Project Coordinator

Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. (DTS) is an award-winning IT consulting firm based in Columbus, OH. We now have an opening for a

• Very strong leadership skills, with proven ability to influence and lead teams to successful delivery while building strong relationships with stakeholders, the business, customers, and project team members.
• Four to five years of experience as project coordinator/project coordinator of application development, infrastructure, process, or business programs and projects.
• Strong experience in financial and budget management and tracking.
• Experience managing project medium to large projects and managing and tracking budgets ranging from $100K to millions of dollars.
• Experience in driving out projects and all deliverables from start to finish.
• Experience in risk and issue management and mitigation; status reporting; scope management; managing stakeholder expectations; tracking project and program plans.
• Experience delivering projects that use Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches.
• Experience in project management and portfolio management tools such as MS Project, Planview, and Excel.
• Ability to think strategically and ensure that the project resources are being used optimally.
• Experience in vendor management and in developing and managing material and service contracts.
• Strong knowledge of performance evaluation and organizational change management principles.
• Ability to communicate at all levels in an organization.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and/or Engineering.
• Knowledge of PMBOK.

• PMP or other project management-type certifications.

• Lead and manage application development, infrastructure, process, or business projects.
• Manage and develop the Work Breakdown Structure and program and project plans.
• Perform scope, schedule; budget; resource, communication, vendor, change, risk, issue, quality, requirements, and stakeholder management.
• Create Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Develop and deliver project status reports.
• Manage and track project budgets ranging from $500K to millions of dollars.
• Perform cost/benefit analyses.
• Serve as a Scrum Master or Iteration Coordinator as needed,
• Use tools such as Planview, MS Project, or others to track projects and manage deliverables.
• Deliver projects that use Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches.
• Be responsible for approval and sign-off of the project plan with stakeholders.
• Manage project scope and gain agreement and approval of scope changes.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives.
• Direct work planning and scheduling design work.
• Manage, and track the project progress against the project plan.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related issues and resolution of issues.
• Develop business cases and coordinate and present proposals as needed.
• Identify, log, track, and manage project risk and develops risk mitigation strategies, and track to closure.
• Ensure team leads adjust and revise estimates when necessary.
• Manage vendor relationships, including resources and vendor contracts.
• Anticipate issues and proactively address them. Resolve conflicts with sensitivity and tact.
• Be accountable for project compliance with standards and procedures.
• Be responsible for the capture and reporting of required project management metrics.
• Develop and facilitate achievement of project service commitments and performance metrics.
• Review the final project management evaluation with stakeholders for approval.
• Communicate effectively with customers and software and hardware suppliers.
• Manage capacity of team members, balance workload, and effectively utilize resources.
• Communicate to team members about their work assignments and impact on project objectives.
• Plan project-specific training.