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Senior Project Manager #6247
The ideal candidate will provide overall project management of critical information technology projects for our Business Intelligence (BI) team. Core responsibilities include project initiation, planning, control, execution, and communication activities pertaining to technology and business solutions. The Project Manager ensures that goals are accomplished within time and budget goals, in line with business objectives, and within quality and integrity parameters.
Responsibilities:
- Work with business sponsors and stakeholders to create, review and gain approval of project proposals which includes project goals, scope, schedule, costs, risk and issue identification and mitigation. Identify project resources/staffing requirements.
- Develop and maintain project plans. Ensure appropriate approvals are obtained for each project phase and that all team members have an understanding of expectations, timelines, and scope.
- Ensure that proposed project solution fits with agreed upon outcomes and deliverables including functional, technical, performance, security, scalability, process, and total cost of ownership.
- Manage the day-to-day details of the project including the plan, schedule, resources, task assignments, scope, budget, and risks. Track progress and monitor all development activities to ascertain and control progress.
- Lead the effort in creative approaches to problem solving and quality deliverables supporting business needs.
- Report schedule, budget, and delivery details to business and IT management. Proactively advise management of interim plans, potential issues, mitigating strategies, and implications of requested scope or resource changes.
- Facilitate project meetings. Brief the project team on status reporting, problem resolution, feedback, input from the team on project planning and execution.
- Maintain proper documentation including the original plan, any working papers, status reports, meeting minutes, issue logs, and any other documentation related to the management and administration of the project.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of IT project management experience with advanced BI/data warehousing technical expertise.
- Responsible for planning and delegating design, development, and implementation of Data Warehousing, OLAP, Data Mart, Data Mining, and PeopleSoft EPM projects preferred.
- Proven experience and knowledge of Data Warehousing, Enterprise Resource Planning, OLAP, Data Mart, Data Mining, and PeopleSoft EPM preferred.
- Experience with Unix, Oracle 10g/RAC, MS SQL Server 7/2000/5 preferred.
- Experience with Oracle Applications, PeopleSoft a plus (EPM, CRM, SA, General Ledger, Human Resources, Asset Management.)
- Minimum of 5 years of direct technical project management experience, preferably at a very fast-paced internet / .com type of environment.
- Experience in a university Information Technology setting or online training Information Technology organization strongly preferred.
- High level of business and organizational aptitude.
- Strong presence and interpersonal skills; able to manage indirectly.
- Excellent ability to organize information and manage projects to time and budget goals.
- Experience in formal project delivery methodologies; PMI certification a plus.
- Expert ability to use MS Project Server 2003 to track and manage tasks, resources, and project costs.
- Bachelors degree, preferable in computer science or related field; Masters degree desired.
- Experience relating to staff and management in a matrixed organization.
This position is based in Capella's corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota and relocation assistance is not provided.
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