Project Manager

Project Manager

• Project Initiation & Planning
• Develop project charter / project scope and obtaining buy-in from project stakeholders
• Work with project members to develop project plans in accordance with NSRI Guidelines and gain consensus
• Understanding project interdependencies across their service or project and to account for those dependencies in planning
• Update and provide input to the overall master project roadmaps
• Identify or require skill-set and competencies to ensure that the project needs will be met andsecuring of such project resources based on project plan schedule
• Project Execution and Control
• Manage and report project schedule including critical path status, impacts and dependencies
• Scope change management
• Proactively address risks & issues, evaluating impact on critical path (if any), and developing / implementing counter measures to prevent reoccurrence
• Ensuring that the resources assigned to the service or a to a specific project are fully utilized according to the pre-defined allocation
• Facilitate project status meetings with internal team and project stakeholders on a daily basis that includes preparation of a formal meeting agenda, review of project schedule / tasks, discussion of project issues / risks, and documentation of formal meeting minutes / action items
• Develop project status reports and other required artifacts (e.g., progress curves) and report to PMT Group Lead
• Escalating major risks and issues to management and / or to the business stakeholders in a timely manner
• Management and Practice Building
• oster open communication within the teams being managed and motivate these teams through individual and team recognition on a consistent basis
• Quickly mitigate team conflict and communication issues
• Pro-actively suggesting areas for improvement in internal processes and provide possible solutions
• Keep project teams aware of relevant program / project related information including program schedule, organizational information, etc.