Project Manager

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Project Manager for an opportunity in

Chicago, IL /Kennesaw, GA!

Position Title: Project Manager

Location: Chicago, IL /Kennesaw, GA.

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12 Months.

Job Type: CONTRACT, (Hybrid)

Shift: Monday- Friday (5x8)

Pay Range: $55 - $60/hr.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Job Description:

Summary
Position Summary

This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivery of defined deliverables with usually required engagement from multiple teams, such as a project or BAU items.
Key responsibilities include communicating the release objective, coordinating delivery, managing risks, ensuring compliance to standards, and providing end to end visibility to the health of the deliverables. This role ensures execution and delivery meets the client's expectations in terms of the quality and timelines. They facilitate sync points across multiple organization to enable delivery.
7+ years' experience as a release manager
Release Management, Project Planning, Scrum Master, or Release Train Engineer working experience
Tableau reporting skills
Understand release/deployment components. Understand risks and can ally controls necessary to mitigate. Facilitate team planning ceremonies against release milestones. Ability to answer team Agile/waterfall framework questions. Ability to understand big picture and connect all details.
Primary Skill
Agile Scrum Master
Secondary Skill
Release Train Engineer(RTE)
Tertiary Skill
Tableau
Required Skills
* Project Planning/Project Management and Analytical Thinking - Moderate to advanced Project Planning software skills (e.g. MS Project, Primavera, etc. - experience with critical path analysis, predecessor/successor relationships)
* Collaboration, Facilitation, and Stakeholder Management - Moderate to advanced Meeting facilitation skills (being able to facilitate, drive, and redirect large scale meetings while working through a deliverable such as a project plan)
* Agile Practices - At least moderate exposure to Jira tools
* Data Management - Moderate to advanced experience with Production "record of change" tools such as ITSM BMC Remedy or ServiceNow (Tasks, Configuration Item management, Relationships, etc.)
* Risk Management - Previous experience with Risk Management (identifying and escalating release related risks)
* Managing and coordinating assigned change from initiation to closure
* Coordinating interfaces between Change Management and other ITSM processes
* Coordinating planning, implementation, and verification activities with all change stakeholders
* Planning and runbook reviews with change stakeholders
* Stakeholder management
* Facilitating the triage of any issues found during release related activities
* Able to learn and understand the tools that must be used for the completion of the above job duties (e.g. Remedy, Cutover, MS Project, Jira, ReleaseManager Tool)
* Identifying and escalating risks and concerns
Desired Skills
* Bachelor's degree
* PMP Certification a plus
* Familiarity with Project Management tools such as MS Project or Primavera
* Experience working in a financial industry would be a plus
* Jira experience a plus
* ITSM Remedy experience a plus

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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