Project Manager for Enterprise Systems

Job Summary
Position Title: Project Manager for Enterprise Systems
Location: Princeton, NJ
Duration: Long Term
Mode of interview: Telephonic & F2F

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Looking for consultants having experience on Application side, web based development. (Not into Networking or Infrastructure)

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Position Summary
The Project Manager for Enterprise Systems position is responsible for successfully managing multiple, complex, cross-departmental projects involving changes to business processes, selection of software solutions, and IT system implementations.
This position will report to the Strategic IT Consultant Manager, Office of Information Technology and carries the responsibility to lead departments, technical staff, and user communities, including faculty, through a variety of campus-wide IT projects.
Responsibilities

• Partner with the project sponsor to identify, prioritize and sequence the project goals.
• Manage the vendor relationships to ensure quality deliverables promptly.
• Anticipate, identify and mitigate people/organizational risks associated with a project that represents cultural and operational changes.
• Identify and help resolve project issues in an efficient and timely manner.
• Serve as an advocate for project end-users and key stakeholders by working with the project team and advisory groups to identify and increase the awareness of end user and critical stakeholder impacts, and assist organizations in developing a plan to manage change for these groups to ensure their support and participation in this initiative.
• Provide standard project management deliverables as described in the Clients Project Management Methodology (PPMM).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand, document, and prioritize requirements.
• Identify and refine processes where the proposed system will integrate with other departments and applications.
• Produce clear and detailed project documentation. Maintain all documentation in an approved repository.
• Produce an estimated implementation schedule, spending plan, and business case to secure funding for the chosen solution.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Essential Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of verifiable project management experience leading software product assessments and deployments.
• A demonstrated knowledge and understanding of project management principles and methodologies and successful implementation of IT projects in a complex organization
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral, to a diverse audience, including active listening skills
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, collaboration and customer service skills
• Ability to successfully handle multiple tasks and deadlines at once, and be able to determine appropriate priorities; must be able to make independent interpretations and make appropriate decisions that are in the best interest of the organization and that are consistent with the objectives of senior management.
• Ability to work efficiently at all levels of the organization and influence others to progress toward a shared vision or goal
• Excellent analytic, problem-solving and root-cause identification skills
• Ability to balance attention to detail while maintaining focus on the big picture
• Experience with packaged software implementations, including testing, writing end-user documentation, and training end users.
• Ability to read, create, interpret, and understand database schemas, flowcharts, requirements, specifications, user guides, sequences of operation, and other technical data; ability to understand and analyze the complexities of software applications.
• Good working knowledge of software and the related infrastructure in a production environment including computer operating systems, databases, networks, security, interfaces, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Previous experience working in higher education

• Current Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.