Sr Project Manager (Non-IT)

Company: Zillion Technologies
Location: Arlington
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

Job Title: Sr Project Manager/ Program Manager Location: Washington, DC Duration: 12 Months + Responsible for the tactical management and implementation of marketing/product related projects. The Implementation PM will participate in the Client design process to understand project scope, pain points being solved for and overall project success factors. The Project Manager will receive the "designed" initiative and manage all subsequent phases including project solutioning (business requirements) development (technical requirements), market testing and finally production launch. This PM will ensure all stakeholders communicate critical milestones, time-frames, risk and obstacles. Develop project plan and manage all project milestones through to completion. Stakeholders will include digital teams (website), Information Technology Systems (ITS), Call Center (process/training), Business Analysis (metrics and reporting) Employ project management methodologies and tools, like MS Project, Smartsheet or other related PM tools Ensure effective change management occurs throughout the course of the project. Manage all communication plans, training and documentation. Deliver projects on time, within defined scope. Communicate project status to all stakeholders on a regular basis throughout the lifecycle of the project. Position requires excellent oral and written communications, interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, technical, analysis and problem-solving skills. Expert knowledge of MS Project, Excel, MS Word and Visio. 10+ years of prior experience in project management is required. PMP certification preferable. PMP is strongly encouraged because there is a rigor to a PMP however that same rigor can make them too rigid and frustrated. We exist to support their projects so they are implemented as designed. Our PMs need to think about all of the things the client may not be thinking about. When working with technical teams they need to trust but verify to ensure solutions work. Resume should clearly show Experience as it relates to Leading cross functional teams across a wide variety of business units/disciplines (Marketing, technical teams, Call Center, Legal, etc.) Writing business requirements/user stories to be communicated to technical teams (Digital and ITS teams) to ensure they are clear on what technical requirements are needed Ability to collaborate with varying groups toward the same goal Creating and managing detailed cross functional project plans identifying all tactical milestones, associated dates, POCs Ability to identify risks and obstacles and work with teams to mitigate them Required: PM will need to be able to manage a group of stakeholders for digital and database related projects. It will be important that this candidate has experience mapping current systems process, identifying how a new proposed solution may impact the current state and ensuring all impacted groups are involved and providing input. Projects will both in size and scope.

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