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Project Manager

Lenexa, KS 66219

Posted: 08/01/2024 Employment Type: Direct Placement Job Category: IT Manager or IT Leadership Job Number: 16668

Job Description

Adaptive Solutions Group is a premier provider of information technology personnel. We provide a variety of technical professionals available for contract, contract to hire, or direct placement positions to companies in and around the Kansas City and St. Louis areas.

We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our team.


Responsibilities
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
  • Serve as the Business Partner for one or more assigned Divisions and demonstrate a passion for understanding the business and what is trying to be achieved, balanced with good communication and rapport with the technical IT team to build/buy and deliver solutions.
  • Direct and manage project development from beginning to end, including all project documentation, stakeholder management, and coordination of project team to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
  • Monitor the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending.
  • Coordinate work activities of cross-functional teams by scheduling tasks, setting work priorities, and directing the work of assigned project team members.
  • Develop and deliver project status reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to wide audiences including senior management.
  • Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
  • Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
  • Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project life cycle.
  • Coach, mentor, and motivate project team members and vendors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
  • Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team with minimal assistance.
  • Monitor and track all escalated issues to resolution.
  • Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
  • Understand business impacts of issues and how they relate to IT-owned solutions.
  • Where required, negotiate with other department managers for required project team resources.
  • Provide reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems including evaluation of new technologies to improve existing functions.
  • Serve as liaison between the IT Division and the Business to ensure all implementation requirements and targets are met.
  • Lead project management process improvement efforts.
  • Work with business users to identify and document business requirements and process improvements.
  • Analyze existing business process requirements, prepare requirements and specifications, and evaluate and recommend process changes or IT solutions.
  • Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and project management techniques.
  • Develop requests for proposals (RFP), manage responses, analyze results, present findings, and arrange for demonstrations as applicable.
  • Provide mentoring and support to other project managers and business analysts.
  • Develop business cases for system enhancements and new project requests.



Qualifications
  • Assist in the implementation of project management tools and methodologies.
  • Assist in the creation of standard templates for project management deliverables.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Adaptive Solutions Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, STD/LTD, life insurance coverage, 401k, paid vacation and holidays.

Adaptive Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
 

Job Requirements

ERP, SCADA, PMI

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