Project Manager - Pyramid Consulting Group
Hybrid (Warrendale), PA 15086
About the Job
Duties:
• Initiate/Define Phase
• Achieve high level understanding of project work being requested
• Obtain senior management approval for work being initiated
• Work with project sponsor to define project scope
• Prepare and submit scope document for approval
Plan Phase
• Coordinate, prepare and participate in Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) meeting
• Facilitate WBS meetings, as required
• Prepare project schedule and all required project planning documents including preparing and adhering to Funding Request process, preparing risk analysis and adjusting schedule to account for risk in project baseline
Execute/Control Phase
• Execute project plan on schedule and within budget with utilization of scope, time, quality and cost constraints
• Communicate status to stakeholders according to project communication plan
• Escalate project issues to sponsor, vendor, program manager, functional manager and/or senior management, if appropriate
• Ensure that goals and deliverables as described on project scope document are met
• Actively manage material changes to scope and schedule
Close Phase
• Conduct closing meeting with project team
• Perform all project closure activities including providing functional managers feedback on performance of their resources and recognizing project team and/or key members for successful results
Skills:
Preferred Project Management sills include:
• Bachelor's degree in computer or information science or equivalent experience in an IT environment required.
• PMP certification or demonstrated evidence towards certification preferred.
• Five to seven years of experience in Information Technology project management required.
• Experience preferred across Investment Management, including Money Market, Fixed Income, and Equity products.
• Experience managing both software development projects and infrastructure projects preferred.
• Project management experience through the entire project life cycle required; waterfall methodology required, and SCRUM methodology preferred.
• Experience with enterprise Project Management tools required.
• Initiate/Define Phase
• Achieve high level understanding of project work being requested
• Obtain senior management approval for work being initiated
• Work with project sponsor to define project scope
• Prepare and submit scope document for approval
Plan Phase
• Coordinate, prepare and participate in Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) meeting
• Facilitate WBS meetings, as required
• Prepare project schedule and all required project planning documents including preparing and adhering to Funding Request process, preparing risk analysis and adjusting schedule to account for risk in project baseline
Execute/Control Phase
• Execute project plan on schedule and within budget with utilization of scope, time, quality and cost constraints
• Communicate status to stakeholders according to project communication plan
• Escalate project issues to sponsor, vendor, program manager, functional manager and/or senior management, if appropriate
• Ensure that goals and deliverables as described on project scope document are met
• Actively manage material changes to scope and schedule
Close Phase
• Conduct closing meeting with project team
• Perform all project closure activities including providing functional managers feedback on performance of their resources and recognizing project team and/or key members for successful results
Skills:
Preferred Project Management sills include:
• Bachelor's degree in computer or information science or equivalent experience in an IT environment required.
• PMP certification or demonstrated evidence towards certification preferred.
• Five to seven years of experience in Information Technology project management required.
• Experience preferred across Investment Management, including Money Market, Fixed Income, and Equity products.
• Experience managing both software development projects and infrastructure projects preferred.
• Project management experience through the entire project life cycle required; waterfall methodology required, and SCRUM methodology preferred.
• Experience with enterprise Project Management tools required.
Source : Pyramid Consulting Group
