Project Manager I

Job Description

Job DescriptionJob Title: Project Manager I Location: Buffalo, NY Hire Type: Contingent Pay Range: $45.00/hour Work Type: Full-Time Work Model: Remote Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am – 4pm Recruiter Contact: Sean Pebbles | Spebbles@imaginegroup.com Nature & Scope:Positional Overview The Imagine Group is recruiting for a Project Manager I on behalf of our client, a leading financial organization in Buffalo, NY. This role supports a large-scale cloud modernization initiative focused on enhancing and migrating enterprise applications to modern cloud technologies. This resource will contribute to the design, development, and implementation of full-stack solutions while collaborating with engineers, product partners, and Agile team members to deliver scalable, high-quality applications. In this role, you will be responsible for managing multiple small-sized projects under the direction of a more Senior Project Manager. Manages changes to project scope, schedule and costs, using appropriate verification techniques to keep the project plan accurate, updated, reflective of authorized project changes as defined in the change management plan and facilitate customer acceptance. Role & Responsibility:Tasks That Will Lead to Your Success:

• Under direction of a more senior Project Manager, manage multiple small projects. Ensure familiarity with scope and project objectives and establish clear rules and responsibilities for project team members. Projects may be of a technical and/or non-technical nature.
• Develop project plan, forecast and schedule. Work with stakeholders to record detailed project requirements, constraints and assumptions to establish project deliverables, using requirement gathering techniques (e.g. planning sessions, brainstorming, focus groups) and the project charter.
• Ensure plans for assigned projects include work breakdown, project organization chart, cost/budget and communication, risk, quality and resource plans.
• Communicate project plans to affected parties to ensure a common understanding, set expectations and align stakeholders and project team members.
• Ensure execution of tasks defined in the project plan to achieve the project goals. Execute all parts of the project plan and manage the budget/forecast. Monitor and control project work including change controls.
• Measure project performance utilizing appropriate tools and techniques to monitor progress, identify and quantify variances; complete any required corrective actions and communicate to all stakeholders.
• Implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate project risk events. Improve project team performance by building team cohesiveness, leading, mentoring, training and motivating to facilitate cooperation; ensure project efficiency and boost morale.
• Support larger project initiatives working under direction of higher management.
• Under direction of more senior Project Manager, manages smaller projects, responsibility for the projects includes all aspects from initiation to close. Must be familiar with system scope and project objectives, as well as the role and responsibility of each team member, to effectively coordinate team activities.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite.
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the brand.
• Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Skills & ExperienceQualifications That Will Help You Thrive

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years proven general management, project analysis or project management experience, including a minimum of 1 years project management experience, OR in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 4 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 2 years proven general management, project analysis or project management experience, of which a minimum of 1 years is project management experience.
• Proficiency with personal computers as well as pertinent software packages.
• Program governance, RAID/RAIDD Management & Executive Reporting.
• Integrated Planning, Milestone Tracking & Dependency Management.
• Cross-functional Stakeholder Management & Program Coordination.