Senior Project Manager

About Us (Ensono)

 Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 3500+ associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago.

We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission-critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help upfront with an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it’s public, multi or hybrid cloud, or mainframe. And because we span across all mission-critical platforms, we can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. We are your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don’t feel stuck in place. With cross-platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts have become an extension of your team so you’re continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure. And that’s just the beginning.

About Role and Responsibilities:

Provides senior, executive level program and project management expertise in order to plan, organize, control and deliver large, complex infrastructure and data center migration level projects. Plans and manages multiple company-wide projects including development of project scope, goals, work plans, cost/benefit analysis of proposals, estimation of budgets, timelines, deliverable's, implementation and integration strategies, and resources required for successful and timely completion of such projects. Promotes client satisfaction by ensuring project adheres to stakeholder specifications.   An integral part of this activity is to establish, develop, and manage key relationships with client sponsors and internal leaders. Responsible for project completion within determined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

Responsibilities:

Collaborates with stakeholders to:

• Ensure business requirements are clearly defined, understood and documented.
• Define the scope, risks, potential issues and resources of the project.
• Ensure benefits can be realized while managing the impact of the organizational change to the business and clients.
• Develops phases of the program and interprets them into a measurable project plan(s).
• Communicates both internally and externally regarding delivery of work products and services, planning efforts, personnel relationships with other organization and resources.
• Manages the program and projects adhering to Ensono’s project management methodology
• Manages program and project scope in terms of mission, objectives, and requirements.
• Manages program and project schedule in terms of dates and milestones.
• Ensures effective team identification of program and project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies; acts as an escalation point for the team and implements effective mitigation strategies by taking corrective action to achieve resolution project goals.
• Provides leadership and strategic direction to the project team.
• Oversees the various work streams of activities in the project, including timeline, quality of work, risks, issue escalations, and collaboration amongst the various stakeholders.
• Works with all stakeholders to ensure governance is in place and a continuous improvement/ transformation plan is in place.
• Establishes deadlines, assigns tasks and monitors and summarizes progress of projects making up the program.
• Develops business insights based on analysis of results and communicates key findings to various members of management to facilitate data-driven decision-making.
• Works with management to secure appropriate resources and people to complete assigned projects on time and within budget.
• Appropriately escalate barriers, issues and risks to meeting timelines and deliverables.
• Manages the development of polished executive-level presentations; delivers information to internal business associates and external clients in a clear and concise fashion.
• Manages the program and project status reporting according to prescribed timelines for a given project.
• Develops measurement processes/methods for assessing progress towards goals and project outcomes.
• Manage costs and budget.
• Facilitate cross-training to ensure job rotation and minimize assignment coverage gap
• Provide coaching and performance feedback to all team members.

PRODUCT/ INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Understands the infrastructure project and project management discipline from both a business and technical perspective. Experience working in a Managed Service Provider industry.

CONSULTANT: Brings prior experience to organize and define work for complex or ambiguous situations. Actively contributes to the Global Project and Implementation (GPI) body of knowledge. Interfaces with the client’s executive management to understand critical business issues and concerns.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position does not have any direct reports, but will mentor less experienced associates in the role.  This position has a matrixed team (no direct reports)

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 10 years of complex IT program and project management experience
• IT outsourcing knowledge

• Strong Infrastructure Management experience required

Knowledge & Experience

• Proficient in MS Office Projects and MS Project
• Strong Financial Management Skills
• Efficient team management skills
• Strong Leadership skills
• Ability to travel when required
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

Preferred

• Project Management Institute PMP
• ITIL knowledge or certification
• ITSM knowledge or certification
• Project financial / revenue recognition experience
• M.B.A. or B.S. in Business, Computer Science, or Engineering; or equivalent work experience

Travel %

• As needed, anticipate 20%

Shift Time - 4:30 PM to 2:00 AM