Mid Level Project Manager
On-site · Lansing, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Mid Level Project Manager responsible for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing projects. Defines, schedules, controls, and adjusts tasks and workloads; guides teams to adhere to disciplined project management practices; manages issues and risks; ensures customer expectations and project commitments are met; communicates project status to customers, management, and the PMO. Leads projects through full lifecycle with regular stakeholder interfaces, budgeting and dashboard reporting, and creation/quality review of project documents. Focuses on delivering scope, quality, and on-time delivery while maintaining professional relationships with vendors and cross-functional teams. Requirements include a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) and 5+ years of full project management experience, strong communication and leadership skills, and proficiency with MS Office and project management tools; PMP certification is preferred.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education, experience and training may be considered in lieu of a formal degree
- 5+ years full project management experience implementing projects through a project life-cycle process
- Proven experience independently leading medium to large sized/complexity high-priority projects (minimum $1M+, 1year+), which often require considerable resources and moderate to high levels of functional integration and interaction with Stakeholders
- A proven background in successful project participation, scheduling and/or delivery
- Excellent customer service, communication, interpersonal and documentation skills
- Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem–solving capabilities
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including management, clients and other departments
- Ability to learn and understand new technologies and how they apply to a project
- Experienced working in and promoting a collaborative work environment through teamwork and respect
- Superb organizational skills and keen attention to detail
- Communicate clearly and concisely with diverse audiences, in both oral and written contexts, and comfortable giving and receiving feedback
- Extremely high standards and a very low threshold for errors and inefficient processes
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Decision-making and leadership capabilities
- Conflict resolution experience
- Experienced in facilitating meetings and presentations
- Proven decision-making and leadership skills
- Negotiation skills
- Experience mentoring and coaching project management staff
- Knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles
- Proven knowledge of MS Office
- Proficiency in project management software tools (e.g. MS Project etc.)
- Proven leadership and organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent problem-solving ability
- Active PMP certification
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