Highlights
These responsibilities include planning and managing internal resources, negotiating subcontractor agreements, managing customer expectations, administering projects end-to-end, ensuring adherence to the process-oriented project methodology and delivering projects within budget and schedule. JPC Partners is looking for Program Managers / Project Managers that will be responsible for managing all aspects of their assigned enterprise technology projects, ensuring successful delivery from planning through execution.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | State College, Pennsylvania |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2004 |
| Website | http://www.jpcpartners.com |
Description
JPC Partners is looking for Program Managers / Project Managers that will be responsible for managing all aspects of their assigned enterprise technology projects, ensuring successful delivery from planning through execution. These responsibilities include planning and managing internal resources, negotiating subcontractor agreements, managing customer expectations, administering projects end-to-end, ensuring adherence to the process-oriented project methodology and delivering projects within budget and schedule. The PMs will also be responsible for managing project P&L and schedules while ensuring that all customer expectations are met or exceeded.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
- Responsible for overall project success, including project planning and execution, adherence to timelines, P&L management, resource planning, internal and external communications, and customer satisfaction. Collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood, properly planned, and effectively executed.
- Partner with customers and internal stakeholders to define and maintain a detailed project plan.
- Identify, plan, and secure the internal and external resources required to meet project objectives, working closely with functional teams.
- Negotiate subcontractor agreements with third-party vendors for services and/or materials, and initiate related purchase requests
- Prepare and deliver reports and presentations to senior management on project status, including timelines, milestones, risks, and customer feedback.
- Ensure that all technical, schedule, and materials cost-related issues are addressed proactively and resolved in a manner acceptable to the customer.
- Facilitate regular meetings to keep customers and internal teams aligned on project status, risks, and any challenges that may impact deliverables or milestones.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date project plans, schedules, and milestone tracking throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ability to lead technical discussions across all components of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
- Proficiency in transit technologies preferred; must be able to identify potential technical issues across system components and provide meaningful, actionable input.
- Experience managing and implementing transit enterprise systems, including hardware and software, is preferred.
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently while also contributing effectively as a team player.
- Strong organizational skills, a methodical approach, and a demonstrated ability to solve complex problems.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%, including occasional trips lasting a week or longer while working directly with customers.
- Ability to plan and execute projects in alignment with company-approved processes, proactively addressing issues to prevent negative impacts.
- Demonstrated ability to make difficult decisions when necessary and confidently support those decisions.
- Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of related work experience with at least 5 years as a Program/Project Manager
- PMP preferred or plans to achieve PMP certification.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear/listen.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to work with computers and keyboard.
- Candidates should be able to lift up to 40 pounds
About Company
JPC Partners
Founded in 2004, JPC Partners has established itself as a premier provider of top talent to employers throughout the Eastern United States from Start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Services
Retained Search
When it comes to executive searches, we know how important it is to find a partner who can understand your needs, recruit best-in-class talent, and work collaboratively towards a successful hire. With a deep understanding of our practice areas and solid, collaborative relationships with industry leaders, we drive top performance in the executive recruiting sector, delivering a better experience for both our clients and candidates.
Direct Hire Staffing
Focus on running your business while JPC handles the hiring process for you. We will evaluate the position; source qualified candidates; screen, interview, test and assess each one; and check backgrounds and references – all to ensure you hire a top performer.
Contract Staffing and Contract to Hire Staffing
Our clients can try out an employee on the job for a predetermined period of time, before making a full-time hiring decision. This allows our clients to evaluate the candidate in a true work setting to ensure a great fit.
JPC focuses on providing expert resources for each assignment based on your unique requirements developed through customer collaboration.
JPC is able to attract and retain technology experts and consultants through our sourcing network and data base built on over thirty years of business and information technology contacts including personal and professional referrals. We are able to attract and retain our IT consulting professionals with a compensation model that rewards excellence and places our consultants among the best paid in the industry while pricing our services at very competitive rates that provide value for our clients and keep our staff motivated.
JPC helps our clients place IT talent in the following and other areas:
- CEO / CTOs / CIOs / VPs of IT
- Application and Infrastructure Directors
- Project Managers
- Business Analysts
- Database Administrators
- Technical Writers
- Network Architects and Administrators
- Software QA / Testers
- Systems Architects
- Application Developers
- Application Architects
- Web Developers
- Data Warehousing
- Business Intelligence
- IT Auditors
- Network Engineers
- Programmer Analysts
- Mobile Application Developers
Temporary Staffing
Increase your workforce – without adding to your overhead. With JPC’s temporary staffing solutions, you’ll get the people you need, when you need them, to fill in for short- or long-term projects.
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