The American Heart Association (AHA) has an excellent opportunity for a Project Manager, Business Technology supporting the Corporate Administration, Communications, Strategic Integration Portfolio in our National Center office located in Dallas, TX .The primary responsibility of the Project Manager is to, under minimum supervision, establish the work priorities for and direct the efforts of personnel (including their consultants or contractors) involved or to be involved on project controlled tasks to provide required achievement of approved projects objectives.The Project Manager is responsible for five (5) major elements of a project:initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing.
- Manages all projects in accordance with the AHA Program Management Methodology.
- Directs the development of initial and revised detailed scope, project plans and forecasts of the associated resource and scheduling requirements.
- Monitors project activities to completion to ensure adherence with project plan and scope.
- Establishes change control procedures to evaluate and communicate scope changes.
- Provides timely information, minimizes issues or obstacles, and facilitates or coordinates appropriate resources.
- Develops project documentation and deliverables and ensures audit trails are in place for each project.
- Provides analysis and consultation to determine project requirements and scope.
- Maintains effective communications with supervisor, project team members, project sponsor and all facets of the AHA, including Affiliate staff, board members and volunteers, if necessary to ensure project status and issues are known.
- Tracksutilization of project resources and costs to ensure adherence to project budget
- Ensuring projects are completing with the assigned and approved budget, whereby the project manager completes and participates in budget projections for projects.
- Minimum five (5) years of Enterprise Level IT Project Management experience.
- Experience with line of business software concepts, systems and capabilities.
- Must be able to identify, establish and maintain excellent business relationships.
- Ability to work independently with a proven track record in fast paced
- Ability to explain technical concepts in business terms.
- Demonstrated competence and success in prior assignments and personal integrity are absolute requirements.
- Experience with Microsoft Project as well as MS Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point).
- Must have excellent communication skills.
Here are some of the preferred skills we are looking for:
- PMP Certification.
- Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfalland Agile Methodologies.
- Experience with Change Management and working with non-technical subject matter experts.
- End to end understanding of business processes, organization and techniques.