Technical Project Manager

Q&A Recruiting has been retained by a services company located in Los Colinas to help them recruit a Technical Project Manager.  This will be a long term contract (expected year) with the option of conversion at the end.  Job DescriptionOverview10+ years of hands-on experience in providing successful delivery of highly complex projects related to new customer implementation, customer solution upgrades, product extension/expansion and projects involving infrastructure/hosting facilities. He/She would be required to work closely with business cross functional areas, external customers, internalresources (On-Site and Off-Shore), and vendors in defining project priorities, scope, approach, resource requirements and timing of deliverables. People SkillsDemonstrated excellent project management, analytical, documentation, and presentation skills.Strong leadership, critical thinking, analysis, verbal and written communications skills.Strong client service attitude.Strong meeting facilitation and interpersonal skills.Ability to approach problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm and innovation.Ability to adapt to a changing environment and multi-task assignments.Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.Thorough and detail oriented with good organizational skills.Strong diagnostic, testing, and problem-solving skills.The candidate must be able to work independently or as a team member with equal effectiveness and haveexcellent communication and problem-solving skills. Business SkillsAccountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitatesharing of project outcomes and best practices.Coordinates development of comprehensive business and technical requirements and ensures that project scopeand business objectives are clearly documented and agreed to.Organizes project teams. Ensures commitment of appropriately-skilled technical resources required for delivery ofall elements of the project, as well as necessary subject matter experts from the affected business areas.Develops and manages execution of project communication plans which ensure that information related toprogress and issues is being communicated with the project teams, stakeholders, steering committee, andsponsors.Manages risk by routinely identifying, assessing, and developing mitigation plans for events that could impact thesuccess of the project.Manages the technology vendor relationships as they relate to projects. Monitors progress of vendor deliverablesas well as the vendor’s quality assurance activities.Demonstrated understanding of the project life cycle, including budget development and management, projectimplementation, development of work plans, evaluation, and communication planning.Enforces the use of defined development methodologies as defined by Architecture & Development Teams.  Technical SkillsProject scheduling and management using Microsoft Project.Experience in working with Enterprise Project Management and Collaboration tools. (E.g. SharePoint, MS ProjectServer, etc.)Expertise in Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio)Develop job aids, help text and other documentation required to meet the client’s business requirements;coordinate and facilitate training as neededExperience in managing SDLC for web-based application built using SQL, ASP, HTML, DHTML, SQL, VBScript,JavaScript, and other web-related technologies.eLearning domain knowledge in the areas of Learning Management System (LMS) (including all associatedapplications and modes) and Learning Content Management System (LCMS) (including content development andadministrative tools)Additional product knowledge and areas of specialization, such as: Security, Reporting, E-Commerce, and DataEntitlementAn advanced degree, knowledge of the e-learning industry and PMP certification are highly desirable. TravelAs Required (Up to 25%) Company: Q & A Technical Recruiting Location: Dallas, TX 75254 Status: Full Time, Temporary/Contract/Project Job Category: IT/Software Development Career Level: Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff) Email: Apply by Email