JOB SUMMARY: The Project Manager is responsible for leading a cross departmental team to fulfill project goals and objectives. He/she is responsible for managing risk, quality and progress of projects to organizational standards, and ensures projects are completed on time, on budget, to quality standards, and within agreed scope. The projects will tend to be medium to high complex in nature, has multi-department to enterprise-wide impact, and require a medium to large body of project resources.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation:

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
Effectively, communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
Track project milestones and deliverables.
Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
Conduct project post mortems (i.e. lessons learned) and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required staff time.
Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate project team members and staff.
Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.

Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily comprehensive.