Primary Responsibilities:
Manages multiple small to medium projects, including deliverables that span the entire organization. Works with a diverse project teams consisting of resources from all parts of the organization including IT, Risk, Legal, Operations and Line of Business. Prepares materials and trains project team members in the use of project management process and tools.
Develops and maintains a detailed project schedule to include milestones, tasks and target and actual dates of completion. Revises project plans and schedules as needed as a result of approved change requests. Prepares and submits project status reports to management and conducts regularly scheduled project status update meetings. Facilitates the project change management process.
Acts as RFP Manager on assigned RFP’s. Responsible for overseeing the development of proposals, bids, quotations, RFP responses, or other documents associated with the RFP. Manages RFP from RFP creation, RFP execution, vendor selection, contract negotiation and signing. Prepares materials and trains RFP team members in the use of the RFP management process and tools.
Understand Organizational Change Management and manages assigned process improvement and/or organizational change projects. Works with Line of Business to develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage of required changes.
Possesses a strong understanding of all the main areas of project management, vendor management, program management, and portfolio management. Manages assigned projects and any associated vendors throughout the project/RFP lifecycle including scope, schedule, reporting, and implementation. Facilitates the identification and management of project risks, issues and action items.
Understands competing priorities shaping the relationship between the requirements of the PMO and the project teams it coordinates. Communicates with all areas affected by the project to include internal subject matter experts and external corporate departments. Effectively delivers work products in a matrix environment and influences and effectively progresses specific project related issues.
Effectively chairs team meetings, subcommittees and task forces of project teams. Facilitates and participates in technical and business discussions, requirements clarification sessions, etc. as required. Presents to Executive Level Management on project status, issues and risks.
Provides input for establishing corporate PMO project and RFP management processes in the areas of project/RFP initiation, project planning, project/RFP execution, and project/RFP monitoring and reporting. Assists the Director of PMO with the creation and roll out of standardized project/RFP manager processes and best practices for the corporation.
Performs other related duties and projects as assigned.