Senior Project Manager

• The project manager plays a critical role in the leadership of a project team in order to achieve the project’s objectives.
• The project manager will have to demonstrate knowledge of, and apply PMI standards to all their work.
• The project manager may also be called upon to manage or assist in business analysis, business case development, and aspects of portfolio management for a project.
• The project manager may also be involved in follow-on activities related to realizing business benefits from the project.
• The project manager is not expected to perform every role on the project, but should possess project management knowledge, technical knowledge, understanding, and experience.
• The project manager provides the project team with leadership, planning, and coordination through communications.
• The project manager provides written communication ( e.g., documented plans and schedules) and communicates in real time with the team and project stakeholders using meetings and verbal or nonverbal cues.
• The project manager is the person assigned by BBI to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives

His/Her responsibilities includes but not limited to the following:

• Leading the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives and stakeholders’ expectations.
• Ensuring that the project management plan aligns with the organization overall strategic plan.
• Collaborating with different roles , such as a business analyst, quality assurance manager, and subject matter experts.
• Communicating between the project sponsor, team members, and other stakeholders.
• Balancing the conflicting and competing goals of the project stakeholders in order to achieve consensus
• Balancing the competing constraints on the project with the resources available.
• Satisfying the needs: task needs, team needs, and individual needs.
• Link between the strategy and the team.
• Evaluating and analyzing activities prior to project initiation. These activities may include:
• Consulting with executive and business unit leaders on ideas for advancing strategic objectives
• Meeting customer needs
• Managing business analysis, business case development, and aspects of portfolio management for a project.
• Providing the team with leadership, planning and coordination through communication; verbal and non-verbal.
• Communicates with stakeholders, team and sponsors across multiple aspects of the project including but not limited to the following :
• Develops finely tuned skills using multiple methods (verbal, written and nonverbal)
• Creates, maintain and adhere to communications plans and schedules
• Communicates predictably and consistently
• Seeks to understand the project stakeholders’ and communicating needs
• Makes communication concise, clear, complete, simple, relevant, and tailored
• Incorporating feedback channels
• Includes important positive and negative news
• Uses formal and informal networks allows project manager to engage multiple people in solving problems and navigating
• interacts with managers within the organization during the course of the project
• Works with the sponsor to address internal political and strategic issues that may impact the team or the viability or the quality of the project