Project Manager in Mounds View, MN

#3998: 40145

PROJECT MANAGER

MOUNDS VIEW, MN

6 MONTH CONTRACT

REQUEST NOTES:

*Candidates Must Be Local*

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB:

*Project managers on this team plan, conduct and direct projects for complex audience focused web-based solutions from original concept to final implementation.

*Our project managers provide a single point of contact for our numerous internal clients.

*Working within our highly-motivated team you will be expected to develop work and resource plans, schedules and project estimates while managing our client's expectations.

*Our project managers direct the use of iterative development techniques (Agile) to facilitate the development of internal and external web applications.

*Projects developed by our team often have a high- profile within the company because they support all business units and geographies.

*Our award- winning solutions have received both internal and external recognition.

MAIN JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Responsible for all phases of multiple highly complex projects while providing a single point of contact for those projects (includes developing project timelines, obtaining resources, and managing the project budget).
- Foster strong working relationships with clients and project team to meet project expectations regarding scope, schedule and budget.
- Lead multiple moderately sized projects concurrently.
- Facilitate the governance over an audience focused solution platform.
- Define project scope and objectives, along with the applicable detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, and resource plans.
- Work independently with end-users and business partners to understand requirements and design and estimate solutions.
- Assist with development, implementation, and maintenance of an engagement management model, as well as ensure it is aligned with corporate engagement models.
- Establish a close relationship across businesses and with top management, both IT and business, to ensure strategic and tactical plans are in place, appropriate and executable.
- Provide analytical guidance to project team, in support of issue and risk resolutions.
- Escalate project issues as appropriate.

ASSIGNS RESOURCES AND TASKS,

-Defines deliverables
-Evaluates risks and recommends contingency plans
-Manages change control
-Manages execution of moderate to large projects
-Manages resolution of issues, status reviews and reporting
-Monitors compliance with all policies and procedures
-Performs detailed planning
-Schedules roles and resources
-Structures a project
-Tracks incurred expenses vs. planned expenses
-Tracks milestones