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A Talent Marketplace & Job Board for High Potential Job Seekers in Information Technology
Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.
Sample of reported job titles: Cloud Product Director, Cybersecurity Project Manager, Data Center Product Director, Information Systems Project Manager (IS Project Manager), IT Manager (Information Technology Manager), IT Program Manager (Information Technology Program Manager), IT Project Manager (Information Technology Project Manager), Scrum Master, Transition Program Manager
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Regardless of industry sector or functional role, only 25% of the workforce performs above average. A talent acquisition program designed to acquire these high potentials can move an employer above the productivity mean. However, employers must be proactive in locating and nurturing these high-potential prospects in advance of their resource plan. Rutherford International's NEXTalent Marketplace fulfils this forward-planning requirement by finding and engaging high-performers in advance of need.
The talent offered through Rutherford International Executive Search Group and its NEXTalent Marketplace division is 48% more productive and 25% more profitable than a client's average performing employee in a similar position. Fifty per cent (50%) of our hires are promoted within 18 months of employment and receive initial compensation in the upper range of their functional category.
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We apply both subjective and object analysis to ensure candidate quality. We engage retired industry experts to assist in evaluating a prospect's education, skills and accomplishments. Our empirical research determines the prospect's personality and optimum leadership profile. We also benchmark the candidate's potential relative to high performers in their functional category. For any given position within the industries we serve, the ratio of talent who benchmark above average for high performance or potential is 34:1000. The statistical accuracy of our performance assessment is 85%
Requirements
Selected Tasks
- Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
- Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
- Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
- Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
- Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
Selected Tech Skills
- Data base user interface and query software — Airtable; Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Hot technology ; Oracle JDBC Hot technology ; Transact-SQL Hot technology
- Development environment software — Apache Ant Hot technology ; Apache Kafka Hot technology ; Common business oriented language COBOL Hot technology ; Go Hot technology
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software Hot technology — Microsoft Dynamics GP Hot technology ; NetSuite ERP Hot technology ; Oracle Hyperion Hot technology ; Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Hot technology
- Project management software — Atlassian JIRA Hot technology ; Confluence Hot technology ; Microsoft Teams; Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Hot technology
- Web platform development software — Backbone.js Hot technology ; Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC Hot technology ; React Hot technology ; Spring Framework Hot technology
- Hot technology Hot Technologies are requirements frequently included in employer job postings.
Selected Work Activities
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Working with Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process informa
Detailed Work Activities
- Manage information technology projects or system activities.
- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
- Develop detailed project plans.
- Collect data about customer needs.
- Supervise information technology personnel.
- Analyze security of systems, network, or data.
- Develop guidelines for system implementation.
- Identify information technology project resource requirements.
- Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables.
- Prepare analytical reports.
- Participate in staffing decisions.
- Manage budgets for appropriate resource allocation.
- Develop information communication procedures.
- Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
- Coordinate resource procurement activities.
Work Environment Overview
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Education: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Related Experience: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Job Zone Examples: Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
SVP Range: 2-4 years of preparation (7.0 to < 8.0)
