Project Manager

Apex Systems combines with parent company On Assignment to make it the 2nd largest IT staffing agency in the country.

Apex has an opportunity for a Project Manager role based in Quincy, MA. This is a 6+ month position and the is flexible depending on experience. Here are the details:

Position: Business Project Manager

Location: Quincy, MA

Rate: Negotiable based on experience

Duration: 6+ month contract

Position Description:

Enterprise projects are being rolled out. This project manager will be leading the charge on communicating plans and integrations

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Engages with Project Owners, Executive Sponsors, and project team to establish baseline project objectives, scope, schedule, budget and resources
• Participates in the development of the project charter, obtains stakeholder approval, and manages scope changes over the duration of the project
• Facilitates development of the project Governance working with the business to develop, obtain stakeholder approval, and ensure information remains current and teams are held accountable
• Develops and maintains project plans for each project / program within MS Project for PMO managed initiatives, adhering to the PMO format and at the proper level of detail to adequately track and report on progress
• Provide project teams with agendas and meeting minutes.
• Develops and maintains actions/issue/risk logs for each initiative to appropriately track project/programs actions, issues, and risks to resolution / mitigation
• Develops consolidated, standard, and accurate initiative status reporting, as per the defined schedule, that provides transparency to the project/program progress and any issues or risks that could have a negative impact
• Manage and maintain all project documents within the project website
• Maintains Project Management certification
• Identifies and engages in opportunities to further project management skill set and shares knowledge across the broader team
• Provides clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Facilitates meetings in a professional and efficient manner demonstrating best practices for meeting management
• Works with the business partners and leads to ensure alignment of the scope of the project / program to the overarching ADUSA strategy
• Acts as the objective party, challenging when necessary, to provide transparency project stakeholders
• Has the foresight to understand impacts of change and decisions beyond the immediate results
• Facilitates dialogue between business participants in order to resolve conflicts
• Identifies and escalates critical issues and risks to project sponsors or business leads in a timely manner in order to facilitate a mitigation plan.

Business Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager
• Retail Project Experience

Required Skills: Excel Basic Qualification: Additional Skills: Background Check: Yes Drug Screen: Yes Notes: Selling points for candidate: Project Verification Info: Exclusive to Apex: Yes Face to face interview required: No Candidate must be local: Yes Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship: No Interview times set: Yes Type of project: Project Management Office Master Job Title: Proj.