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ID
#45981597 -
Job type
Permanent -
Salary
TBD -
Source
Apex Systems -
Date
2022-09-24 -
Deadline
2022-11-22
Remote Project Manager
Illinois, Oakbrookterrace, 60181 Oakbrookterrace USAPermanent
Vacancy expired!
- Remote
- Projects are managed and delivered using Azure DevOps (ADO). Deliverables include:
- Creating and maintaining project plans in ADO
- Identifying, reporting, and escalating risks and issues using ADO
- Define, groom, and prioritize epics, features, and user stories
- Facilitate Product Backlog Grooming Meetings
- Facilitate Release Planning Workshops
- Produce Release Plan
- Facilitate Sprint Review and Retrospective Meeting
- Implement sprint process improvements
- Manage and monitor project costs against budget
- The project manager will be responsible for planning, managing, monitoring, and controlling the implementation of Informatica's Cloud Data Governance & Catalog (CDGC) product while working with a cross-functional team of product managers, enterprise architects, business analysts, and 3rd-party vendors. This product enables GT to: scan our data repositories to create a data catalog; curate metadata for those assets; develop relationships and lineage between assets; classify assets according to our Data & Information Classification Policy; and build an enterprise business glossary to foster common understanding of concepts across business areas.
- The project manager will also work with the team on an effort to expand identifier data within Informatica and across a number of Grant Thornton's critical IT systems to meet the demands of a quickly growing workforce. This initiative is heavily focused on work with integrations and data lakes.
- Bachelor's degree in a related business field.
- Successful Agile project/program management experience; at least 3 in the professional services sector with an emphasis on technology and culture initiatives.
- Proven ability to prioritize and drive solution-centric efforts across a geographically distributed Agile teams of business and technology professionals.
- Strong background/experience with the utilization of digital, cloud-based emerging technologies and data analytics to drive innovation and client service.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills - Ability to communicate difficult subject matter in a clear and concise fashion and enable successful delivery of innovation.
- Ability to effectively execute job duties in a collaborative manner and with sound judgement, pragmatism, and a bias toward results.
- Self-confident, is comfortable presenting information to large groups of people, facilitating meetings, and building consensus.
- Strong and demonstrated skills in conflict resolution, collaboration, negotiation, influencing, and leadership.
- Strong organizational skills including critical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
- A practitioner of project management with multiple years of experience and practical application of various Agile project management methodologies, tools, and tactics.
- Highly action-oriented, with a leadership style characterized by strong influencing skills; someone who is a change agent who can build collaborative relationships.
- A practical project and change practitioner who delivers services with a pragmatic approach to solving business challenges.
- An advocate of continuous process improvement and proven experience in driving process efficiency, and simplification.
- An engaging and approachable personality and a significant history of working successfully with all levels of staff, from front-line through senior executive.
- Committed to personal and team excellence and someone who is willing to roll up their sleeves and do whatever it takes to get the job done.
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