- Company Name
- DataStaff, Inc.
- Job Title
- Project Manager
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Project Manager
**Role Summary**
Lead end‑to‑end IT projects with limited oversight, coordinating cross‑functional teams, managing scope, schedule, and budget, and ensuring adherence to Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies. Serve as primary liaison between clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders, producing actionable project documentation and dashboards to drive transparency and decision‑making.
**Expectations**
- Deliver projects on time, within scope and budget.
- Maintain comprehensive, accurate documentation and project artifacts.
- Effectively prioritize tasks, manage risks, and enact continuous process improvement.
**Key Responsibilities**
1. Collaborate with project managers, clients, vendors, and engineering teams to plan, execute, and close projects.
2. Initiate and facilitate project charters, kick‑off meetings, and stakeholder communication plans.
3. Apply Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban) in a hybrid environment while tracking progress in traditional Waterfall schedules.
4. Manage project tracking tools (Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, SharePoint Project Templates, Project Online).
5. Conduct regular sprint/meeting facilitation, maintain boards/dashboards, capture minutes, and distribute updates.
6. Identify, analyze, and mitigate risks, constraints, and process inefficiencies.
7. Escalate issues to appropriate stakeholders when needed.
8. Draft and maintain ‘how‑to’ guides, procedural documentation, and knowledge bases.
9. Ensure effective communication channels through Outlook Scheduling Assistant and other collaboration tools.
10. Archive project documentation and govern data lifecycle.
**Required Skills**
- 3–5 years of project management experience in an IT enterprise environment.
- Proficiency in Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and Waterfall project tracking.
- Advanced knowledge of Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, SharePoint, and Office 365 (Outlook, Scheduling Assistant).
- Strong written and verbal communication; high‑level editing and documentation skills.
- Ability to extract project scope from contractual documents.
- Data visualization and dashboard creation to monitor team velocity and milestone progress.
- Risk assessment, resource planning, and problem‑solving under changing program demands.
- Attention to detail, organizational rigor, and proactive follow‑up.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Minimum of 2 years of college coursework or an equivalent professional certification (preferred).
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field is preferred.
- Relevant project management certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, or similar) are an advantage.