Tuesday, January 25, 2011

[KITlist-Tech] CONTR: Project Manager / Program Manager (Phoenix, AZ)

 


Please direct your responses to: sbala@us-buxton.com

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***Immediate interviews

Location : Phoenix, AZ
Duration : 1 year+

Managing Infrastructure operations projects Coordinating between Product Development Managers, release engineering, InfoSec and Infrastructure project managers.
Project management tasks including, but not limited to:
* Defining project schedules and resource requirements based on planning methodologies, deliverables, schedules, and tasks.
* Facilitation, coordination and project management of cross functional team tasks and activities.
* Interpretation of validated scope and translation to resource requirements and activities.
* Facilitating scope validation meetings.
* Working with functional managers to book required resources to project teams.
* Working with cross-functional teams including Operations to ensure project task accuracy and drive resolution of issues and constraints.
* Evolving project management process and tools to increase efficiencies of Project Management as a whole.
* Communicating planning and schedule status, issues and risks in a timely manner.
* Identifying and resolving problems, planning issues, and project changes. Escalation of unresolved issues requiring senior management attention.
* Leading project teams and projects to overall success.

Required skills:
* At least 5 years of experience as Project Management
* Experience managing several operations project in high availability and customer facing on-line e-commerce environment
* Experience with managing Infrastructure, Operations and InfoSec projects
* Experience in problem solving, process improvement methods, and business re-engineering methodologies
* Proven track record in process definition and improvement initiatives.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills.
* Experience in project management process; knowledge of project management software tools, templates and management techniques.
* Advocate of project management discipline and practices, Project Management Office experience a plus.
* Ability to work with and communicate to teams to create and modify project plans and resource schedules.
* Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills required.
* Ability to communicate technical concepts and plans.
* Experience in gathering requirements from users and facilitating the creation of technical requirements and specifications.
* In-depth experience with MS Project to build and maintain project plans.
* Demonstrated attention to detail through project management related work. Tracking and attention to detail are critical in this role.
* Able to plan and prioritize multiple tasks effectively.
* Keen to learn and adopt new technology and principles.
* Superb analytical skills: both technical and process improvement oriented.
* Able to work both independently and as a team member.
* Able to independently drive projects through to completion
* Analytical and have good problem solving skills Ability to achieve project goals in a fast paced environment with multiple conflicting priorities

****Please send resumes to Shanthi at sbala@us-buxton.com

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