Sr Project Manager - Atlanta, GA, Onsite

Experienced Project Managers needed for medium to large sized enterprise projects of moderate to high complexity and risk in a fast-paced, hybrid environment. Candidate should have experience in both IT and business projects.

Client has embarked on a multi-year initiative to modernize the existing environment to a more current and cost effective distributed environment. It will involve replacing existing legacy business applications with COTS products or internally developed applications.

• Local Metro Atlanta Candidates
• REQUIRED Certifications MUST be ACTIVE.
• Candidate's resume MUST reflect ALL the REQUIRED skills in their jobs performances

The position, assigned to the Project Management Office, will direct and coordinate project activities, including but not limited to :

Planning

Schedule development and maintenance

Resource tracking

Risk management

Communications management

Reporting

Quality management

Vendor management

Primary duties will be to manage all aspects of the project following PMI best practices and the Client's Project Management Methodology.

Successful candidates will be accomplished project managers who have directed and successfully managed, from start to finish, complex, technology projects with aggressive timelines.

Required Skills : A MUST

Project Management Certification (PMP).

Demonstrated success managing large complex programs / projects utilizing multiple delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM, Kanban)

Documented recent experience in :

o Business requirements gathering.

o Business process documentation.

o full Systems Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies

Candidates must have managed at least two full lifecycle agile software development projects (initiation through deployment / warranty) with project teams in excess of 10 team members, and must have had FULL end-to-end accountability for the project management role. Demonstrated experience managing IT projects that impact across the enterprise Experience must be related to software application development and implementation. Experience collaborating with vendor partners in the delivery of project solutions required.

Well-developed communication skills oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail.

Must have excellent leadership, interpersonal, and motivation skills.

Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint, Visio, MS Office Suite) Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Years of Experience

PMP (PMI) certification - active status (MUST UPLOAD CERTIFICATION)

Required

CSM (Scrum Alliance) certification and / or PMI-ACP certification - active status (MUST UPLOAD CERTIFICATION)

Required

IT process and methodology (agile, scrum)

Required

Business analysis

Required

Integration planning and strategy

Required

Recently managed at least two full lifecycle agile development projects with project teams of >

= 10 members

Required

Vendor management

Required

COTS product implementation

Highly desired

Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint)

Required

Well-developed communication skills oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail

Required

Bachelor's degree in related field

Required

Project Server / Project Online

Nice to have

Brandon Consulting Associates, Inc. is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and has been in business for 29years.