IT Project Manager - Contract Position

at Epiq Solutions in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States

Job Description

At Epiq Solutions, we are hiring an IT project manager contractor for 20 hours / week (~ 8a.m. – Noon Central time daily) for 6 months to support successful implementation of IT Migration and Integration Projects.

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams to ensure we meet technical, schedule, and cost requirements.
• Identify and manage risks and issues including prioritization, mitigation, escalation, and resolution.
• Negotiate and agree with stakeholders on achievement of key requirements and objectives of the IT programs.
• Maintain hands-on control of the projects through a process of daily stand-ups, regular project reviews and team meetings.
• Provide program visibility with local and remote team members through the use of collaborations tools (Miro Board currently being used) and regular communication updates.

Responsibilities include:

• Project Manage with the support of IT Director and Integration Leader a diverse range of IT migration and integration projects.
• Drives cross-functional teams in the delivery of complex, diverse and overlapping IT projects.
• Works with stakeholders to gain buy-in and confirm needed resources are available.
• Monitor and create new when needed, detailed master schedules including dependencies, risks and issues.
• Maintains oversight and accountability for IT project performance against an agreed set of metrics.
• Motivates teams ensuring collaboration along with consistent communication throughout the roll-outs, lessons learned after projects to strive for continuous improvement in project results.

Required Skills

• Five+ years of relevant IT project/program management experience with a track record of
• strong performance working on complex cross-functional IT initiatives utilizing a structured
• project management methodology and formal tools/approaches
• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science, or related technical field
• Highly flexible and adaptable to continuous change and growth
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills
• Ability to solve problems with innovative thinking
• Demonstrate integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, self-awareness, work ethic, and empathy

Desired Skills

? PMP certification a plus

? Change management training a plus

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