Senior Project Manager
Apply NowCompany: Cyquent, Inc.
Location: Rockville, MD 20850
Description:
Senior Project Manager
Location: Hybrid in Rockville, MD
Duration: 1 year with option to extend
The ideal candidates should have a practical, action-oriented approach and be confident in collecting requirements and generating key documents like meeting summaries and progress reports. A genuine enthusiasm for a hands-on project management position is essential, along with a readiness to take on the day-to-day responsibilities. It's important to highlight that the role will emphasize execution rather than strategic planning or PMO functions.
Duties:
Oversee information technology projects of the highest sensitivity and complexity.
Execute project plans and revise as authorized to meet changing needs and requirements.
Evaluate the goals, risks and constraints of projects to determine the most efficient and effective project management methodology (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid) to follow.
Assist stakeholders with identifying and documenting business problems and project goals through the completion of business cases.
Facilitate communication, conflict resolution and decision-making processes among multiple stakeholders and proactively remove barriers.
Ensure project needs and objectives are clearly communicated and teams have all necessary information and resources to complete tasks.
Adhere to the defined EPM governance process.
Maintain documentation that reflects any changes to scope, timelines, milestones and deliverables.
Translate and document conceptual customer requirements into functional requirements and user stories in a clear and comprehensive manner.
Proactively keep stakeholders and senior management abreast of the status of projects and have the ability to respond to status requests on demand.
Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards.
Identify and mitigate project risks and issues and implement mitigation strategies.
Must possess at least twelve (12) years of professional, hands-on experience in the information technology field as a project or program manager, with a Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, business or a related field from an accredited college or university. At the time of application, a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
Location: Hybrid in Rockville, MD
Duration: 1 year with option to extend
The ideal candidates should have a practical, action-oriented approach and be confident in collecting requirements and generating key documents like meeting summaries and progress reports. A genuine enthusiasm for a hands-on project management position is essential, along with a readiness to take on the day-to-day responsibilities. It's important to highlight that the role will emphasize execution rather than strategic planning or PMO functions.
Duties:
Oversee information technology projects of the highest sensitivity and complexity.
Execute project plans and revise as authorized to meet changing needs and requirements.
Evaluate the goals, risks and constraints of projects to determine the most efficient and effective project management methodology (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid) to follow.
Assist stakeholders with identifying and documenting business problems and project goals through the completion of business cases.
Facilitate communication, conflict resolution and decision-making processes among multiple stakeholders and proactively remove barriers.
Ensure project needs and objectives are clearly communicated and teams have all necessary information and resources to complete tasks.
Adhere to the defined EPM governance process.
Maintain documentation that reflects any changes to scope, timelines, milestones and deliverables.
Translate and document conceptual customer requirements into functional requirements and user stories in a clear and comprehensive manner.
Proactively keep stakeholders and senior management abreast of the status of projects and have the ability to respond to status requests on demand.
Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards.
Identify and mitigate project risks and issues and implement mitigation strategies.
Must possess at least twelve (12) years of professional, hands-on experience in the information technology field as a project or program manager, with a Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, business or a related field from an accredited college or university. At the time of application, a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.