Technical Project Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Creates and Maintains Project Plans: Develops, and continually updates, detailed project/program management plans. Develops work breakdown structures based on the project objectives and scope. Ensures PM methodology is adhered to.

• To understand high-level technical architecture and be able to facilitate debate and drive decisions on appropriate solutions.

* Supports the Management of the IT Infrastructure Project Portfolio: Work with appropriate IT and business stakeholders to define, prioritize and manage the pipeline of potential future IT infrastructure projects. Work with stakeholders on reporting the current status of all projects based on established project management criteria. Facilitate the process to accelerate, decelerate, add to or remove projects from the portfolio.

* Manage Project Status Reporting: Prepares status reports to convey project scope, goals, milestones, budget, risk, status, change requests, and critical issues to the client and project team.

* Develop and Maintain Project Schedules: Incorporates regular updates from each functional team.

* Lead Project Cost Estimation and Ongoing Budget Tracking: Provides budget information to Project Managers. Assists in developing costs estimates and analyzing data.

* Perform Project Resource Management: Provides work direction and leadership to assigned projects, including scheduling, assignment of work and review of project efforts. Identifies project resource requirements and staff assignments. Checks for staff availabilities. Updates the project plan with work assignments.

* Conducts Risk Management: Maintains documentation for identified risks and mitigation strategies. Proactively gathers and updates risk status and documentation as needed.

* Support Stakeholder Management: Works with technology and business owners to analyze stakeholder expectations for projects based upon approved project requirements.

* Integrate Project Business Analysis: Works with project team members and stakeholders to integrate technical and functional changes to projects into work assignment and schedules

* Provide Overall Project Administration: Conduct program team meetings, proactively documents meeting minutes, track issues, decisions and action items, and follow-up between meetings to drive issues to closure.

• To monitor and manage the project processes and ensure that any elements which fail in the workflow are remedied. 

* Other Support Duties as Needed: Performs other duties or special projects as required or as assigned

PROFILE REQUIRED:

Experience of successfully managing the delivery of multiple projects in Infrastructure domain

Track record of delivering IT infrastructure projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment, specifically that required to support multiple business projects.

• Experience of successfully engaging management and groups of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Working knowledge of Project Management, e.g. Managing Successful Projects (MSP), Prince2 and agile project management tools and methodologies.

• Experience of managing business change

• Able to demonstrate strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation.