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Aleron has an exciting opportunity for an IT Project Manager at our Williamsville, NY office! This is a direct-hire opportunity that comes with great benefits and the ability to work with a supportive and diligent team!
What Aleron has to offer:
- Great benefits package that includes health insurance, health savings account, dental insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, and 401K
- PTO and 7 paid holidays
- Hybrid work options available
Job Summary:
The IT Project Manager will be responsible for leading and successfully executing large IT projects following PMI best practices to ensure that projects are closely aligned with established strategic priorities, and that projects are completed on-time, within scope and budget and with consistent high quality of deliverables. Projects will require coordination between multiple internal and external stakeholders and require coordination with various functional and department managers for resourcing, scheduling, and budget approval.
The role also includes leadership of the IT Project Management function to establish and implement PMI based project management activities such as project planning, project reporting, issue / risk identification and tracking, scope management, estimation, client management, relationship management and other project documentation preparation for projects. The Project Manager is responsible for keeping all IT Project status updated and visible to stakeholders.
The role can include the supervision and management of one or more IT Project Coordinator resources assigned to IT Projects. These additional project staff will be allocated to work through the IT Project Manager and should be supported and mentored to ensure consistent project management standards and methodologies.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leads large, cross functional enterprise IT Projects following PMI best practices.
- Manages, builds, and optimizes Aleron's IT Project Management function
- Manage and oversee junior project managers and project coordinators.
- Plans, directs, and coordinates Aleron's IT and customer assigned project activities to manage and implement approved scope from business case through project close-out.
- Plans, schedules, monitors, and reports on activities related to the project.
- Determines, monitors, reviews, and reports all project economics to include project costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, project resources, and project risks.
- Monitors and controls project scope, requirements and change management needs.
- Identifies the appropriate blend of talent and resources to meet project needs and requirements.
- Applies appropriate tools to estimate and plan the work of teams or project groups accurately within agreed processes and policies. Produces work plans according to required standards.
- Meets regularly with internal and external assigned management, sponsors, and project teams to review project scope/progress and resolve project issues.
- Establishes appropriate metrics for measuring key project criteria.
- Monitors project results for significant deviations.
- Assist with governance, change control and dependency management for projects.
- Maintains currency on emerging technologies and project management techniques.
- Monitors and evaluates quality of performance and product from all work within scope of responsibility.
- Fosters an environment of continuous improvement. Constantly exploring ways to increase efficiencies and productivity, reducing waste, and reducing costs.
- Matrix manages cross-functional suppliers: internal IT, outsource partners, contractors, third-party consultants, etc., in delivering solutions.
- Maintains knowledge of hardware, software, organizational policies, and organizational management structures and uses this knowledge to advise on and justify their current use.
- Directly negotiates with and functions as a liaison between functional partners, users, and suppliers.
- Maintains high regard for privacy in accordance with the corporate privacy policies and procedures.
- Performs other functions as assigned by management.
Required Skills / Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or relevant field.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in a related IT area and minimum of 3 years of IT Project Manager experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading IT Projects with budgets over 500k and/ or with duration over 9 months.
- Demonstrated skills in developing and achieving project scope, costs, and planning.
- Demonstrated skills in forming and fostering high performance, cross-functional teams.
- Writes and speaks fluently on all aspects of work. Communicates effectively with users/customers, and colleagues 2-3 levels up/down and across a range of disciplines, and all levels of management. A writing sample is required with application submission.
- Experience drafting concise and informative communication pieces at the Departmental and/or Organizational level.
- Ability to work independently and take initiative and problem solve to ensure project success.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills.
- Very strong analytical and business process development skills.
- Demonstrated competence in project leadership tasks.
- Ability to maintain poise and composure under pressure and in difficult situations.
Preferred Skills / Qualifications:
- Professional Project Management certification (PMP preferred)
- Experience with Quality principles and tools.
- Familiarity with Scrum methodology.
- Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
- Knowledge of IT and Project Management standards: ITIL, PMI, NIST.
Benefits Include: Health insurance, HSA, dental insurance; disability insurance; life Insurance; paid time off; and vision insurance, 401(k).
Additional Information: Upon offer of employment, candidate will be subject to a background check and a drug screen. Additional industry skill testing may be needed prior to placement.
Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct, and Aleron's strategic partner, SDI) are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. The Aleron companies welcome and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for applicants taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.