About this role

Project Manager

Key Responsibilities.

Align project sponsors and stakeholders on project objectives, scope, milestones, and timeline through a standardized project framing exercise.
Facilitate project stakeholder identification and subsequent engagement activities to ensure that all the right people are involved and informed.
Guide and coach the project team in following Agile SDLC practices.
Develop and maintain project plans using Smartsheet with discrete tasks, assigned owners, due dates, and appropriate dependencies; work with relevant subject matter experts to ensure project plans achieve project objectives.
Communicate tasks with owners and gain buy-in to ownership and due dates; utilize change control as necessary.
Utilize MS Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Smartsheet, and other relevant tools for project communication, integration, and collaboration.
Coordinate and facilitate project meetings with multi-department resources and steer consensus; identify the implications of emerging needs, changes in scope, and decisions needed by senior management.
Act as a communication liaison between project teams and senior management for project status updates, issue escalations, and key decision points.
Track and mitigate RAID items, remove obstacles, and escalate as necessary to maintain positive project progress.
Build tools to assist with day-to-day Project Management via AI coding applications.
Other duties as assigned.

Must Have:

Project management experience.
5+ years of corporate experience.
3+ years of project management experience.
Experience with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook).
Experience with Smartsheet, MS Project, or other project scheduling tools.
Experience with Project Management in an Agile-Scrum SDLC environment.
Experience with AI to augment and enhance daily activities.
Ability to learn new technologies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong organizational skills, including meeting facilitation.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Ability to facilitate consensus even when the topic is not an area of personal subject matter expertise.
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
Comfortable collaborating with senior leaders.
Strong sense of personal accountability in maintaining project progress per priorities; self-starter.
Demonstrate patience and courteous behavior.
Works well in teams and is an active listener.

Preferred:

Project Manager