Project Manager/PMP/SDLC/1 year Contract/Galleria area

As a Senior Project Manager you will be working with IT and functional areas across multiple sites and large scale teams of 40 or more individuals. You will have an impact on strategic and software development initiatives across the enterprise. A PMP certification is required as well as strong experience working with application development teams. Any experience with data center conversions would be ideal but not mandatory.

- Organize and lead cross functional project teams of various size and scope, including cross-site teams
- Develop, review and approve plans for completing project deliverables, including scheduling and coordinating activities of project team members
- Ensure the project plan, scope, work breakdown structure, schedule, risk, budget, and deliverables are in alignment with the project goals and objectives
- Practice and mentor others in project management, team leadership, coaching and other disciplines inherent to project management
- Ensure required project documentation is prepared according to the current methodology
- Apply best practice approaches toward the management of project risk and risk mitigation
- Partner with the business by gaining a deeper understanding of their needs and proving our value by providing optimum solutions that go above and beyond client, customer and associate expectations
- Communicate effectively with customers and actively seek alignment with expectations on all aspects of project execution
- Respond effectively to customer inquiries and requests and seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction
- Review and approve milestone deliverables for presentation to the customer and other project stakeholders
- Ensure that a solid approach is used to track issues and their resolution throughout the life cycle of the project
- Direct the development and implementation of metrics and measures for process and application monitoring and improvement
- Promote the use of effective change control techniques to manage adjustments to documented requirements
- Ensure project change is fully and effectively integrated within impacted business unit
- Facilitate and/or initiate post-implementation project reviews; document best practices and lessons learned for project archives

Requirements:

- Project Management experience at a Senior level with a minimum of 6 years of experience leading a variety of projects and programs
- Data Center and system conversion experience is a preferred
- Application development (SDLC), mortgage insurance and client implementation project experience is preferred. 
- The proven ability to manage large scale, large budget projects with medium to high complexity while managing teams up to 40+ associates
- Knowledge of multi-platform programming languages and supporting infrastructures, including web-based technology
- Experience with business system design, testing techniques and methodologies
- A solid understanding of capabilities, features and limitations of system development tools and technology standards
- Experience in the application of technology solutions, including platforms and development of processes
- The understanding and application of the PMBOK knowledge areas and key processes; apply knowledge of industry practices and trends
- PMP Certification required
- Microsoft Project experience preferred
- MUST live in Atlanta
- Agile or Scrum methodologies a plus
- Insurance industry experience a plus
- Previous Management experience a plus
- Experience with HP PPM (or other enterprise Project & Portfolio Management tools) helpful