Overview
The Project Manager plays a crucial role in planning, executing, and closing projects in various industries. They are responsible for leading a team to achieve project goals, meeting deadlines, and ensuring deliverables meet quality standards. The Project Manager oversees budgets, resources, and project risks to ensure successful completion.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget
- Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
- Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
- Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis
- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
- Draft and submit budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary
- Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
- Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
- Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project life cycle
- Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
- Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management
- Adhere to industry-specific regulations in project execution
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
- Proven working experience as a project manager in the same industry
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, project management tools, and collaboration software
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Experience in strategic planning, risk management, and/or change management
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is an asset
- Proven experience in personnel management
- Experience in contract negotiation and management
- Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
- Experience in Agile or Scrum methodologies is a plus
- Experience in working in a cross-functional team environment
- Ability to work independently with little supervision
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions in a fast-paced environment
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