IT Project Manager

Are you an IT Project Manager looking to join one of the top companies in the Aerospace and Defense industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience working in and leading IT projects or programs?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work onsite with our client in Elma New, NY. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• You will report to the Manager of the Project Management Office with line of responsibility to the Director of Global IT Service Delivery.
• Establish, refine, and report on program schedule, including management of individual workstream timelines, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Facilitate team meetings for various project workstreams, ensuring deliverable progress is captured and driven to agree upon timeline, and minutes from meetings are captured and shared as appropriate.
• Manage financial tracking and planning for program expenses, including reconciliation of invoices against planned capital and operational expenses, tracking and maintenance of purchase requests against program workstream budgets, and updating budgets and cash flow forecasts.
• Track deliverable status for data center, compute, network, storage, database, cloud, and security workstreams and manage past due items to closure.
• Summarize progress, compile materials, and lead program steering committee discussions, ensuring to raise risks and actions to the committee for decision and support.
• Coach, support, and manage agile planning processes for the program team - ensuring blockers are identified and removed, dependencies are well outlined, and teams are demonstrating frequent delivery of value.
• Ensure accountability and delivery success of vendor and partner relationships, tracking delivery of critical equipment and milestones to plan, and escalating with internal and external leadership as necessary.

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $35.00 - $48.00/hr.

Hours: 40 hours/week - 1^st shift.

Length: Temp (6 months).

Sounds like a good fit?

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive the business outcomes they seek. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology with 10 years of experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience working in and leading IT projects or programs.

• Master's Degree in Technical or Business.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams/projects at once - with ability to successfully navigate context switching between related but separate efforts.
• Foundational understanding of the infrastructure and security domains, including exposure to compute, network, storage, data center, and security projects.
• Experience with disaster recovery or business continuity topics.
• Experience with knowledge management processes, learning and development and APQC.
• PMP Certification or formal project management training.
• A Cyber Security Analyst.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.