ERP Project manager

Required/Desired Skills

Documented experience in successfully managing IT Enterprise Resource Planning Projects (full project lifecycle) > $2,000,000

Proven record of delivering projects on time and within budget

Proven history of managing a project in a multi-vendor environment, and daily interaction with executives.

Experience in managing IT projects in a government environment (functional matrixed environment)

Experience creating/managing comprehensive project plans (with multiple parallel lanes), utilizing PMO industry flows and tools.

Experience performing scope management for projects, including a disciplined change control

Experience in delivering excellent verbal and written communication with clients and technical

Experience managing IT development projects using Agile/Scrum methodology, also includes using this methodology in a virtual environment.

Job Description:

•Advanced experience managing programs of projects, complex projects or multiple projects. Demonstrated and advanced understanding of project management methodologies. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A significant degree of creativity and latitude is required. Works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

•Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor. Creates project charter and work plan and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics. Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans. Manages scope. Creates and implements a communication plan. Builds an effective team, assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes. Negotiates resources.

•Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsor. Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers. Provides technical support to project team members. Handles complex application features and technical designs. Designs and implements the components required for complex application features. Generally, manages a group of applications system analysts. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Professional certification is highly desirable.

•May require specific PC, workstation, operating system, application or platform skills. Provides overall direction to the formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of a project. Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance, revenue, and profit objectives of a project and its contracts