Senior IS Project Manager

Name of position: Senior IS Project ManagerLocation: Orange CAjob descriptionThe Senior IS Project Manager manages and has responsibility for all aspects of generally accepted knowledge areas related to project management, including the following:

• Frequently resolves highly complex project issues creatively utilizing knowledge gained from extensive experience where procedures may not be prescribed or well defined.
• Acts as a mentor to lower-level Project Management team members in all areas of professional responsibility.
• Works in support of the Project Management Office (PMO), and in conformance with the specific PMO processes and procedures outlines.
• Leads project team, and provides vision to support, planning, analysis, design, build and implementation.
• Clear, concise and effective communicator, both verbal and written.
• Capacity to manage a high level of complexity and ever-increasing job responsibilities, as needed

• Manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Manage project from inception through post-deployment support.
• Facilitate meetings with project teams, including internal resources and external vendors.
• Communicate project status to all levels of management, including Board of Directors, senior executives, management, project sponsors, stakeholders, and team members.
• Oversee, mentor, and train project team members.
• Manage vendor relationships.
• Develop and implement long-range strategies to achieve project milestones.
• Facilitate and manage problem resolution.
• Request and manage resources required, and user involvement.
• Motivate and lead teams to deliver projects that meet requirements on-time and on-budget.
• Assign project tasks, and monitors through completion.
• Document and manage project schedules, issues logs, project finances, status reports, change requests, statements of work, project approvals, and other project deliverables as described in the PMO Processes and Procedures.
• The Consultant’s, the typical workweek will be forty (40) hours in duration; however, Personnel should be available to work overtime if needed.
• For some assignments, OCTA may require the contract Personnel to have unique application, system or implementation experience. (Firm should confirm prior to recruitment efforts.)

• Education equivalent to a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, mathematics, or related field; master’s degree in is preferred.
• A minimum of approximately seven to twelve (7-12) years of professional level project management experience in computer systems, business, accounting and/or business intelligence applications, four (4) years of which are managing “cutting edge” projects.
• Current Project Management Certification (PMP) is required.
• Highly proficient with MS Office, MS Project, MS Teams