shifting priorities.
  
• Ability to be flexible in a changing work environment.
  
• Work well with others in an integrated team environment.
  

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, business, or a related field.
  
• Proficient with project management software tools and collaboration platforms
  
• Project manager of at least two successful large-scale software systems implementations.
  
• 5 years of IT and business/industry work.
  
• 5 years of leadership responsibility managing midsize to large teams and influencing senior-level management.
  
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred
  
• Direct work experience with public K-12 schools, higher education, or educational entity data and systems.
  
• Project Management experience in a large K-12 public school district, higher education, or educational entity preferred.