MARS Solutions Group Hiring for Network Project Manager Job at Glendale, WI Full Time

MARS Solutions Group is recruiting for Network Project Manager for our valued partner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is a fully onsite role.

Client Industry: Industrial

Location: Glendale, WI

Remote/Onsite: ONSITE

Job Type: 6+ Month Contract

Description:

Role Specifics:

• Manage 3rd party supplier relationship to ensure accountability and delivery dates are met
• Liaise with technical teams, using Network migration and implementation experience to drive delivery, identify potential gaps and find solutions
• Work with Delivery Teams to coordinate new network circuit orders, provisioning, equipment installs, relocations, and decommissioning
• Have an ability to understand organizational and project finances, including CAPEX and OPEX splits, profit and loss and accruals. Be comfortable with financial approval processes.
• Work as a collaborative member of the Global IT PMO Team, supporting colleagues as necessary
• Be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, understanding their audience
• Must be driven, delivery focused and tenacious. Must enjoy a challenge.

Overarching principles:

• Responsible for managing the overall planning, execution and delivery of projects including
• Defining the project charter, roles, tasks, milestones, budgets and measures of success
• Develop detailed integrated project plan and consolidated resource plan
• Help teams manage their finances by facilitating feature and capability estimations, tracking execution, and ensuring adherence to Lean Budget Guardrails
• Manage project economics, including CARs, VMO go requests, planned cost, actual cost, and variance
• Track spend against program budget and intra-program dependencies
• Creating and maintaining project documentation
• Facilitating day-to-day coordination while adhering to standards and sponsor expectations
• Acting as the link between the assigned project resources and key stakeholders
• Ensuring project closure including completion of lessons learned and required documentation
• Use disciplined project management methodology to define scope, develop project plan, and execute projects that adhere to guidelines and deliver within cost and schedule.
• Cross-business unit/IT communication, influence and negotiation required.
• Responsible for tracking project status and managing project issues and risks
• Monitoring projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress/quality, managing issue resolution
• Managing the process to assess gaps and develop action plans to address these gaps
• Promoting and monitoring compliance activities with audit and information policies
• Develop robust project risk management plans to ensure timely delivery, testing and commissioning of all projects with no impact to business continuity.
• Responsible for building and leading effective project teams
• Liaise with IT Business Partners and with the Solution Delivery teams to be sure that outcomes are being delivered on-time, in-scope, and on-budget; facilitate mitigation planning as needed
• Using problem-solving/critical thinking skills, and independent thinking to overcome challenges.
• Communication to project team members, key stakeholders and sponsors
• Adapting to cultural and organizational climates across global team.
• Manage individual work styles and development of project staff
• Serve as primary contact to senior department managers for critical change initiatives within a highly matrix environment.
• Work with cross-functional team, contractors, and vendors to deliver critical projects.

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required;
• One year or more of Project Management experience in a large multi-unit organization required.
• Experience in a project manager role with at least one networking project, preferably with , global teams, other project managers, and application leads.
• Project Management Accreditation (APMP, PMI, Prince 2 or equivalent) preferred.
• Good project management skills. Knowledge of project management vocabulary and terminology. Mastery of project domain.
• Strong communication, negotiation, analytic, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills. Cultural adaptability.
• Virtual and remote team management experience
• Independent and innovative spirit. Flexible and responsive to input.
• Needs to demonstrate Servant Leadership. The PM must demonstrate that he/she is there to help achieve the project outcomes/meet the needs of the customer.
• Routers switches and access points.
• Installing/decommissioning.

MARS Solutions Group is an IT staffing firm with access to a wide variety of jobs at various clients across the country. We operate with the consultant’s best interests in mind and align them with roles that match their skills, aspirations, and interests. MARS values our relationships with consultants. Therefore, we will stay in touch throughout the duration of the contract to ensure the job is going well and that the role meets their career development needs.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $54,448.64 – $132,094.79 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 1 year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• What are your experience Installing/decommissioning?
• What is your experience with routers switches and access points?
• Do you consider yourself proficient of project domain?
• Do you have knowledge of project management vocabulary and terminology?
• Do you have a Project Management Accreditation (APMP, PMI, Prince 2 or equivalent) ?
• Do you have experience in a project manager role?
• Do you have experience in a Networking project? If so, how many projects?
• Have you worked with global teams, other project managers, and application leads?
• Have you worked in a large multi-unit organization?

License/Certification:

• PMP (Preferred)

Work Location: One location