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Job Order: 11607

Title:IT Project Manager
Type Position: 12 months Contract to Hire
Estimated Start Date:2/27/2012
Location: Columbus OH

Job Description:

Individual will be responsible for managing multiple projects in the Commercial Operations area.  Some of the possible project assignments include managing business applications remediation for ACE - Workstation initiative and other O&M efforts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Project Manager for current approved projects listed above, as well as, other possible projects where applicable.
• Interact with stakeholders across multiple business units and IT to identify and prioritize project tasks, and schedule tasks in accordance with AEP and project delivery guidelines and methodology.
• Promote adherence to standards with regard to methodology, documentation, and quality assurance.
• Solicit input to ongoing and future project initiatives, and schedule project resources for delivery in accordance with priorities and methodology.
• Work closely with stakeholders (business and IT) to resolve conflicts in prioritization and staffing.
• Track and communicate status at both a detailed (task) level and a summary (sub-project or release) level for a variety of audiences, from the project team to executive sponsorship.
• Track project issues and assign responsibility to resolve.
• Schedule/facilitate meetings to provide project status / reviews as required to keep stakeholders adequately informed on project status.
• Communicate any concerns with issues that may impact project schedule, budget or quality to the project sponsor and stakeholders.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Detailed project planning skills using Microsoft Project 2007
• Professional, Microsoft Project Server, Portfolio Server and Earned Value Management.
• Requirements gathering and change management capabilities.
• Deep commitment to solid project planning and managing project costs, chedules and business benefits.
• Ability to gain consensus and buy-in with regard to project schedule by gathering detailed task estimates, gathering/balancing priorities, and managing expectations.
• Experience reporting both detailed and summary-level status for both
• IT and business unit management.
• Experience managing multiple project initiatives as part of an overall long-term project plan.
• Experience managing delivery of IT application development deliverables for a variety of platforms and varying technologies.
• Deep knowledge of Systems Development Lifecycle and ability to customize the development approach to achieve quality and delivery goals.
• Experience with project planning for iterative-based delivery.
• Strong written and oral communications skills, with emphasis on the
• ability to communicate to various constituencies including technical staff, IT management, business subject-matter experts and business staff with varying degrees of IT familiarity.
• PMP certification not required.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Successfully obtaining the following Microsoft certifications is desirable:

• Microsoft Project 2007, Managing Projects
• Microsoft Project Server 2007, Managing Projects
• Microsoft Project Server 2007, Enterprise - Managing Projects
• and Programs
• Utilities industry experience preferred.

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