Sr Project Manager

Our client, a government-sponsored bank, is seeking a Sr. Project Manager.

Location: Chicago, IL

Schedule: Hybrid, in Office 3x Week

Position Type: Contract

Job Summary:

• The role of the Sr. Project Manager is to apply knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques throughout the entire project lifecycle in to deliver projects succesfully with high quality.

• This requires planning, managing team and project progress, collaborating and communicating with multiple stakeholders, and resolving any issues timely and effectively.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define project scope, goals and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

• Develop project plans, timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.

• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

• Identify, obtain and adjust resources needed to achieve project goals.

• Negotiate with department managers for the acquisition of required personnel

• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.

• Delegate tasks and assignments to appropriate team members.

• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.

• Track progress on project milestones, deliverables, timeline and budget

• Manage cross-functional teams effectivelly

• Collaborate with different areas of IT and the business to provide appropriate solutions for the Bank

• Provide escalation path for problems, issues, or risks that project teams cannot resolve or manage on their own, such as a shortage of funding, resources, or deadlines that cannot be met

• Follows Bank's delivery and governance framework during the entire delivery lifecycle

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Must have experience using MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)

• 6-8 years of experience in project management

• 4 year or higher in Business or a technical discipline required

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Professional (ACP) certification desired.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & BEHAVIORS:

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Organized with attention to detail

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating

• Ability to influence stakehodlers

• Ability to defuse tension among project team

• Ability to bring project to successful completion, addressing any challenges along the way

• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products

• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies

• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks

• Highly self-motivated and directed

• Results driven with a keen attention to detail

• Ability to absorb and retain information quickly

• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly way

• Ability to problem solve and think critically

• Ability to deal with difficult situations

Requirements:

• Hands-on PM experience managing middle to large scale enterprise level technology projects

• Having experience in Agile, PMP related knowledge, DevOps, SAFe and the like would be beneficial but not required.

• Anyone whose used ServiceNow, Salesforce, Workday, Aha, JIRA, MS office suite etc. would be big bonus

• Will be responsible for varying sized projects including some large scale enterprise wide initiatives and expected to follow project from inception to deployment with minimal supervision

• Must be confident and comfortable with executive interaction

• Understanding of technical projects but does not need to have an specific technology skills

• Must be proficient in: PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Word

• Knowledge of Agile and Change Management

• How to address different situations

• 7+ years of experience

• Need to be humble but aggressive enough to move things forward

Salary/Rate: $110 hr