Met Council Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project plans using Waterfall & Agile methodologies; define scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines; coordinate internal resources and third parties / vendors for execution of projects within baselines; utilize departmental tools for project management, tracking, and reporting.
• Lead project teams and manage / coach junior project managers as appropriate to ensure service delivery; support a collaborative and productive work and PMO team environment; facilitate communication and coordination for projects / programs across cross-functional teams; lead change management and conflict resolution efforts within assigned projects; ensure teams have clear roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to become a trusted advisor to project sponsors; communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and executive management in a timely manner to set expectations and escalate as appropriate; ensure alignment of project objectives with business goals through stakeholder management activities.
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project / program risks and issues through mitigation planning; monitor and report project / program progress and performance throughout delivery lifecycle.
• Develop and manage project budgets, per governance requirements; allocate resources effectively to ensure project success through demand management and capacity planning for projects / programs assigned; monitor expenditures and ensure adherence to budget constraints.
• Lead transformation and change management scope within projects and programs as appropriate, to ensure solution adoption and process adherence.
• Support the evaluation and refinement of project management methodologies and processes; support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO; stay abreast of industry trends and emerging practices.

• High school diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience managing multiple IT and business projects
• Note:
  
  Highest completed degree in the following majors:
  Computer Science, Business Management, or Project Management will count towards the minimum nine (9) years of required work experience.
• Associates degree counts as two years of experience
• Bachelor's degree or higher counts as four years of experience
• Two (2) or more years in a lead role that required collaboration across multiple divisions with stakeholders from varying organizational levels.
• PMP or PgMP Certification
• CSM or SAFe Certification
• 2 years' experience with MS Project
• 1 year' experience with Azure Dev Ops
• 1 year' experience with Jira
• 1 year' experience with Git Hub

• Certifications:
  
  CompTIA Security+, Cisco (CCNP), Palo Alto Networks (PCNSE) or CISSP, Azure Fundamentals – AZ-900

• Experience with PPM tools
• Cybersecurity: CISSP, CISM
• Networking: CCNA, CCNP
• Infrastructure: ITIL, Cloud certifications (Azure, AWS)

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Other

• IT Services and IT Consulting