IT Project Manager

Skills

Description

Top 3 skill sets required for this role:

Manage multiple IT/airport projects of varying sizes to support a printer refresh effort.
Be accountable for on-time and on-budget deliverables.
Project management experience (MS Project, Excel, budget/forecasting)
Required:

Successful management of multiple concurrent IT projects
Demonstrated use of Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Visio, and PPM.
Strong written and oral communication skills to appropriate levels within the sponsoring business areas.
Strong interpersonal skills with appropriate levels within the sponsoring business areas.
Team Player: working well in a collaborative setting. Acts as a resource to colleagues with less experience.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

Responsibilities

• The role of the Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize IT infrastructure-related projects in support of our Workspace Solution Printer Refresh and Airport Field Operations projects.
• This includes communicating effectively across teams and with IT leadership, tracking overall project performance, cost, and schedule/milestones, maintaining project scope, and adhering to change management processes.
• The Project Manager is experienced and self-sufficient in performing his/her responsibilities, including project related decisions, requiring little supervision, but general guidance and direction.
• Manage multiple IT/Infrastructure projects of varying sizes to support a printer refresh effort.
• Be accountable for on-time and on-budget deliverables/
• Collaborate with other project managers to assure a consistent implementation of project management disciplines and methodologies
• Coordinate project activities leveraging team members across areas of the enterprise, vendors, external agencies and partners
• Document and actively manage project dependencies, issues and risks to resolution
• Prepare and provide regular updates on progress, risks, issues, etc. to department leadership/sponsors
• Scope, estimate, and plan new IT/Infrastructure projects
• Track, manage, report, and forecast project labor hours and project financials
• Track and manage required technology acquisition, working with procurement and vendors to ensure PO’s, delivery, and invoicing are completed in accordance with project schedule
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Educational Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience on Cloud based applications (preferably AWS)
• Familiar with microservice architectures as well as PM tools such as ADO
• Must have previous working knowledge in .NET Framework, C#, MS SQL Server and AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, RDS, and Route53
• Experience in managing AWS migration project is preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
• Experience mentoring, coaching and developing rising talent in the technology department
• Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles
• Prior experience in Airline industry is a plus

Experience Requirements

• Responsible for managing complex and cross-functional project in the Revenue Systems portfolio. These projects will enable United to deliver tools and technology to improve revenue contribution and improve business processes. This work tends to cross many IT and business lines so requires coordination and influence.
• Status updates: manage communication to all groups including working team, stakeholders, peripheral teams and executive sponsors. Create updates and deliver updates when appropriate
• Project scope: understand the project ask, dive into root cause including processes and potential business improvements, and ensure all stages of project are met (requirements, design, funding, build, etc.)
• Financials: put together budget, get approvals from business and IT stakeholders, build business case, submit accurate monthly forecasts, manage the budget
• Project schedule: develop and maintain project schedule. Own the schedule to make sure all relevant teams stay on track