Project Manager- Newark, NJ

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface.
• Manage technical scope, cost, and schedule of assigned tasks or functions of the project.
• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.
• Lead project team members such as executives, line of business subject matter experts, controllers, and schedulers through the lifecycle of a project.
• Lead end-to-end ServiceNow project delivery encompassing HAM and SAM modules.
• Manage project teams that typically include multiple vendors with onshore and offshore resources.
• Create project management plans, set expectations, execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
• Coordinate with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
• Ensure that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
• Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
• Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals.
• Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards, and project updates.
• Actively monitor, track, and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, Information Technology, Computer Science or related degree with 5+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager.
• Experience managing ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management and Software Asset Management (HAM/SAM) projects.
• Previous IT project management experience for a utility.
• In-depth Project Management experience handling Project Financials, Schedules, Scope, and Testing with strong communication/presentation skills.
• Solid understanding and previous experience of Project Management and Project Management Office processes and procedures.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships, partnerships, and external networks.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment while keeping the team informed.
• Excellent customer-facing skills.
• Excellent decision-making and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet or similar project management tool.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation and drug urinalysis.

Nice to Have

• PMP or equivalent certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager.

Benefits & Perks

• Estimated pay range from $47.19 to $67.42 per hour.