IT Project Manager

Our client in the Park Ridge area of NJ has an excellent opportunity for a IT Project Manager!

Responsibilities:

• Oversee project and resource management from initiation to closure, managing planning, defining the scope, goals, deliverables, and timing.
• Continuously improve the efficiency and clarity of product development and rollout processes, by engaging, communicating and problem-solving with stakeholders across business units, clarifying the scope, timeframe and resources for projects and implementing best practices.
• Organize and facilitate effective and collegial stakeholder meetings, keeping detailed notes, troubleshooting, and communicating action items for follow-up.
• Support project deployments and continuous improvement initiatives working in partnership with units across the company, including operations, tech, marketing, business development, and customer service.
• Analyze business requests to determine how to create successful resolutions. Build strategic business cases with stakeholders.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for execution of projects.
• Communicate consistently and clearly with all project stakeholders, ensuring clarity about the strategy, requirements, timeline, adjustments, and progress.
• Proactively manage risks and competing priorities in a highly fluid and dynamic business environment.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience successfully leading digital projects and product development, with an understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Deep expertise in the software development lifecycle and its management.
• Experience in coding and JavaScript (JS).
• Ability to effectively manage an offshore team and their progress, considering a 12-hour time difference.
• Adroit with project management software (e.g., Jira, Gantt, flow chart tools).
• Familiar with or oversaw: SQL; Jira; Angular JS; Ruby on Rails; WordPress.