IT Project Manager

Location: Newport Beach, CA Description: Our client is currently seeking a IT Project Manager Must Have Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phase of project lifecycle, acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issuesJOB DESCRIPTIONUnderstand the objectives of the project and work with IT and business leaders to enable and coordinate delivery executionFacilitate meetings/hold scrums with project managers and leads.Make effective use of available work styles or frameworks, including tools, techniques and templates, processes and governance practicesUnderstand established practices and guidelines and adapt them to the needs of the projectDevelop comprehensive execution plans, including dependencies and resourcesFacilitate and encourage project communication through multiple collaboration tools and methodsManage scope and use appropriate change control or scope management processesManage all aspects of a project to execute against the plan including managing risks and mitigation plans, tracking progress and reporting status, handling changes, facilitating issue resolution, and communicating decisionsMotivate and coordinate team members from various internal departments and vendors, to drive solution deliveryEffectively manage risks, issues and outstanding decisions to rapid closureAbility to manage distributed vendors and managed services providers as part of the project teamsExperience in managing business process improvement effortsManage constraints for effort within a programWork with developers, operations, engineers, analysts and business staff on assigning tasks, establishing project deliverables and scheduling of those tasks and deliverables.Assist IT management with the utilization of resources for project planning activities.Able to manage interdisciplinary projects and teams to ensure deployment of systems and solutionsPossess a strong ability to manage the people side of change, manage resistance and drive adoption of new solutionsAbility to provide robust roles and responsibilities clarity and reinforcement during operating model transitionData-driven, analytical background is a plusSix Sigma/or Kaizen experience preferred, but not requiredExperience with Service/Discipline Development and Operationalization Projects a plusContact: This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com