Project Managers

Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. (DTS) is an award-winning IT consulting firm based in Columbus, OH. We now have openings for Project Managers to work on a remote basis.

Job Description:

We are hiring experienced Project Managers as our direct W2 salaried or hourly employees, working for our client in a potential long-term (one year) contract. Our client is a well-known metropolitan university based in New York City. The selected candidates will:

· Co-lead the M365 Email transition with cloud background.

· If time allows, co-lead any of a wide range of projects including application development, software and hardware deployment or decommissioning, and implementations of off-the-shelf and custom software.

· Conduct business analysis of data and/or assist the college IT teams with their data clean up and analysis.

· Document business requirements and/or technical solutions and designs.

· Identify and implement ongoing use of project plans including baseline targets and forecasted tasks.

· Execute projects in accordance with agreed schedule, budget, and scope.

· Provide timely reports on variances to the approved project baseline and serves as the liaison for problem resolution and escalation.

· Schedule, direct, and document project team meetings.

· Identify, track, and champion close of project issues, risks, and change requests.

· Communicate with project stakeholders including sponsors, steering committees, user community and team members.

· Manage project-related coordination of testing and training activities, quality assurance reviews, and obtaining change management approvals.

· Identify and implement milestone charts, dashboards and project team reports for senior management.

· Work with and build exceptional rapport with university stakeholders, including faculty, administrators, unit and technical staff, SMEs, and students.

· Champion ideas and solutions, multitask under tight deadlines, and work in an environment with competing priorities.

· Perform other duties as assigned.

Required / Desired Skills and Experience:

· Minimum of 7-10 years of working on complex IT projects as a project manager

· Experience working in a university environment.

· Strong communication skills and business acumen to deal with stakeholders at all levels.

· Azure and M365 Teams with email

· Advanced Excel and Power Query skills

· Excellent troubleshooting skills

· Flexibility and ability to pivot.

· M365 email transition (and cloud) project experience.

· Data analysis experience

· Documenting business requirements and/or technical solutions and designs

· Managing project schedules, budgets, and scope

· Managing project issues, risks, and change requests

· Minimum of 7 to 10 years of progressively responsible full-time professional information technology enterprise project management covering telecommunications, database administration, or a related area.

· Knowledge and proficiency in system development life cycle (SDLC) methods and processes.

· Technical knowledge and background in diverse areas that include academic support, PeopleSoft ERP, identity management, email, M365 and Azure, voice and data networking and security knowledge.

· Knowledge of third party tools, e.g. BitTitan and Quest, for mailbox content copying.

· Ability to champion ideas and solutions, multitask under tight deadlines, and work in an environment with competing priorities.

· Ability to build exceptional rapport with university stakeholders including faculty, unit staff, subject matter experts, technical staff, administrators, and students.

· Proficiency with all MS Office tools, including Project, Word, Excel, Power Query Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint.

· Outstanding communication skills with the ability to facilitate group discussions and communications.

· Education at an accredited college or university may be substituted for information systems technology experience (one year of college equals 6 months of experience; four years of college equals 2 years of experience).

The client reserves the right to request on site work in the future at its location in New York City (Manhattan).

US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. Our client is unable to sponsor at this time.

Direct applicants only, no corp-to-corp candidates, third parties, or agencies, please.

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Do you have at least 7-10 years of professional experience as a Project Manager managing scope, budgets, schedules, risks, and issues?
• Do you have professional experience working with university faculty and staff?
• Do you have working knowledge of BitTitan and Quest for mail content copying?
• Do you have technical knowledge in all of the following: university/academic support, PeopleSoft ERP, identity management, networking, and security?
• In what city and state do you currently reside?
• Do you currently reside in the greater New York City area (NYC, surrounding counties or nearby states such as Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, or PA)?
• Do you have the following words and related experience listed in your resume? We’re only considering candidates who do:

1. M365
2. Azure (cloud)
3. Power Query Excel
4. Mail content copying (BitTitan or Quest)

Experience:

• professional college or university work environment: 1 year (Required)
• managing M365 email transition projects: 1 year (Required)
• advanced Excel and Power Query Excel: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote