The Project Manager is responsible for initiating, planning, execution (monitoring/controlling) and close-down of projects. The Project Manager defines, schedules, controls, and adjusts all tasks and workloads for their projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education, experience and training may be considered in lieu of a formal degree
- 5+ years full project management experience implementing projects through a project life-cycle process
- Proven experience independently leading medium to large sized/complexity high-priority projects (minimum $1M+, 1year+)
- Excellent customer service, communication, interpersonal and documentation skills
- 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 management, clients and other departments
- Ability to learn and understand new technologies and how they apply to a project
- Superb organizational skills and keen attention to detail
- Communicate clearly and concisely with diverse audiences, in both oral and written contexts, and comfortable giving and receiving feedback
- Extremely high standards and a very low threshold for errors and inefficient processes
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Decision-making and leadership capabilities
- Conflict resolution experience
- Experienced in facilitating meetings and presentations
- Proven decision-making and leadership skills
- Negotiation skills
- Experience mentoring and coaching project management staff
- Knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles
- Proven knowledge of MS Office
- Proficiency in project management software tools (e.g. MS Project etc.)
- Proven leadership and organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal