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*Only W-2 candidates who are local to the Orlando area will be considered, no C2C* Computer Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) is seeking a talented Senior Technical Project Manager to join our Client's dynamic team. Job at a glance: • This is a long-term contract, with an initial term of 12 months, planned for extension and/or permanent placement • Eligible to sign up for benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401k) on day 1 • Hybrid position, onsite 2-4 days/wk Job Summary The Senior Technical Project Manager is responsible for delivering complex software development projects working with teams across multiple disciplines in a geographically dispersed organization, including working with vendors. The Senior Technical Project Manager will concurrently manage multiple medium to large digital projects across web and mobile applications, and/or one or more specific tracks within much larger scale programs, with oversight from a Program Manager. The Senior Technical Project Manager ensures on-time and on-schedule delivery for their projects working closely with Product, Technology, and Design. Key Responsibilities include: Project Estimation • Facilitate scope definition, and high-level planning, discovery, and estimation workshops for projects with cross-functional teams • Quantify cost factors to deliver project deliverables including resources, project oversight, objective risk and related contingency • Document key assumptions and dependencies established through estimation activities • Prepare and present high-level plan with estimates for executives and cross-functional leaders based on estimate outcomes Project Planning • Create project schedule and communication plans • Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones and deliverable tasks • Establish project financial forecasts including resource plans and other expense plans • Develop the project plan and schedule with cross discipline functional leads • Ensure necessary steps and dependencies to deliver projects and components are established • Validate that scope can be completed within timeline and budget • Estimate resource needs with help from functional leads Project Delivery • Confidently lead and drive cross-functional projects, and individual project tracks of large programs through full delivery life-cycle ensuring project is delivered on-time and on-budget • Manage resource assignment, budget, scheduling, and scope prioritization, and change control • Work with cross discipline team members to validate project assumptions and review project plans with leadership • Ensure proper documentation of scope of work with help from cross discipline functional leads • Serve as primary liaison among multiple teams, including Product Management, Design, Technology, vendors and other key functional delivery teams for the project (when appropriate) • Communicate regular updates to project and executive leadership team on delivery progress, plan updates and budget spend and forecast, including status report updates, financial/budget/variance reports, and other reporting as required • Monitor adherence to schedule and milestone commitments • Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation • Prevent scope creep, record causes of change, and facilitate change requests to ensure impacts to schedule or budget, as well as forecasts, are approved and communicated in a timely manner • Use metrics, including burn-down charts, to drive performance, efficiency and forecast improvements • Ensure proper project closure including retroactives/lessons learned, transition and hand-off to production operations support, and final financial reporting Job requirements: • 5+ years of relevant work experience in project management • Strong project leader with experience in leading large, multidisciplinary digital teams • Agile delivery experience • Experience in a matrixed responsibility organization working with multiple Product Managers per effort • Strong experience facilitating the gathering and development of requirements for complex solutions • Possesses significant practical experience in the basics of project management (estimation, project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, communication planning). • Experienced in multiple full lifecycle software deliveries from business development to final software acceptance • Led teams with multiple discipline represented (including product management/strategy, technology, design, SEO, and analytics) • Proven accomplishment as a driver of multiple projects running concurrently • Proven track record managing individual project budgets and budget roll-up of multiple projects • Demonstrated analysis/assessment capabilities • Able to confidently lead teams to a successful delivery approach • Able to work both collaboratively and independently while maintaining a high level of productivity • Able to work under tight timetables and high pressure situations • Thrive in a fast-paced environment and able to juggle, shift gears, and maintain a sense of humor; deliver under extreme deadlines and intense business environment • Must possess excellent business communication, writing, and interpersonal skills • Proactive and solution-oriented when managing issues • Comfortable when communicating with executive level (Directors, VPs) in presentations, working sessions, and 1-on-1 interactions • Practiced in negotiating with others in ways that result in win/win agreements and outcomes • Must be open to coaching and guidance • Exhibit good judgment skills on when to seek guidance and when to escalate risks and issues #INDGEN #ZR

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Only W-2 candidates who are local to the Orlando area will be considered, no C2C*
Computer Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) is seeking a talented Senior Technical Project Manager to join our Client's dynamic team.
This is a long-term contract, with an initial term of 12 months, planned for extension and/or permanent placement
Hybrid position, onsite 2-4 days/wk
Project Estimation
Facilitate scope definition, and high-level planning, discovery, and estimation workshops for projects with cross-functional teams
Quantify cost factors to deliver project deliverables including resources, project oversight, objective risk and related contingency
Document key assumptions and dependencies established through estimation activities
Prepare and present high-level plan with estimates for executives and cross-functional leaders based on estimate outcomes
Project Planning
Create project schedule and communication plans
Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones and deliverable tasks
Establish project financial forecasts including resource plans and other expense plans
Develop the project plan and schedule with cross discipline functional leads
Ensure necessary steps and dependencies to deliver projects and components are established
Validate that scope can be completed within timeline and budget
Estimate resource needs with help from functional leads
Project Delivery
Confidently lead and drive cross-functional projects, and individual project tracks of large programs through full delivery life-cycle ensuring project is delivered on-time and on-budget
Manage resource assignment, budget, scheduling, and scope prioritization, and change control
Work with cross discipline team members to validate project assumptions and review project plans with leadership
Ensure proper documentation of scope of work with help from cross discipline functional leads
Serve as primary liaison among multiple teams, including Product Management, Design, Technology, vendors and other key functional delivery teams for the project (when appropriate)
Monitor adherence to schedule and milestone commitments

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Dental

Vision

401k