Estimated Start: ASAP
Contract: Six Months +
Days: 100% Travel onsite Monday-Thursday
**Managers are looking for Full Conversion PM’s. Some will be local but many will be on-site.
Initial training will be done locally in Nashville, TN.**
The Project Manager of Conversions will be responsible for coordinating and directing activities and resources in support of projects aimed toward client-focused initiatives that are of related high importance to the company’s meaningful use initiatives. Under the supervision of the VP of deployments and working with project managers across departments, the Project Director of Conversions will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, and, ultimately, successful completion of projects to ensure consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals. He/she also has full knowledge of all phases of application systems development life cycle processes as well as ITIL methodology.
Duties:
• Work with project resources in a matrixed environment and negotiate with managers for resource availability.
• Prepare weekly status reports containing Milestones, accomplishments, Risks, Issues, and earned value metrics.
• Able to present and defend the status report in a group setting.
• Hold monthly meetings with stakeholders to review project progress, resolve issues, and support change management policies.
• Build relationship and confidence with stakeholders.
• Do all the above with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work with others throughout the IT environment to effectively lead and deploy software development projects on time and within budget
• Strong understanding of SDLC life cycle with understanding of core PM skills including project charters, project scope, requirements gathering, budgets, burn rates, status reporting, issue tracking, risk mitigation planning, time tracking, change management and communication planning
• Ability to communicate the vision and goal of the project and ensure success of project
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of efficiency
• Strong ability to understand changing requirements and expectations while communicating effectively with functional team and IT organizational team
• Strong understanding of core PM tools including MS Project, MS Office ,Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Contact: MaryBeth Konkowski, [email protected], 615-277-4090
