The ideal candidate forms strong cross-functional working relationships and will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.

Responsibilities

Determines and defines project scope and objectives; predicts resources needed to accomplish objectives and manages all resources in an effective and efficient manner.

· Prepares budget based on scope of work and resource requirements; tracks project costs to meet budget.

· Develops and manages detailed project schedules and work plans.

· Provides project updates to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress on a consistent basis.

· Manages contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables.

· Utilizes industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout project execution.

· Measures project performance to identify areas for improvement, coordinating with cross-discipline team members to ensure all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.

· Meets with project team members to identify and resolve issues.

· Drives project progress by leading cross-functional teams and/or consultants, identifying opportunities, overcoming obstacles/risks, developing strategic recommendations, and ensuring deliverables are optimally executed.

· Develops strong working relationships with key stakeholders to achieve results.

· Creates meeting content and presentations, including updates to senior business leaders; creates effective/impactful presentations that summarize complex ideas and recommendations.

· Submits project deliverables and ensures they adhere to quality standards; adheres to company, federal, state, and local business requirements, enforcing compliance and taking action when necessary.

· Prepares status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information.

· Establishes effective project communication plans and ensures they are fully executed.

· Coordinates the development of user manuals, training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation and turnover of processes/systems to the clients.

· Identifies and develops new opportunities.

· Obtains customer acceptance of project deliverables; manages customer satisfaction within the project transition period.

· Conducts post-project evaluation and identifies successful and unsuccessful project elements.

· May be called upon to supervise a business or its functional managers on an interim basis.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree from four-year college or university
2+ years of experience in a similar role
Strong business acumen in project planning and management
Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills
Ability to speak additional language(s) a plus (i.e. German, French, Spanish)
PMP Certificate a plus

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