Ops Project Manager
- Chandler, AZ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Devotes 90% of time to leading and managing projects. 10% of time to team and personal development.
- Hold project team status meetings and monthly update meetings to report on program/project status, issues/risks, and progress to plan.
- Work with internal leadership to help drive best practices, standards, and methodology.
- Ensures the change management process is utilized in order to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Analyze and resolve escalated project issues that have the potential to jeopardize the ability to meet agreed upon deliverables.
- Lead projects relative to milestone completion while managing to resource and financial budgets.
- Develops and implements complete project schedules to ensure required dates are met.
- Monitors and maintain client and internal project executive satisfaction by engaging in weekly or monthly status meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university, plus three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- PMP certification is required within 6 months of placement in PM role.
- Active PMI membership is desirable.
- Must be able to generate and manage detailed project plans.
- Must be able to manage project resources working on multiple projects seamlessly.
- Must be an excellent communicator - both written and oral.
- Must have excellent customer relationship management skills and ability to interface seamlessly with all levels within the organization.
- Must be able to run project update meetings with project teammates (functional and technical).
- Must possess leadership qualities and skills that motivate project team members to drive the project to a successful conclusion.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business/professional journals, technical procedures, or regulations.
- Ability to write reports and/or business correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, other teammates.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft tools including, but not limited to, Microsoft Office, MS Teams, MS Project, MS Project Server, SharePoint Portal.