IT Project Manager

Clearwater positions open to candidates located in greater Tampa Bay area.

The IT Project Manager is responsible for managing project timelines, resources, quality and risk, including, but not limited to, milestone planning and reporting, project budget tracking, budget analysis, project staffing, status reporting, change requests, and other basic project administration activities.

Responsibilities:

• Provide end to end life cycle management of Internal IT efforts from ideation through implementation phase
• Guide internal customers through the project life cycle, and support go-live and post-implementation support 
• Facilitate, manage, and report status on all phases of the project lifecycle and lead the stakeholder team(s) through each phase including - Gating, Requirements, Design, Development, Testing and ROI tracking 
• Work with cross channel business units to secure necessary strategic alignment and deliver the best customer experience 
• Work with cross functional IT application teams to assess impacts, ensure engagement and timely delivery of IT initiatives 
• Facilitate and manage the engagement of all impacting stakeholder teams (such as IT, Legal, Finance, Customer Service QA/UAT, Security, Network, external vendors etc.,) to deliver a quality product or solution
• Develop, manage, and control a project delivery plan and report critical milestone updates to leadership
• Track program/project level status and metrics to communicate progress/roadblocks, revalidate execution methods where needed and streamline delivery aligned with projected ROI 
• Document and manage all program/project documentation 
• Monitor and audit project or program milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy of project schedule and identify ways to resolve schedule issues, provide required project status reporting, assess variances from the project plan, gather metrics, and develop and implement changes as necessary to ensure that the project remains within specified scope and is within time, cost, and quality objectives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years hands-on technical experience in an IT related project manager capacity
• Minimum 4 years in a technical project environment
• Experience working in a regulated environment 
• Experience in resource management
• Experience in Smartsheets
• Experience in JIRA
• ITIL certification a plus
• PMP a plus
• Resource and project planning
• Advanced project planning skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong time management skills with adaptability to manage multiple projects and priorities
• A strong blend of project management, business analysis and technical experience and the ability to work well in a team environment
• Strong customer service skills