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Job Description:

12 months consulting

Job Title: IT Project Manager
Location: White Plains
Reports To: Director – Strategic Projects

Summary of Responsibilities:
														
The business analyst / project manager is responsible for the overall coordination and delivery, within agreed time and budget, of all IT project phases for expansion projects and programs.  The business analyst / project manager is also expected to contribute to team operational activities, such as general planning, budgeting, and studies (where appropriate).  The key responsibilities of the position are outlined below:
•	Gathers customer requirements for expansion projects (based on initial requirements set defined during expansion estimate process within system governance flow)
•	Drafts and reviews detailed functional specifications corresponding to commercial requirements.  Works with commercial project leaders to review, edit, and validate specifications as needed
•	Manages the gathering of estimates for all functional works within project scope – also oversees the negotiation process with commercial representatives to define final project scope.
•	Coordinates with IT technical teams, such as development and technical services, to define global project planning and timelines for individual deliveries.  Secures inputs related to technical deliverables.
•	Follows up overall project planning during the implementation of a given project – responsibilities also include communication to commercial representatives in case of emerging risks or cost impacts during the course of the project
•	Coordination of testing campaigns to validate new functionality (including interface with offshore testing team)
•	Lead move to production process for project, including data preparation, end-user training and communication, post-launch validation, etc.
•	Leads project status and steering committee meetings on a regular basis
•	Creates regular status reports, including project status reports, budgetary follow-up documents, and steering committee presentations for review by Director – Strategic Projects, PMO Manager, and other managers/directors where appropriate.
•	Provides regular updates to department senior management as needed, including VP – Client Solutions and CIO
•	Participates to new project studies as required by the Director – Strategic Projects
•	Participates to expansion project scoping and estimate process used to define team budget and project planning for the following calendar year
•	Completion of all administrative activities (vacation planning communication, timesheets, etc.) in a timely manner

Requirements (Skills, experience, education etc.):

Mandatory skills required for the position:
•	4-year college degree in one of the following subjects: Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Management, Statistics, or Mathematics (or equivalent work experience)
•	Minimum 3.0 GPA in undergraduate program
•	1-2 years experience in leadership roles within IT projects, including responsibility for overall delivery
•	3-5 years experience with business analysis roles within an IT project context, with a focus on specifications, project planning, or quality assurance
•	2+ years of experience in the travel or consumer products industries (including positions related to distribution)
•	Knowledge of standard SLDC phases and commonly used methodologies
•	Experience in working with basic budgets and resource planning concepts
•	General with common enterprise technologies and concepts (Java, Oracle, Client/Server Applications, ETL/OLAP, etc.) – in depth technical experience is not required.
•	Ability to work in an independently directed environment, including strong time management skills
•	Flexibility in schedule to accommodate varying deadlines and timescales due to the seasonal nature of the supported customers’ business
•	Experience with all MS Office applications, with focus on MS Excel and MS Access
•	Experience in collaborating with commercial team members on requirements and vision of requirements, with an emphasis on interfacing and presenting to senior commercial managers
•	Willingness to travel up to 10%-15% of time per year
•	Fluency in written and spoken English
•	Ability to operate comfortably in an environment with non-native English speakers representing a variety of different cultures

Recommended skills required for the position:
•	PMP or other accredited project management certification
•	2+ years of working in rail travel business
•	Knowledge of French or any of the following European languages: French, Spanish, German, or Italian
•	Experience in managing members of a project team in a direct report context (or any other general IT management experience)
•	Experience in IT portfolio and/or PMO management

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