EPMO Project Manager

The primary role of the EPMO Project Manager (Tech) at The Judge Group is to work closely with Project Sponsors, Project Owners, Business Analysts, Enterprise Project Management Office, and External Subject Matter Experts. A Judge EPMO Project Manager will be expected to provide ongoing visibility to the EPMO Director, relevant Executive Stakeholders and Project Owner(s). At any given time, it is the responsibility of the EPMO Project Manager to know the status of any project to which they are assigned.

Microsoft Project Professional, Sharepoint and PowerBI will be the primary tools used for the Judge EPMO PM to track deliverables, assign work and present project timelines using Gantt charts and reports as needed. This individual will schedule regular meetings as required with the key stakeholders to ensure the completion of tasks, removal of blockers and maintenance of overall communication of the project to which they are assigned. While Microsoft Project will be regularly employed to help keep projects moving forward, communication within the EPMO as well as Judge leadership will be required. Communicating regularly to the Enterprise Project Management Office concerning current workload and the addition or subtraction of originally scheduled hours on a project is vital. This will ensure that Judge resources are not bogged down with too many projects at once, which in turn will create a lack of efficiency and potential burnout of resources.

Project Management
* Assist in the coordination of project scope creation, and work with the assigned Business Analyst (if needed) to gather the necessary requirements to aid the project initiation/plan process
* Cooperates with Project Sponsor to assure that the product/project vision and high-level business objectives are evident and realistic
* Congregates details from functional/technical leads, and business analyst into a plan
* Collect functional requirements and ensure they are achievable, tracked, and met
* Define, sequence, and estimate activity durations alongside the appropriate project assigned SMEs
* Functions a cross functional resource with the ability to translate technical jargon into digestible information for the business
* Assists in the tracking of project related costs from internal and external resources
* Reports potential variances between approved budgets and project cost actuals
* Plan and estimate activity resources

Organizational Resources
* Manage multiple, concurrent IT projects of various sizes, keeping management updated on measurement criteria
* Act as lead liaison between IT technical resources and business area personnel as required
* Handles work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports, issue management and risk mitigation

Personal Development and Other Activities
* Continually studies within the technical and project management fields to stay current with industry trends and best practices through regular research and professional development.
* Develops and maintains relevant skills to remain agile as the needs of the organization may change over the course of time.
* Performs any other duties and tasks as assigned by management.
* Strong focus on learning the industry and the business to help create solutions alongside project SMEs

Bachelor's Degree Required
* Experience working within IT, ideally in all areas of technical work.
* A general understanding of the steps involved in a highly technical project as it moves through the project life cycle.
* Technical hands-on experience is preferred but not required.
* Minimum of 7 years of relevant IT Project Management experience
* Project Management Certification(s) preferred
* PMP
* CSM
* Other
* Proficient in Microsoft Project Professional
* Proficient in Microsoft Power BI
* Experience in project planning/scheduling including resource management
* Experience in gathering and documenting project scope and requirements
* Proficiency with scheduling software, with a strong preference placed on MS Project, and/or Project Web App
* An understanding of critical path methodology to ensure, and communicate, timely delivery of milestone tasks
* Project management knowledge, along with strong operations and project management skills