Infrastructure PM

Founded in 1858, our client is a Fortune 100 company with over 800 retail stores across the United States. They are dedicated to developing and retaining their talented workforce by providing meaningful training and advancement opportunities for their employees. They are currently seeking an Infrastructure Project Manager to join their team.
Responsibilities and Duties:

- Under general supervision and with minimal assistance from more experienced and knowledgeable project managers, a Project Manager leads and drives the work of the project team members for small-medium projects or assists on larger projects ensuring deadlines are met
- At this level, associates in this job are expected to develop competence in the Q4M project methodology
- Consistent leadership qualities surrounding conflict management, influencing others, personal accountability for project performance should be observed by project sponsor
- Acts as a technical and professional leader, providing guidance, direction and training to their team and other project team members as necessary
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
- Manages all project related activities on a daily basis and has responsibility for execution and final delivery and release of the product
- Ensures deadlines are met by participating in resource planning, effectively planning, organizing, prioritizing, and delegating assignments to project team members and following up on their individual progress
- Conducts regular project status/quality meetings and reports
- Keeps management and key stakeholders well informed on a timely basis on project progress, status and/or concerns for each assignment
- Develops project metrics and facilitates project scorecard development and progress
- Develops and manages project schedules status, resources, deliverables, issues, and timelines throughout the project with input from the application managers, business partners and project team. Identifies major project risks and action plans, and escalates as required to appropriate level of management
- Conducts Q4M toll gates and provides input into project performance reviews for each team member
- Responsible for the project team conforming to Q4M standards and processes throughout the life cycle of the project
- Facilitates communication and negotiation within and across the project team(s)
- Works closely with Product Manager to define and manage business partner requirements
- Provides input to ensure adequate project staffing and resource management
- Create the work breakdown structure with the team using appropriate tools and techniques in order to develop the schedule, resource, and quality
- Responsible for assuring team completes estimation process for project resources

Qualifications:

- Two to three years experience in successful project management, with a progression in responsibility
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple small to medium simultaneous projects involving cross-functional project teams within budgetary and schedule constraints
- 5 years experience in understanding of Project Management principles, methods and techniques
- Proficient analytical skills with attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Solid documentation, organization, time management, and problem solving skills
- Ability to build consensus within MST and the business community and to work through others in achieving desired results and objectives
- Flexibility in response to change
- A detailed understanding of the business
- Retail background a plus
- Proficient negotiation, diplomacy and conflict resolution skills
- Sound team building and interpersonal skills required to effectively manage a multi-skilled project team
- Prior industry experience in information technology is highly desired - experience can be in another discipline outside of project management
- SAS implementation experience a plus

For immediate consideration, please forward all resumes to (see below) or call.
Synergis serves a myriad of clients across nearly all industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The outcomes of these relationships are demonstrated in a growing list of more than 300 clients and industry recognitions by Inc. magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle. From its foundation in 1997, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals in all areas of information technology. Recently named the Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals for over 10 years.
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