Hybrid Infrastructure Project Manager

Talascend is currently seeking a hybrid Infrastructure Project Manager for a W-2 contract opportunity with our client in Newark, New Jersey.

Overview
In this role, you will be driving the execution and delivery of IT projects for our electric utility client. Additionally, you will ensure the successful delivery of projects while adhering to the organization's mission, vision, and values. This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and implementing complex large-scale projects to meet organizational goals.

Hybrid Schedule
Onsite: 1 to 2 days a week required 

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.
• 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.
• Coordinates 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related degree.
• 5+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager.
• Previous Infrastructure project management required, particularly with SD WAN, Network segmentation, SASSE, etc.
• Experience with a product selection process required (RFI, RFP, etc).
• 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 required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet or similar project management tool.
• 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 are required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other security guidelines where appropriate.

• Previous IT project management experience for a utility.
• PMP or equivalent.