Project Manager

Role: Project Manager
Location: New York City
Division/Department: Technology
Reports to: Director, Project Management
Direct Reports: None
TO APPLY: Please send resume/cover letter to brett.goodman@edisonlearning.com or apply on our website at www.edisonlearning.com/join_our_team

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Job Summary:
Responsible for leading project teams to accomplish project objectives and ensure that projects are completed in scope, on time and within budget, following EdisonLearning’s project management methodology, standards, tools, processes and reporting mechanisms.  May also manage programs.

Main Responsibilities:

• Project Planning and Execution:  Assist in the preparation of project charters and related cost estimates as requested to obtain project approval. Develop Work Breakdown Structures from scope documents.  Prepare critical path schedules.  Provide direction and support to the project team members to ensure projects are executed and completed in accordance to the expectations of senior management.  Establish a common understanding of project timelines, milestones, and expectations on delivery using a combination of PMO templates and feedback received from sponsor and other key stakeholders.  Drive appropriate business decisions within the team.  Effectively manage project communications, meetings and documentation.  Manage vendors to conform to contract requirements.
• Monitoring and Tracking:  Identify, track and manage action items as needed for each assigned project or program.  Manage schedule, scope and budget changes per PMO processes.  Prepare status reports showing such information as targeted compared to actual percent complete for management.  Responsible for the documentation of customer acceptance of project deliverables.
• Scope Management:  Identify and manage scope changes and project issues, recommend appropriate action, and implement recommendations or escalate issues as needed to avoid delay or other impact to delivery. Validate the scope documents mapping to elicited requirements.
• Risk Analysis and Management: Conduct risk analysis, develop appropriate action plans to address and track risks against progress.  Partner with project team and clients to identify and select solutions that maintain quality

Key Relationships:

Internally: Able to develop strong cross functional relationships and credibility within EdisonLearning across all functional departments. Works closely with project team members as assigned.

Externally: May oversee consultants and/or vendors performance to ensure completion of project milestones.

Key Behavioral Competencies:

• Experienced in using decision making approaches such as consultative, command and consensus
• Project plans are based around logical models, with contingency plans developed
• Assumes personal accountability for ensuring everything is done to achieve results; does not blame others for mistakes, oversights or omissions
• Consistently delivers on agreed goals and tasks and can be relied upon to meet or exceed expectations
• Demonstrates concern for the long-term as well as immediate short term goals and actions when developing project plans
• Resolves requests and complaints in a timely manner, demonstrating a high level of commitment to meeting requirements within policy and compliance guidelines
• Develops and maintains extensive knowledge of key influencers within EdisonLearning and uses social networks effectively, knows who to access to obtain help, co-ordinate activities and build support for common purposes
• Drives hard to meet and frequently exceed goals and objectives within tight timeframes
• Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information
• Identifies, analyzes and discusses decision making alternatives with multiple stakeholders
• Shifts priorities to address changes in events or assigned goals
• Seeks opportunities to share information for the benefit of others; seeks the input of others to encourage participation, both within and outside the group
• Refuses to violate own ethical standards, despite the pressure of deadlines and the requirement to meet business goals
• Builds a shared understanding of goals and targets necessary for successful achievement of strategy in own area
• Demonstrates trust in others by delegating responsibility, rather than taking charge, when they have the capability
• Sources and listens to all points of view and respects differing opinions when developing solutions
• Finds areas of agreement when working with conflicting individuals or groups
• Inspires groups of individuals to work together to achieve a common purpose; promotes a culture of open communication and respect

Background

• Minimum of 4 years of extensive IT project management experience (including knowledge of networks, telephony, corporate wide change initiatives, and client or business start-up and contract completion)
• PMP Certification highly preferred
• Uses industry PM practice standards
• Demonstrated results in creating and managing complex project plans, including experience in managing timely completion of long-term projects
• Deep understanding of risk management inclusive of root cause analysis
• Prior experience providing counsel and management support to client teams and executives strongly preferred
• Experience collaborating with wide range of key stakeholders to identify process bottlenecks and organizational inefficiencies in order to execute process improvement and manage change appropriately
• Experience developing practice standard based Work Breakdown Structures to the Work Package Level
• High degree of technical software skills, including the Microsoft Office Suite, with particular emphasis on MS Project and Visio
• Excellent communications skills (written and verbal)
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience in managing software development projects required and software development life cycle

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