IT Project Manager

• Establishes project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders. 
• Develops project plans and associated communications documents. 
• Effectively communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. 
• Negotiates with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company. 
• Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path. 
• Plans and schedules project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools. 
• Tracks project milestones and deliverables. 
• Develops and delivers progress reports and requirements documentation. 
• Proactively manages changes in project scope, identifies potential crises, and devises contingency plans. 
• Defines project success criteria and disseminates them to involved parties throughout project life cycle. 
• Conducts project postmortems and creates a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements. 
• Develops best practices and tools for project execution and management. 
• Other duties as needed or required. 

Skillset/Qualifications: 

• Strong familiarity with project management software such as Microsoft Project. 
• Relational database experience with Microsoft SQL Server. 
• Technically competent with various software programs, such as Microsoft Office suite. 
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. 
• Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem- solving capabilities. 
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments. 
• Ability to bring project to successful completion through political sensitivity. 
• Strong written and oral communication skills. 
• Strong interpersonal skills. 
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products. 
• Customer service skills. 
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. 
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or business administration with an emphasis in management information systems or equivalent work experience. 
• 1-3 years of direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution