Project Manager

Redlogik

Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage.Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.

Education

• Master/bachelor sdegree in computers or a related discipline

Management skills

• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
• Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
• Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
• Initiate ,review, or approve modifications to project plans.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects.
• Director coordinate activities of project personnel.
• Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI).
• Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.
• Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
• Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies.
• Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing , and summarizing information and trends.
• Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.
• Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects.
• Establish and execute a project communication plan.
• Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.
• Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.
• Coordinate recruitment or selection of project personnel.
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel.
• Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.

Technology Skills

Exposure orexperience in the following category of technology applications

• Access software
• Industrial control software
• Accounting software
• Information retrieval or search software
• Analytical or scientific software
• Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software
• Application server software
• Map creation software
• Backup or archival software
• Medical software
• Business intelligence and data analysis software
• Metadata management software
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Mobile location based services software
• Communications server software
• Network monitoring software
• Computer aided design CAD software
• Network security or virtual private network VPN management software
• Configuration management software
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General Skills

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Active Learning -Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.