Senior Project Manager, Commodities – 6041

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership of multi-disciplinary professionals in a project structure in the scoping/discovery workshop, design, configuration, testing, and production support of the ION solution for the client’s business needs
• Provide direct management of all ION resources assigned to project and act as personnel supervisor for HR issues during the assignment
• Serve as the client’s principal point of contact for project status, solution quality, scope control, issues, risks, billing, personnel management, and the Openlink solution
• Manage project Profit and Loss, including effective project cost and revenue budgeting, analysis, and forecasting
• Manage project change control
• Plan, lead, manage, and coordinate ION’s project tasks, resources, deliverables, issues logs, scope logs, weekly timesheets, project expense reports, monthly invoices, and all other administrative documentation on an ongoing basis
• Determine the optimal utilization of resources at a task and personnel level
• Keep the client management informed daily regarding all project issues, risks, and delays
• Actively engage project stakeholders and manage client expectations regarding the delivery of the ION solution
• Actively coordinate the participation of client users through the client project manager to ensure project success
• Provide weekly project status reports to the client project manager, project steering committee, and ION management, including all information necessary to track the status of the project against the project plan
• Coordinate and attend project and steering committee meetings
• Manage the release to client of software updates and license keys
• Prepare, present to client, and obtain signoff of Request for Support Services (RSS) forms, acceptance documentation, and final project acceptance
• Maximise chargeability on one or more client accounts simultaneously
• Serve as mentors and role models for the consulting staff
• Enhance, publish, and train staff regarding implementation best practices
• Present the ION solution to both client executive and user-level audiences
• Coordinate and conduct employee performance appraisals for personnel assigned to projects throughout the calendar year
• Provide sales support through project plan development, estimation, and document authoring for RFP/RFI responses, sales proposals, and Statements of Work to meet the client’s desired business requirements
• Travel 50-80% of the time

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or a related IT field or equivalent experience in a related field
• Excellent client-facing skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work onsite at client locations throughout North America
• Proven leadership skills with teams of five or more professionals
• 8+ years of project management experience with comprehensive life cycles at ION or other software, consulting, or systems integration firm with delivery responsibility to client organizations
• Prior hands-on experience with structured project management
• 5 years of experience in the energy, commodities, or financial services industries highly preferred, but not required