The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Project Specialist II - PMO manages the implementation of enterprise-level projects across the organization, coordinating with internal and external resources to ensure projects are completed on-time, within budget, and to stakeholder expectations.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Manage multiple projects from beginning to end, ensuring projects are completed timely, within budget, and to stakeholder expectations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables in support of business goals. Identify resources required to achieve project goals.
- Effectively communicate project expectations and requirements to project team members and delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate resources.
- Prepare and maintain project documentation, e.g., project charters, project plans, requests for proposals, process maps, requests for proposal, and business requirements.
- Track tasks and projects’ status and prepare reports for management.
- Identify, acquire, and manage third party vendors for required project resources.
- Negotiate and obtain project statements of work, quotes, and contracts.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope. Identify potential risks and devise contingency plans.
- Provide post-implementation support as needed.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree. Equivalent combination of applicable education, training, certification, or experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Skills/Experience:
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong project management skills. Demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple projects.
- Strong organizational skills. Demonstrated ability to respond to changing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, demanding working environment.
- Effective group facilitation skills.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to successfully lead project teams composed of diverse team members from all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to influence others and influence change. Ability to establish credibility and be decisive.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to interact with diverse team members and build effective working relationships with team members at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
- Unequivocal commitment to the highest standards of personal and business ethics and conduct.
- Mission-driven, guided by core values, and a pleasure to work with.
Experience Requirements
- Five years of project management experience.
- Two years of experience using project planning tools, e.g., Microsoft Project.
Preferences
- Three years of experience managing vendor performance.
Certifications & Licensure
- Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 24 2019
Active Until:
Sep 25 2019
Hiring Organization:
Save the Children US
industry:
Nonprofit