Title: Senior IT Project Manager
Location: New York, NY
Type: Contract
Our client is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager who will be responsible for the organization, tracking, and delivery of projects that involve IT-related activity. This role supports project complex to enterprise-wide projects.
Key Accountabilities: Project Management:
- Leads the planning and implementation of the project plan ensuring Project Management methodology is followed.
- Develops the project plan to include the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables as well as project tasks, resource requirements, and allocation of tasks.
- Provides direction and support to project team members.
- Identifies, acquires, and maintains resources necessary for project completion.
- Negotiates conflicts and resolves issues that arise during this process.
- Leads meetings with project teams, steering, and executive committees and vendors.
- Solicits policy input and approval from stakeholders and users.
- Maintains awareness of team engagement; identifies and responds to key challenges and areas of opportunity.
- Evaluates and assesses project plan post implementation and presents key findings / learning.
- Develops budgets and monitors adherence to timelines and budgets throughout the project.
- Creates, maintains, and revises project documentation, including plans and timelines.
- Tracks project milestones, identifies and resolves issues / risks and obstacles to meeting project goals and deadlines.
- Documents relevant workflows, project requirements, policy and procedure gaps, key decisions, and necessary follow-up.
- Facilitates the gathering of information required for the level of effort analysis to estimate project cost, resources, time, and deliverables.
- Monitors ongoing compliance with project budget; identifies, communicates, and resolves budgetary variances.
- Reports to management and executive management as part of project planning and progress.
- Maintains regular project updates and communications regarding project status and progress; reports regularly on project progress to stakeholders, project team, and steering and executive committees.
- Coordinates with applicable stakeholders when developing and executing a multi-stage communications plan.
- Facilitates and oversees departmental pilot programs and rollout. Resolves related troubleshooting and updates.
- Provides effective structured change management (including contract addendums, budget addendums and technical design changes) support for all large-scale, client-facing projects or internal IS initiatives.
- Develops specific change management strategies and plans, identify risks, coordinates with stakeholders, and overcomes obstacles to change.
Required Skills:- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or 6-8 years of job-related work experience can be accepted.
- 7-10 years of experience.
- Proven experience in strategic planning, risk management, and change management.
- Technical background in IT areas such as network infrastructure (and security), server technology, desktop technology, nurse call technologies, and patient engagement technologies (TVR, Wayfinding, RTLS, digital signage, etc.)