Information Technology Project Manager (IT Administration - Finance & IT Sourcing) - Saxon Global : Job Details

Job Description: Information Technology Project Manager (IT Administration - Finance & IT Sourcing) Client : Sodexo Work Location: Remote Position (East Coast), Must reside in Eastern Time Zone (will consider Central Time Zone as well) Term Duration (in months): 12 months (with the possibility of extension) Hourly Pay Rate: $55/hrly C2C Visa : All visas are acceptable as long as English proficiency is excellent and candidates reside in the Eastern Time Zone (no OPT EAD's) Years of Experience Required:

• Minimum 5-year(s) experience in project management
• Minimum 5-year(s) experience in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall methodologies

• Experience in projects involving Strategic Sourcing, Process Design, Business Process Redesign, etc.
• Experience working with projects that span multiple disciplines
• Strong financial acumen and organizational skills.
• Minimum 7-10 year(s) of experience in Information Technology
• International experience a plus

Must have Skills:

• Project Management
• Identifying and addressing problems and risks.
• Working with multiple stakeholder groups
• Stakeholder communications, negotiations, and problem-solving.
• IT Project Management
  • Piloting Unit of work for Build
  • Project Planning
  • Project Scheduling
• Scope management
• Stakeholder / relationship management
• Project Administration / Controlling / Reporting
• Processes, methodologies, and tools
  • Risk Management
  • Financial Acumen
  • Spend Management (Invoicing controlling) and Spend Forecasting

Required Qualifications: PROJECT PLANNING

• Review/Edit/Formulate: Project Documentation (Charter, Business Case, etc.) to ensure accuracy at the start of the program/project
• Formulate an adapted project plan to reach the project objectives and benefits within the defined frame
• Understand interdependencies between project streams and other competing efforts
• Refine the business case if required
• Refine the project(s) scope, schedule, activities, milestones, and main expected deliverables
• Refine the project(s) budget if required
• Identify detailed project(s) team, resources, and allocation
• Engage stakeholders and define roles and responsibilities
• Define a communication strategy for project stakeholders and establish necessary project governance
• Define and indicate applicable quality procedures (issue management, risk management, escalation management, deliverables acceptance...)
• Work within the defined project management methodologies/frameworks

PROJECT EXECUTION MANAGEMENT

• Organize and hold project execution kick-off meeting(s)
• Ensure commitment to the project from team members, customers, or stakeholders
• Execute the project plan from planning to closing
• Organize, coordinate, and lead the project team and activities
• Manage resources, develop schedules and individual responsibilities to perform project activities
• Manage project related costs and budget
• Collaborate with domain leads to supervise suppliers in charge of project activities, manage relationships with the suppliers (from signature of the contract to final validation of the project or activity deliverable)
• Supervise and monitor project workstream progress against approved plan
• Coordinate, summarize and ensure the quality of issued approvals and deliverables
• Advise on possible modifications of objectives, completion constraints or environment changes
• Analyze and manage project risks and issues, implement risk management plan