PROJECT LEAD- HYBRID (AUSTIN, TX) – ON-SITE REQUIREMENT 1X/WEEK
Hiring a Project Lead that shall conduct IT project coordination activities which include project management, project planning, project monitoring, and project status reporting. This position shall lead small operational projects/efforts with cross functional teams and their managers to request the resources/participants needed to achieve project goals. The successful applicant shall be expected to build strong relationship across the various IT teams.
WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Required: 4-7 YEARS
- Experience Leading and managing IT Operational projects from initiation to closure, including scope, schedule, tasks, budget adherence, and resource management, while providing comprehensive documentation throughout the project lifecycle and ensuring successful project handover.
- Proficient at developing and managing the following Project deliverables: project scope document, project schedule/plan, communication plans, cost estimates/analysis, Change Approval Board (CAB) documents, training plans, contingency plans, and post implementation transition/support plans.
- Experience leading and clearly communicating project expectations and project progress to sponsors, team members, and stakeholders, through project status meetings, and up-to-date project status reports.
- Experience Identifying and managing project milestones, dependencies, critical path, risks, issues, and develop contingency plans as necessary.
- Experience requesting and managing project resources, facilitating collaboration across IT teams and departments, and coordinate/assign tasks to meet project objectives.
- Technical writing experience compiling formal business documentation around a regulated industry.
- Experience using MS Project to track progress of tasks, deliverables and milestones.
- Proficient in MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Teams, SharePoint, Visio, and WebEx.
Preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI
- 1-2 Experience with ServiceNow.
- 2-4 Experience working at an Electric Utility or other municipality.
Long term contract position. Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.