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• Provide overall management and support for projects. 
•  Understand and contribute to the strategic direction and ensure that new features and functions are implemented to conform to the stated strategies and business needs.
• Responsible for running projects from inception through development and into production.
  Defining required resources for project teams with roles and responsibilities.
• Planning and scheduling of project tasks, milestones and deliverables.
• Identifying project issues effectively and communicating to PMO in a timely manner.
  Managing conflicts within the different groups and across project teams.
• Undertakes identification of potential risks and creating strategies for contingency planning and risk mitigation.
• Designing and maintaining project and technical documentation.
• Facilitating and making trade off decisions between quality, costs, resources, scope and time.
• Working with all the stakeholders to define and execute the project.
• Managing all the changes and issues with the stakeholders.
  
• Tracking and reporting project progress, costs, and status reporting.
  
• Making sure that the execution of all projects is carried out on schedule.
  
• Ensure that functional and technical specifications meet documented business requirements or business practices.
  
• Strive for process improvements.
  
• Responsible for change management and scope negotiation.
  
• Participate in evaluation and selection of applications and implementation partners/vendors.
  
• Develop and maintain project plans.
  
• Report on project status on a regular basis to stakeholders.
  
• Assist in setting standards by ensuring compliance with PMO guidelines.
  
• Perform all other responsibilities and tasks as assigned by his/her immediate supervisor.
  

• 3-5 years of project management preferably implementing SaaS or cloud applications.
  
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering, Technology or related field.
  
• 2-3 years of experience coordinating and/supporting IT business processes.
  
• 2-3 years scheduling and budgeting experience.
  
• Experience with project management tools such as JIRA, Smartsheet, etc.
  
• PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification or equivalent desired.
  
• Exceptional program and project management capabilities.
  
• Strong vendor management expertise.
  
• Technical expertise at the level enough to effectively manage vendors and drive towards success of projects.
  
• Able to drive to success assessing and eliminating barriers.
  
• Able to work effectively both independently and within a team.
  
• High degree of flexibility, organization and multi-tasking capabilities.
  
• Able to collaboratively drive the resolution of open issues with multiple stakeholders.
  
• Refined ability to influence others.
  
• Excellent decision making skills.
  
• Desire and ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
  
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
  
• Strong client service attitude and leadership capabilities.
  
• Customer focused, aware of the importance of end user satisfaction.
  
• Good presentation skills.
  
• Ability to approach problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm and innovation.
• Provide support after normal work hours when necessary.
• Excellent people management skills.
  
• Strong analytical ability and judgment.

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering, Technology or related field.

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