Senior Project Manager (Remote)

Position: Sr Project Manager

Location: Preferably hybrid in Minneapolis, MN, but open to fully remote candidates.

Duration: 12 month contract +high likelihood for extension or FTE conversion

Payrate: $60-75/hr

Must Haves:

-Minimum 10 years of project management experience, with management of a $3M project budget or greater.

– Background with leading RFP’s for large and complex software implementations and deployments

– Proven experience managing requirements specification, design activities, prototype development, testing and final deployment.

– Proven vendor management experience including leading RFP’s, SOW creation, financial control, and aggressively driving both internal partners and vendor to meet date and budget commitments.

– Experience in managing project budget forecasts and actuals.

Plusses:

• Experience with SAP Work Manager or a similar tool

Day to day:

An employer is looking for a Sr. Project Manager for one of our top utility clients in the Nation. The Sr. PM is responsible for leading an RFP process for implementing a new work order management/time management system. After the vendor has been chosen, the PM will be responsible for planning the work, managing a cross-functional team comprised of employees, contractors and vendors, and mitigating issues and risks. The Sr. PM is responsible for driving work and the System Integrator (SI) to defined schedule, communicating crisply and clearly to both the project team and the project stakeholders, forecasting costs, tracking actuals, and explaining variances. Leads the project planning effort, including the definition of the deliverables and the required delivery dates, creation of a logical work breakdown structure, definition of major project milestones, accumulation of all project cost and benefit estimates. Manages, prepares, and produces project management reports, timelines, budgets, and documentation. Create and manage project financials including budgeting, forecasting and actuals tracking. Identifies risks, issues, and provides effective mitigation. Monitors project activities and resolves/escalates issues as needed.