Project Manager I

Denali Advanced Integration is one of the nation’s leading technology integrators by volume and capacity with experience in Data Center, Unified Communications, Mobility and Virtualization. Denali has more than 400 dedicated employees focused on design, architecture, implementation and operations. From Client End Devices to the Cloud, Denali provides service to retail, healthcare, industrial and government environments both domestically and abroad.

The Project Manager I will create the structure and approach that will facilitate the collection, clear communication, and ultimate delivery of project goals and objectives. The Project Manager will work on scopes that are relatively well defined. Project complexity is typically simple to medium involving short durations, 1-3 technical teams and a customer. The Project Manager I is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Independently translate contents of a Client Statement of Work, Letter of Intent or other Work Order into deliverables and milestones for customers
• Ensure that project Requirements are documented and agreed upon
• Establish a project plan that will achieve the project deliverables and milestones
• Responsible for maintaining the detailed project schedule over project duration
• Manage IT projects, project segments, and resources schedules
• Define goals, outline approach, and make adjustments to achieve desired delivery
• Track project changes, produce updates, and report to customer based on agreed schedule
• Provide leadership / direction for the project team including resource assignments for both company and client
• Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• Responsible and must use independent discretion for the following project levels:
• Budget
• Spend to date
• Forecasted Spend
• Assessment of budget burn rate relative to total Project budget, scope and due dates
• Proactively manage escalations
• Ensure billing is correct prior to invoicing
• Create Project controls such as action item lists, risk logs, issues logs, change control, decision logs
• Act as point person for Project level communications that will keep sponsors, stakeholders, business partners, and team leads informed on matters including, progress to plan; key milestones; integration efforts/needs across the program and/or project; risks, issues etc.
• Capable of garnering consensus in challenging circumstances
• Instill confidence of delivery to Clients
• An expert in project team management including dynamics of virtual teams, matrix reporting relationships and cross-functional resource identification and allocation
• Drive operations meetings or other appropriate forum to prospectively manage upcoming milestones, decisions, and plans
• Ensure meetings have structure and clear purpose and goals; facilitate and drive meetings effectively and clearly communicate decisions and action items to team members and relevant parties outside of the team

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Secure stakeholder alignment to scope, resources and timelines
• Utilize strong problem-solving skills to recognize problems and develop corrective action plan
• Work effectively to resolve issues with the team and be able to adapt to diverse interpersonal styles
• Effectively and reliably communicate and influence team members and leaders to enable action and decision making by team and/or governance
• Apply learnings from assignments on prior projects to new projects when applicable
• Displays exceptional verbal, written and listing for understanding skills
• Strong ability to tailor communication style to specific audiences
• Displays ethical work habits every day and in all situations. Conducts work with uncompromised personal integrity, ‘common sense’, and sense of right and wrong – regardless of the situation
• Strong ability to build and maintain rapport and trust by building strong relationships with direct team, leadership, stakeholders, and clients
• Prior healthcare industry experience preferred

Denali Advanced Integration provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.