Project Manager, PMO

The Project Manager is responsible for the success of all projects in the portfolio, including documenting project progress, managing resources and identifying critical paths. The project manager plans, executes and delivers all projects on time, within budget and scope in accordance with business priorities. Throughout the lifecycle of each project, the project manager tracks project status and manages project teams to mitigate issues and risks. This role utilizes expertise and leadership skills to direct staff and to ensure that project goals and requirements are met. Responsibilities Direct large-scale, complex projects that may involve multiple internal and external stakeholders Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders Define, create, estimate, and execute project plans for project, portfolio and product prioritization and implementation; coordinate and facilitate delivery of project objectives Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk and stakeholder value Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria Build, lead and mentor multiple project teams throughout project lifecycles Monitor and enforce on-site schedules, milestones and vendor accountability; facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout projects lifecycle Make project related purchases in accordance with policies, budgets and operational demand Create risk mitigation strategies to anticipate, assess and resolve project risks as they are encountered Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the Firm Prepare project status reports and present project performance updates to relevant business stakeholders Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan Ensures all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in business case Establish project management standards and distribute among the IT Department Identify technologies which can streamline and simplify the PMO process Highlight project challenges to the Associate Director, PMO Manage projects, using aforementioned project management standards, as assigned by the Associate Director, PMO Act as IT liaison providing support to the professional departments at the Firm Perform other duties as assigned Education Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience required PMP, Prince2 or CAPM preferred Skills and Experience Minimum of 6 years’ experience managing IT projects in a law firm environment or financial services sector environment Excellent project management and team leadership skills In depth understanding of project management concepts Strong working knowledge of MS Project and other program management tools Understanding of software development lifecycles (i.e. Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Iterative) including project initiation, mobilizing resources in