• Phoenix, AZ 85007
• Salary: per hour
• Full time Contract

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directs and monitors all activities for large, high risk, major software technology-based projects from initiation to delivery; projects cross platforms, applications, and/or business lines
• Works with stakeholders to develop technology concepts, requirements, design alternatives, project schedules, and costs for new systems initiatives
• Plans and directs complex program schedules and budget, monitoring project status in comparison to cost/time projections
• Provides consistent and comprehensive status reports, project updates, and ongoing cost analyses, significant issue management and resolution, communication with business lines and technology management, often at senior management levels
• May act as an internal consultant within technology and business groups to re-engineer technical processes for greater efficiency
• May serve as a lead by providing direction to less experienced technical project management staff while serving in a project leadership role
• Manages and drives multiple projects involving software development, data integration and management, manages deliverables to aggressive time lines while maintain high quality, cost efficiencies, and defined scope
• Analyze and manage all phases, dependencies, risks, and strategy to meet project and account objectives from concept to post implementation support
• Analyze and manage project performance including all phases, dependencies, risks, and strategy to meet project and account objectives from concept to post implementation support
• Delivers work effort and project artifacts that demonstrate a commitment to transparency and traceability
• Define, analyze, and interpret all project metrics, track project issues and risks and drive issue resolution to closure
• Assess impact to cross-functional teams internal to as well as external to IT Department team
• Facilitate project reviews and working sessions; document and communicate status, decisions, actions, and issues internally to Senior Management to align for customer communications and project stakeholders
• Directs the activities of project support staff and sub-contractors and is responsible for ensuring appropriate resources are allocated and maintained to facilitate the successful completion of the project
• Continuously ensuring resource planning matrix is reviewed and updated to support ongoing Scrum projects
• Ensures the ongoing process/system capability associated with projects and manages any changes required to meet or exceed the expectations established in project designs
• Works with product owner to coordinate training plans for newly released functionality
• Works with system users to capture system deficiencies and work with product owner to manage change control
• Identify/recommend process improvements when gaps are uncovered

REQUIREMENTS

• BS Degree CS or MIS or equivalent
• 5+years’ experience in project management roles
• PMP, Six Sigma, Agile certification strongly preferred
• Proficient in project and program management techniques, understands multiple software development methodologies, and uses current tools and techniques to monitor and measure project and program performance
• Ability to use technical knowledge and analytical skills to identify solutions and workarounds to impediments
• Aligns tactical project and program objectives with ADE’s strategic goals
• Listens, asks appropriate questions, and respects the viewpoints of others
• Builds mutual trust and encourages respect and cooperation among team members; builds morale and team productivity by recognizing and praising the efforts and achievements of the team
• Works effectively across team boundaries; develops and maintains constructive and cooperative working relationships with others
• Demonstrated ability to use discretion and make sound decisions
• Ability to excel in a collaborative and distributed team environment
• Ability to work with a minimal amount of direction while being pro-active in keeping their management informed of project related issues
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to respectfully question ideas and share a point of view with others in support of the business requirements and needs
• Ability to effectively communicate with various levels of employees ranging from entry level to senior leadership
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time and shift priorities quickly
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong aspiration to learn new technologies

Position Description

• Proven strong relationship-building and communication skills with team members and business users
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Experience in the education industry preferred