Project Manager in Bromsgrove

Project Manager II is responsible for the leadership of projects that are cross functional and have a relative degree of complexity. They are knowledgeable of best practices of project management and are responsible for the overall health of the project, ensuring that requirements are established and met, deliverables are completed and reviewed, and the project is completed on schedule and within budget. Project Manager II may be responsible for multiple projects running concurrently and is responsible for collaborating with other members of the Project Team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish scope and detailed requirements for the project, including facilitating requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders, documenting the requirements, and managing the requirements through the life of the project.
• Identify and manage issues, risks and changes.
• Communicate and follow-up regularly with team members to ensure tasks are completed according to plans.
• Develop project plans for schedule, resources, and budget, requiring collaboration with resource managers, lead team members, Finance, and executives.
• Monitor and track progress against plans.
• Report status to project stakeholders through multiple formal communication methods (e.g., monthly status reports, bi-weekly snapshot reports, project plan updates) and informal methods (e.g., ad-hoc requests and email).
• Communicate effectively with project team members, management, and project stakeholders on status, issues, risks, and project goals and objectives.
• Create status reports on a regular basis.
• Assist in continuous improvement efforts of the organization's project management processes and standards.
• Monitor actual project hours and costs against the project/program estimates and budget.
• Monitor and report on the project budget.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Relevant demonstrated project management experience and/or project implementation experience.
• Experience with distributed project teams, desired.
• Excellent prioritization and organization skills, especially the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with all staff levels in the company and with clients.
• Excellent written/verbal communication, presentation, and listening skills, with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including non-technical.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-effort, dynamic work environment.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge: Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, Engineering and Technology, Computers (non-technical).
• Skills: Time Management, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Management of Personnel Resources, Complex Problem Solving.
• Abilities: Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning.

Travel

May need to travel up to 25% of the time.