IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager

• 12 months contract role

Our Client

• A global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies

The Opportunity

We are looking for an IT Project Manager who will be responsible for defining, planning, executing and closing Projects for our client's Global Infrastructure Services department. This task involves creating and monitoring project plans, schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures, organizing and running stakeholder meetings, and ensuring that project deadlines are met in a timely manner.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to work on tight deadlines, be competent in using Microsoft Office 365 applications and have exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Creating, maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures
• Organizing and running stakeholder meetings
• Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings
• Preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings
• Participate in all phases of the project lifecycle
• Run multiple projects whilst maintaining quality and control
• Ensuring project deadlines are met
• Determining project changes and documenting decisions
• Undertaking project tasks as required
• Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project
• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable
• Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members
• Create project plan and management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective
• Capture meeting notes and distribute to the project team
• Maintain project documentation / document repository
• Communicate / coordinate outages required for implementations
• Escalate issues that will impact the scope, schedule or budget
• Maintain project status in Portfolio tool
• Assure resource allocations to projects are recorded in Resource Management system and appropriate for work to be accomplished
• Build and maintain working relationships with team members, vendors and other departments including third parties if any
• Assist in defining project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility

The above listed responsibilities are an essential but not exhaustive list of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.

Your Background

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Project Management, Computer Science or Information Systems, or equivalent work experience required
• PMI/PMP Certification a plus; CSM Certification a plus
• Solid experience in Change Management, Project Management, and process improvement
• Has 4+ years' experience in planning and scheduling of major projects
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation including client facing skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Specific experience with IT Infrastructure and Engineering projects, including Servers, Storage, Network, DBA, Data Centers, High Performance Computing and Cloud based hosting solutions
• Prior experience leading new site setup, expansion, new technology implementation including migration projects
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Office365 tools such as MS Project
• Experience in knowledge file management, transcription and other administrative procedures
• Ability to work on tight deadlines
• Mindfulness, effective negotiating, consulting and coaching skills
• Good presentation skill
• Experience in SDLC models, such as waterfalls and Agile for project implementation, is an advantage