Project Manager
Contract Length: 7 months
Location: Remote, United States
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership over process, prioritization, and review completion of projects through an Initial Project Risk Review (IPRR). This includes requirements associated with audit, risk, security, privacy, compliance and other key functions (Governance Gate Partners).
- Provide orchestration between the Workstream Leads (WSLs) and Governance Gate Partners
- Ensure initiative quality control and reviews of intake questionnaires to identify potential gaps
- Prioritize initiatives across workstreams before review by Governance Gate Partners
- Facilitates appropriate design discussions across Governance Gate Partners and Workstream leaders
- Be responsible for deploying project management best practices, methodology, tools and templates for the process and completion of these reviews
- Create and maintain project documentation throughout the process
- Define project tasks and resource requirements, as needed
- Achieve operational efficiencies by contributing information and recommendations; preparing and completing action plans; identifying trends; determining process and system improvements; implementing change
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; and participating in professional organizations.
- Be responsible for documenting and communicating the projects progress and challenges to appropriate project stakeholders
- Conduct weekly project meetings as needed and issue meeting minutes to ensure thorough communication of project plan and objectives to the team
- Provide project updates in weekly status reports to upper level management (including executives)
- Prioritize resources and manage deliverables to meet both project objectives.
- Build schematic process maps and/or workflows
- Ensure proper closure and archiving of project records and documentation.
- Report delays in critical path tasks to key stakeholders and recommend solutions and risk mitigation strategies for on-time completion
- Bridge the gap between highly technical and non-technical resources.
What were looking for:
- Minimum 7+ years experience as a professional project manager, or relevant years of progressive professional development in project management.
- Bachelors degree / Diploma
- Qualification in project management (PMP, Prince2) or equivalent will be considered a strong asset
- Expertise in governance, risk and compliance a strong plus; including security and privacy
- Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management
- Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
- Direct work experience in project management capacity
- Proven experience in people management, strategic planning, risk management, and change management
- Expert proficiency in creating write-ups, presentations and executive reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to write clear, concise project documentation
- Excellent communication, time-management, and information-gathering (including requirements gathering) skills
- Ability to gracefully handle shifting priorities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analysis and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work and interact with all levels in the organization.