Project Manager

Core Competencies & Requirements

• 5-7+ years of recent project management experience delivering IT projects with budgets of at least $150K.
• Proven record of delivering IT projects from start to finish.
• Familiarity with effort-driven project planning in MS Project.
• Strong skills in project management disciplines : planning, execution, monitoring, and control.
• Experience managing vendors, creating and executing Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Strong sense of urgency; ability to drive results from self and project team members.
• Balanced judgment-knows when to push back and when to adapt.
• Demonstrated leadership and "executive presence," particularly in managing stakeholders and delivering challenging messages under pressure.
• Strong customer focus; collaborative, responsive, and accurate in work approach.
• Experience managing and forecasting project financials (invoices, timekeeping, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills with ability to deliver clear, concise messaging to all organizational levels.
• Sound judgment in decision-making, with ability to navigate complex options.
• Willingness to develop technical understanding of systems, data flows, and high-level architecture.
• Openness to learning and adopting new project management tools