project manager iii - 1153.

job summary:
This Senior IT Project Manager is accountable for the on-time, on-budget delivery of a project to implement a new grid Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) solution. The PM is responsible for planning and executing the work, managing a cross-functional team comprised of employees, contractors and vendors at distributed work locations, mitigating issues and risks, and communicating status. The PM is also responsible for forecasting costs, tracking actuals, and explaining variances.

 
location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
job type: Contract
salary: $75.00 - 78.78 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:
Leads the project planning effort, including the definition of the deliverables and the required delivery dates, creation of a logical work breakdown structure, definition of major project milestones, and accumulation of all project cost and benefit estimates.

Prepares and manages project management reports, timelines, budgets, and documentation. Creates and manages project financials including budgeting, forecasting, actuals tracking and variance analysis.

Identifies risks and issues and provides effective mitigation. Drives project activities and resolves/escalates issues as needed.

Understands business objectives and clearly communicates status and priorities to project stakeholders and team members.

Drives work activities through all project phases and adheres to governance standards.

 
qualifications:
Minimum 10 years of project management experience, with management of a $5M project budget or greater.

· Proven experience managing large scale software implementations.

· Proven experience managing requirements specification, design activities, implementation/coding/configuration, testing and final deployment.

· Proven vendor management experience including SOW creation, financial control, and aggressively driving vendor to meet date and budget commitments.

· Proven experience on a project with a large number of impacted users, (i.e., at least 250 users) and managing the associated change management.

· Strong verbal and written communication skills.

· Experience in managing project budget forecasts and actuals.

· Experience with accrual-based accounting.

· Experience with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.

· Utility operations experience preferred.

· Utility regulations and policy experience preferred.

· DERMS experience preferred.

 
skills: Minimum 10 years of project management experience, with management of a $5M project budget or greater.

· Proven experience managing large scale software implementations.

· Proven experience managing requirements specification, design activities, implementation/coding/configuration, testing and final deployment.

· Proven vendor management experience including SOW creation, financial control, and aggressively driving vendor to meet date and budget commitments.

· Proven experience on a project with a large number of impacted users, (i.e., at least 250 users) and managing the associated change management.

· Strong verbal and written communication skills.

· Experience in managing project budget forecasts and actuals.

· Experience with accrual-based accounting.

· Experience with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.

· Utility operations experience preferred.

· Utility regulations and policy experience preferred.

· DERMS experience preferred.



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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.