Project Manager

Title: Project Manager
Location: Hybrid / Irvine, CA

Ekman Associates is a management consulting firm that specializes in developing business, digital, and technology strategy, delivering solutions, and addressing human resource demands.

Summary:
We are seeking a highly talented and motivated Project Manager that is able to manage multiple complex programs / projects and drive results. This role requires that you have the ability to quickly building rapport across multidisciplinary teams. Primary role will be to project manage M&A efforts such as M&A Migration - migrate users to client systems. Must understands the M365 environment and tactical execution and ability to manage hardware/infrastructure projects that focus on transition of applications from one environment to another environment.

Key Skills:

• Project Management Experience / PMP Certified preferred.
• Experience with varying methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall)
• Expertise with PM tools such as MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, etc.
• MS 365 Application Proficiency
• M&A expertise

Responsibilities :

• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Clearly communicate and document processes and updates to the team, vendors, and partners.
• Able to work independently but also with the team for making good decisions.
• Manage changes and demonstrate flexibility to the project scope and project schedule.
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors, where applicable.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Monitors progress; reviews work progress on daily basis; prepares internal and external reports pertaining to project(s) status.
• Plans ahead to anticipate and mitigate risks; prevent problems and resolve issues.
• Communicate project expectations, risks, and escalations across all levels of the organization.
• Coordinate and manage change control activities in adherence to PMO standards.
• Effectively deliver successful project to completion on-time and within budget.
• Effectively manage project scope, schedule, and budgets, while proactively identifying risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Apply varying methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall), types, and sizes, ensuring objectives and project deliverables are accomplished according to plan.
• Lead execution and delivery of solutions.
• Drive and influence technical strategy, proactively identify problems and align on priorities.
• Build strong, trusting partnerships to readily mobilize people and influence across a broad range of partners, leaders, and organizations without authority.
• Deliver timely, effective, easily understandable, concise project deliverables including detailed project work plans, presentations, budget reviews, cross-project dependencies, risks analyses and mitigation, strategies, stakeholder coordination and status communication.
• Communicate across audiences, effectively understanding and utilizing escalation paths, and updating stakeholders.
• Create the project work plan and really manage the plan across IT, business and resources.
• Ability to translate technical rollouts and features to non-technical audiences.
• Handle high volume workloads and provide exceptional customer support.
• Accountable for driving delivery of projects from start to finish.
• Ability to manages external resources; vendors and contractors when required.
• Independently manage teams and help groups problem solve.
• Facilitate meetings, discussions and document key decisions made.
• Manage tight deadlines.

Qualifications:

• B.S./B.A. degree in relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• 5 to 8 years' experience leading technical infrastructure focused projects.
• Experience in project managing infrastructure projects such as decommissioning/moving/upgrading infrastructure technology.
• Experience in managing M&A projects such as onboarding (email transfers, security transfers, etc.), integration, decommissions, etc.
• Demonstrated project management experience with large projects, organizational skills, and an ability to maintain and create standards.
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision; must be a self-motivated self-starter who can initiate ideas and take ownership of work.
• Able to prioritize tasks and projects and forecast upcoming project needs.
• Excellent organization and communication skills, as well as strong and consistent attention to detail.
• Results-oriented with initiative to work until job is complete.

• Excellent communicator Organization skills, Smart sheets, Office 365 application proficiency.
• Good general understanding of business processes, data, and applications.
• Business Analysis Experience working with business teams to gather requirements and fulfill those requirements.

Qualified Candidates Only : If you wish to learn more about this opportunity and additional qualifications/responsibilities, please submit your resume. To learn more about Ekman Associates, Inc. please visit our website at www.ekmanassociates.com .