Serve as lead and conduit between IT and operational functions to drive deployments and integration of technology solutions.
Develop overall project timelines and key milestones; ensure teams meet critical dates leveraging Project Management software.
Manage all phases of projects: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closure.
Partner with teams cross functionally to promote seamless integration of new technologies within a mixed computing environment.
Coordinate delivery of development (beta) and production releases that meet quality assurance standards.
Assist team through regressions testing and lead effort to identify potential impacts and bugs, including risk management and mitigation efforts.
Facilitate decision-making, arbitrate impasses, remove barriers and ultimately drive projects to completion.
Closely monitor implementations, track deployment issues and formulate fallback strategies.
Recognize and address shifts in project complexity, scope and risks.
Ensure project risks are managed and communicate risks and implications to management as appropriate.
Analyze feasibility and cost of technology deployments to lead the team to go/no-go decisions.
Work with team to identify and execute cost savings opportunities.
Organize project activities into manageable work efforts for team members and determine an effective approach to completing the work, as outlined in the project plan.
Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, cross-project dependencies, and report on project status within the published schedule
Identify, manage and monitor completion of deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.
Provide management of staff to assure the quality of work and integration of team members' work.
Mentor staff in applying project management controls.
