IT Project Manager, 11 Month FTC - UPMC GTOC Kilkenny

Primary Duties and Responsibilities Client Relationships - Understands project objectives, and business value, from the user's point of view. Is customer focused. Builds trusted relationships with users. Communication - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including summaries, presentations, and executive reports. Team Leadership/Development - Ability to organize, manage, and lead the project team to success. Supports project team members and colleagues. Builds strong relationships with colleagues and external IT partners. Skillfully handles situations and creates positive outcomes. Demonstrates self-awareness. Provides mentoring and support to others in areas of expertise. Project Planning and Management - Experienced in planning and managing project scope, schedules, resources, budget, issues, and risks. Understands need and value of attention to detail. Proactively identifies and addresses project risks. Utilizes change management to control scope and communicate scope changes. Tracks and reports project progress and forecast trends. Relevant Technical/Business Knowledge - Experience in information technology industry, especially in infrastructure technologies (virtualization, networking). Experience in application implementation for business units, especially in clinical applications. Demonstrates financial awareness. Working knowledge of analytical and problem-solving techniques and tools. Process Oriented - Utilizes organizational and PMO processes and project management standards to provide consistent and excellent project management services. Understands, the need and value to continually define and/or improve processes