Manager, Project Management
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Troy, MI, us
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Expert proficiency in creating effective project governance documents
- Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies, including waterfall, and agile/scrum
- Expert consulting, negotiating, communicating, consensus building, influencing, presentation and facilitation skills with both internal and external stakeholders of all levels
- Expert innovator with the ability to think beyond established standards and processes
- Working knowledge of building technology consulting products, i.e., scorecards, heat maps, data flow mapping tools.
- Basic knowledge of technical matters, integration functionality, VMS tools, and other related technologies
- Exceptional leadership experience extending to small teams
- Technical Sales experience including writing RFPs/RFIs, and performing verbal presentations on QWA products
- Moderate understanding of contract structure and standards
- Expert-level ability to communicate highly complex technical information clearly and articulately to all levels and audiences, including client senior leadership
- Thorough knowledge of process modelling techniques and protocols
- Expert-level knowledge of the staffing industry, HR practices, and payroll and accounting processes
- Motivational skills to keep team operating at a high capacity and highly engaged with our business
- Basic understanding of capacity management
- Ability to manage senior client relationships up to and including C-Suite staff
- Expert communication skills, including at least a basic knowledge of practice-standard change management methodologies
- High EQ to manage difficult client scenarios and navigate to good outcomes for our clients
- Independent decision-making skills
Full description
Candidates must be able to work in a hybrid capacity from one of our office locations in Troy, MI, or Tempe, AZ.
Managers of Project Management are responsible for ensuring that the team of Project Managers are acting as true advisors to clients on various types of SI and consulting projects. This process involves working closely with internal and external stakeholders, project teams and subject matter experts (SME’s) providing leadership and holistic views into cross-business and functional solutions. In addition, this role has oversight of the QWA Data Management function, providing project oversight and QWA ownership of this shared function. This role will maintain a team of 2-10 Project Managers and Data Analysts, performing people management, performance management, and leadership functions.
This role is responsible for the procedures, processes, and team operations regarding the overall project management, project governance, and data management for SI projects. The Manager of these functions is expected to maintain, and where possible, improve the capability of the function and resources within the business.
Additionally, the Manager of Project Management will be responsible for assisting with pre-sales and sales engineering activities. This can include RFP/RFI responses, verbal presentations, and in-person presentations to complete deals. This will also include assisting in transitioning from sales to project phases and advising leadership on capacity management for the team.
This role is end-to-end responsible for project management and governance elements of consulting, research, and thought leadership that go into QWA’s products in collaboration with other leaders and managers in the team.
Critically, the QWA business is in a crucial development phase, which requires all new leaders in the organization to be able to think and act independently. Our business requires all managers and above to be true leaders, and own their area of the business, making decisions and acting quickly to resolve problems. As a consulting organization leader, expectations are high for quick results.
Responsibilities
Project Management functions are ultimately responsible for the entirety of QWA engagements within the business. These teams provide oversight and governance throughout our client engagements. Goals with the Project Management and Data teams include leadership and execution coverage across multiple areas:
- Team Leadership
- Thought Leadership
- Solution Governance
- Lead Development for Solutions
- Pre-Sales and Sales Engineering Activities
- Team Planning, Capacity Management
- Assisting with managing relationships with client accounts
The Manager of Project Management functions within the QWA’s practices and provides guidance and oversight into: