Sr. Project Manager - Vendor Management

Role: Sr. Project Manager - Vendor Management

Duration: 05 Months - potential for extension

Location: 100% Remote

Max Pay Rate: $65/hr. on W2 only

JOB SUMMARY:

This Senior Project Manager position will be responsible for the overall direction, management, communication, coordination of status reports, and accountability of project oriented work efforts and success of their projects across the Product and IT organization. The position focuses on technical projects related to the intake and management of external vendor partnerships. Senior Project Managers ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations. They create scope documents based on approved charters and project plans (work breakdown structures.) They track key milestones and adjust project plans, budget requests and/or resources to meet the needs of customers. Senior Project Managers are assigned to projects with multiple interdependencies and of moderate complexity, scope, risk and impact to the business

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Computer, Mathematics, or Business-related field or relevant work experience
• Must have experience with vendor management and the intake process associated with new/existing vendors
• 7-10 years related work experience or equivalent combination of transferable experience and education as an IT Project Manager
• Must be able to work independently

PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS:

• PMP

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong PC skills specifically utilizing the MS Office Suite products (e.g., MS Word, MS Excels, etc.).
• Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback.
• Ability to lead and facilitate project team status meetings to obtain schedule, issues, risk , and dependency updates.
• Responsible for managing external and vendor relationships (including the SOW) and managing to implementation of deliverables and schedules
• Strong Communications (written and verbal)
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of labor, cost management and project tracking and management tools such as MS Project.
• Manages Issues, Risk, Dependencies and Change Request following the established PMO guidelines.
• Expert in MS Excel
• Expert in MS Project 2010
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload.
• Understanding of the concepts, theories and processes of the Project Management Methodology.
• Broad knowledge of IT functions.
• Understanding of and SDLC disciplines
• Oversee product documentation and archiving and adheres to the Project Management standards for project closure.
• Accountable for managing and monitoring project performance of multiple projects with one or more internal and external dependencies, multiple scopes, including: providing guidance to Leadership and core team which consist of Business/IT and external entities.
• Solid knowledge and experience in various Project Management and Product Development concepts, methodologies and processes
• Partner with IT technical staff and Business Sponsor to ensure the design accomplishes both business and technical requirements
• Identifies, negotiates, communicates and manages project changes. Reports status of project, including project risks, to customers, project team, supervisor, Project Offices, governance and other key staff
• Ability to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

The preferred qualifications listed below reflect desired knowledge, skill, and/or experience.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Various Domain experience; Health Care, Financial, etc.
• Specific tools, languages and specialty skills may vary
• Experience using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodology