IT Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager II Job Duration: 6 + Months Contract Interview Method: Phone then In Person Address: Boise Idaho USA 83705 Top Five Must Haves: · Ability to develop and maintain a project plan including dependencies, resource constraints, and level of effort · Able to proactively anticipate slippages based on the monitoring of the plan · Gathers, tracks and monitors issues and risks and confirms that appropriate mitigation plans are in place · Escalates where appropriate · Records and monitors project actual costs vs. project budget Job Description: · Develops, refines, validates and manages project plans to ensure on time and on budget delivery of major technology initiatives across the enterprise. · Responsible for utilizing project management methods, standards, project integration as well as the coordination of all internal and external resources required to complete assigned projects. · Provides timely and concise communications to functional leadership regarding project status and pending issues; analyzes processes and makes recommendations for optimizing resources and product delivery. · Develops project plans based on specifications provided by the Portfolio Management staff and manages effective execution of the initiatives. · Builds consensus among multiple process leads relative to project scope, task execution, staffing and issue resolution. · Brokers services within IBS and Client’s vendors on behalf of the business area represented. · Provides overall financial direction for the projects to manage the development of budgets, controls and measurements to monitor project progress. · Identifies potential risks within the project; proactively manages issues. · Participates in identifying project costs, resource allocation, project schedule changes and issue escalation. · Frequently interacts with IBS staff including business area management, portfolio managers, vendors, consultants and other contractors. · Must be willing to travel up to 35% of the time. · Performs related duties as assigned. · Good interpersonal skills · Excellent relationship building skills · Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing · Good group presentation skills. · Good analytical and problem-solving skills · Good mathematical skills · Excellent organizational skills · Excellent leadership skills · Good staff development skills · Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with computer hardware such as general mainframe, midrange, network and desktop technologies; computer software includes application development lifecycle, MS Office Suite, Outlook Top Five Must Haves: · Ability to develop and maintain a project plan including dependencies, resource constraints, and level of effort · Able to proactively anticipate slippages based on the monitoring of the plan · Gathers, tracks and monitors issues and risks and confirms that appropriate mitigation plans are in place · Escalates where appropriate · Records and monitors project actual costs vs. project budget · Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with computer hardware such as general mainframe, midrange, network and desktop technologies; computer software includes application development lifecycle, MS Office Suite, Outlook All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.