Project Manager (Enterprise PMO)

Company: Vaco
Location: Nashville
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

Welcome to Vaco - an uncommon company with an empowered culture. Since 2002, we have grown to over $750 MM in annual revenue and more than 40 locations. With no plans of slowing down, we are seeking big thinkers to lead us into the future.
Ranked the #1 Best Staffing Firm to Work for in North America by Staffing Industry Analysts (Category: 500+ Employees)
An Inc. Magazine's fastest growing company in America every year since 2007.

Summary
This high impact opportunity is the newest role within Vaco's Enterprise Project Management Office (PMO). Immediate project(s) will include management and oversight of technical projects and other strategic initiatives from project initiation to closure.

The Project Manager, Enterprise PMO is an exceptional communicator and influencer. The successful individual possesses strong experience in scoping business requirements with software applications projects, an ability to facilitate discovery/design sessions, experience documenting process flows, and solid understanding of project lifecycles.

Duties and Responsibilities :
Plans and facilitates project meetings to align the project team to methods and goals and to track project tasks.
Manage assigned projects, including its planning, communication, risk assessment, and resources
Establish realistic goals and implement action plans for achieving set objectives
Develop project plans that identify resource and timeline needs
Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness
Evaluate the progress of a project to detect limitations or faults to seek solutions to a more efficient process
Monitors task completion status to identify at risk project tasks and to develop mitigation plans.
Prepares agendas, meeting notes, and project summaries.
Develop internal communication strategies useful in ensuring communication between various departments of an organization
Communicates schedule and changes to all stakeholders.
Coordinate with clients, vendors and suppliers as needed
Motivate team members to meet project goals by effectively carrying out their responsibilities
Allocates resources, budgets, and hours to the project and adjusts allocations when necessary.
Offer solutions effective in meeting set targets and satisfying client requirements
Utilizes appropriate tools to plan project timelines, tasks, milestones, and deadlines.
Manages multiple tasks and responsibilities in high-pressure environments; excelling at pinpointing and resolving problems in early project stages to avoid cost/time expenses.
Other duties as assigned.

Desired Competencies and Skills:
Client Oriented and Facing - builds strong internal and external relationships while delivering customer-centric solutions.
Instills Trust - gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
Communicates Effectively - developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Decision Quality - driving stakeholders to make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Educational and Experience Requirements:
PMP and/or Agile and/or Six Sigma certification preferred
Bachelor's degree in project management or a related discipline. 3+ years of experience in people and resource management are essential to the position

The position is contract-to-hire. Remote candidates considered; however, the ideal candidate will be able and/or willing to be on-site in our Nashville office.

Travel Requirements:
Approximately 25% of work time traveling for key kick-off meetings, company off-site meetings, etc.

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