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Key Responsibilities:
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Project Manager II role is responsible for the end to end management of one or more strategic medium to large-sized, moderate to high complex projects as well as high value Multi-year project budgets.
Individuals within the Project Management job family are responsible for the planning, development and implementation of project efforts. They develop, establish and maintain project management standards and procedures. They are responsible for developing the project scope, defining project guidelines, obtaining business and information technology sponsor approvals and coordinating the resources necessary to successfully complete the project. Other responsibilities include the refinement of requirements, project coordination, development of plans and schedules, resource planning and estimation and project maintenance.
Once a project is set in motion, individuals are expected to communicate major milestones, identify potential project risks, provide continuing direction to the project team and conduct regular status meetings to review project activities. They are also responsible for enforcing the change management process. Near the end of the project, they obtain feedback to ensure that project efforts meet customer expectations for contracted time, cost and performance.
- Relationship Management_- Develops and maintains productive working relationships with business owners, project sponsors, vendors and key clients.- As per the overall stakeholder management plan, effectively communicates and interacts with key stakeholders to ensure their commitment to project outcomes and decision roles.
- Project Planning and Integration Management_- Develops, and continually updates, project plans and schedules. Develops Work Breakdown structures.- Identifies project dependencies prior to the start of the project. Works with the Business Analysts, Product Owners/Business leads and other stakeholders to define/refine the project scope.- Facilitates the gathering of information required to estimate project cost, resources, time and deliverables. Prepares all project management planning artefacts.- Coordinates and integrates all elements of a project, including tasks, resources, stakeholders, and deliverables to ensure that processes run efficiently and meet predefined goal.
- Conflicts/Problem Management_- Manages competing demands from stakeholders and negotiates conflicts to find workable solutions throughout the project life cyclee. Acts as a mediator between stakeholders and team members.
- Resource Management_- Determines staffing requirements and forms project teams. Develops budget requests for resources.- Works with functional managers to effectively optimize resource allocation across their respective projects.- Provides work direction and leadership to assigned projects, including scheduling, assignment of work and review of project efforts.
- Procurement Planning & Vendor Performance_- Supports the identification of resources/components that need to be procured outside the organization. Describes technical or other issues that need to be considered and assists in the development of Statement of Work (SOWs).- Contributes to the vendor management process involving RFI, RFQ, RFP, Bid Evaluation, Awarding, contracting and onboarding.- Evaluates service provider performance. Approves invoices for payment. Provides an issue escalation path and resolves vendor performance disputes.
- Risk and Issue Management_- Undertakes continuous identification, assessment and monitoring of all project risks/opportunities/issues to determine their relevance and impact on the project.- Develops and maintains risk plans, processes and systems in order to mitigate risk. Creates action plan for risks that occur and follows through on plan.- Maintains issue list, proactively escalating issues to project and departmental leadership to mitigate risk. Recommends and takes action to direct analysis and solution of problems.
- Budget_- Estimates costs associated with a project including physical, financial and human capital costs.- Develops a detailed cost baseline from cost estimations. Refines project cost estimates and confirms funding sources. Monitors and controls the actual cost of a project versus the budget.- Reviews bills and evaluates factors that may potentially cause cost changes. Conducts in-depth root cause analysis of project budget discrepancies.
- Standards, Policies, and Procedures_- Utilizes established project standards, procedures. Contributes to the development of new quality metrics as well as new way