Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pyramid Consulting, Inc. is a leading IT Industry company, and they are currently seeking a talented Project Manager for a 6-month contract opportunity in Tucson, AZ. The role involves leading complex projects, managing schedules, and ensuring alignment with project objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, cross-functional projects/programs across all phases of planning, implementation and migration
- Create, optimize and drive schedules and project plans across cross-functional teams, and partners
- Anticipate, recognize, and work through resistance or setbacks, work well with others when conflicts arise, ensure alignment with objectives and ensure project is on schedule
- Effectively execute fundamental project/program management tasks including issue and risk management, building structured cross-group schedules, meeting arrangements, tracking dependencies and milestones, and communicating overall project status
- Connect all of the pieces of the initiative by thinking end-to-end, while leveraging all available assets to solve problems and create value for both short and long
- Clearly and concisely communicate plans, status, issues, risks, and requirements to appropriate audiences
- Contribute to improvements in program/project management processes and operating mechanisms to continuously improve our ability to deliver value
Skills
- Exceptional planner who is highly organized with attention to detail, self-directed, efficient and able to manage complex programs and multiple priorities in a timely manner
- Knowledge of risk assessment process and a capability to execute remediation plans
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to convey appropriate level of information concisely given subject and audience
- Communicate equally well with technical and non-technical personnel
- Ability to operate with minimal supervision/direction, and drive process using indirect authority
- Demonstrated skills in building effective relationships and influencing at all levels
- Sales and/or Accounting Background
- MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SmartSheets
- Google Docs/Sheets
- Project Management Software - any kind or type
- 3 year experience in Project/Program Management
- Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience
- Project Management Certification preferred
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- 401(k) plan
- Paid sick leave (depending on work location)
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