Identify problems impeding progress and participate in their resolution
* Direct project activities to maintain progress, mutual interaction, and tasks of various parties in such a way that reduces the risk of failure, maximizes benefits, and restricts costs
* Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management, IT analysts, and stakeholders
* Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
* Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
* Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis
* Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
* Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
* Provide motivation for participants by maintaining enthusiasm and providing positive feedback throughout each project's life cycle
* Maintain frequent written and verbal communications with all stakeholders and project participants, ensuring communications are precise, concise, and understood by recipients
* Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team
* Identify and manage project dependencies and critical paths
* Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
* Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations
* Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
* Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle
* Coach, mentor and lead project team members (IT and customers), educating each in the methodology being used and, more importantly, their role in the project's success
* Build, develop, and grow business relationships with project stakeholders at multiple levels and multiple locations vital to the success of the project
* Audit projects to ensure that all team members are following the standard project management process. * Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
* Support continuous improvement and maintenance of project management best practices at Dart
* Work with the IT tools and services teams to continuously improve the project management tool suite and methodologies that are utilized on projects
Requirements and Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree
* At least 4 years of experience as an IT Project Manager
* PMI Certification
* Project Management experience using Microsoft Project and/or Microsoft Project Server
* Experience with a range of Project Management Methodologies - including managing projects with Waterfall and Agile project management
* Experience managing a team of people
* Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
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