11 Jan
IT Project Director Job in Rochester, NY
Vacancy expired!
- Develops and manage the project plan, including allocation of resources across project timeline
- Leads the design, planning, transformational efforts, testing and implementation associated with this project
- Reports on status of key project milestone dates and deliverables to all key stakeholders
- Manages agreed scope, time, and resources to achieve maximum project success
- Identifies, communicates and manages project issues throughout project planning and delivery to minimize overall project risk and ensure transparency
- Facilitates remediation and resolution of risks / issues and escalates as needed
- Creates and manages a project team within approved budget that ensures project deliverables are met on established timelines, in alignment with company values
- Plans, coordinates, deploys, and manages project resources, including consultants, to activities as needed to ensure project success
- Develops a plan for a post-cutover support team that maximizes the effective use of institutional resources
- Develops a decision-making framework to manage any decisions that could impact system configuration, business process design or the end-user experience
- Works with users to understand, document, and enhance business processes and supporting documentation to meet user and business needs.
- Assists in the translation of the business requirements into configurable software components and rules
- Develops and manages robust change management, communications and training plan for all stakeholders
- Provides clear input and direction on training materials
- Coordinates the development and delivery of training, as well as reference materials
- Works closely with leadership to ensure overall success of the program
- Ensures that decisions made during the first phase of the project do not negatively impact the planning and delivery of future phases
- Bachelor's degree in Information Sciences or equivalent
- 4-5 years management level experience
- 5-8 years of project management experience; PMI certification preferred
- 5 years of business process re-engineering and change management experience
- Experience implementing solutions using a SaaS model
- Strong leadership skills, including the ability to drive project execution through individuals for whom he/she has no direct authority
- Proven customer-oriented approach to problem solving; strategic perspective and ability to visualize the desired state
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and to translate business needs into solution requirements
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet required deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Vacancy expired!