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Working under the direction of the PMO, this position will manage multiple projects within the NTT Cloud Services Division and is responsible for the entire project life cycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitor & control, closure).

The primary responsibility of the Client Project Manager is to interface with all project stakeholders to take projects from original concept through to final implementation, including handing over to Operations (whether internal to the organization or into the client's support operations).

What you'll be doing

Objectives

• Manage all aspects of project management and project lifecycles by effectively initiating, planning, scheduling, controlling, and bringing to closure multiple projects.

• Develop knowledge and understanding of project management methodology, standards, strategy, quality, and change leadership.

• Demonstrating PM professionalism, passion/enthusiasm for success, providing communication/motivation and creating teamwork and collaboration.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include assembling project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources as needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of projects. Communication with external customers and third parties/vendors is required.

• Create and maintain an effort-driven project schedule for each project by identifying and monitoring: overall project timeline, project milestones, tasks, resources, task dependencies, and critical paths.

• Control and track project performance (scope, time allocations, cost, conversion targets, and quality) by constantly evaluating project progress and conducting regular team status meetings.

• Determine, monitor, and review all project economics, including costs, staffing requirements, resources, and risk.

• Provide leadership, direction and integrate activities with other departments to ensure successful implementation and support.

• Anticipate and identify risks and issues that may impact critical path and deliverables; develop and implement mitigation and corrective actions.

• Monitor and report on the status of project efforts (including weekly time reporting, issue management and risk prevention/mitigation)

• Ensure the project remains focused on key objectives and goals and comply with established methodologies. Develop and manage project expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas are engaged on the project.

• Develop and pro-actively execute project plans from initiation through project closure,applying established PMO standards as applicable to each project.

• Ensure that the project stays on plan by identifying issues and actions and leading team members to resolve issues and complete actions; taking the initiative to make decisions consistent with achieving project objectives

• Identify and manage risks associated with projects and minimize their impact on the project success

• Report on progress and escalate key issues to management in a timely manner to maintain progress

Required Experience

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience

• Experience working in the Information Technology industry

• Change control experience

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent Project Management work experience

Required Skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must be comfortable communicating with C-level staff and possess demonstrated experience in making articulate and effective oral presentations to a variety of audiences

• Strong interpersonal skills: the ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas

• Ability to professionally manage a cross-functional team of multiple project resources (including partner-resources and third-party vendors) effectively

• Detail and big picture oriented

• Self-starter and proactive in fast paced and dynamic environment

• Organization and time management skills: must be able to operate independently with minimal guidance by management and meet deadlines under pressure

• Problem-solving skills with ability to lead root cause analysis

• Experience in meeting planning and facilitation

• Proactive issue and risk identification, tracking, management, and resolution

• Status collection and reporting – via documents and status meetings

• Experience in managing multiple tasks and priorities

• Ability to work in collaboration with project team members

Plus Skills

• PMI CAPM Certification

• Waterfall and Agile SDLC methodology experience

• ITIL Foundation Certification

• Professional Services background

• Financial Services experience/background

• Life Sciences experience/background

• Experience with compliance and audit requirements

• Experience with Microsoft Project

• Experience with ServiceNow preferred

Working Conditions

• General office environment, includes remote

• Occasional travel required (less than 10%)

Workplace type :

Hybrid Working

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.

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