Title: IT - DW / BI Project Manager

1200 Lakeside

Loc: Bannockburn IL USA

Dur : 6 M+ Contract

Rate: Open

• Overview The role of the Senior IT Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget.
• This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan.
• The Senior IT Project Manager will also define the projects objectives and oversee quality control throughout its lifeCYCLE.
• The Senior IT Project Manager works with the business line / stakeholders to define and refine requirements and help guide the project teams to the right technical solution.

• Define project scope taking into account stakeholder needs, priorities and technology team capacity
• Develops the project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related project management artifacts
• Rigorously manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Maintain clear communication with senior leadership and stake holders
• Validates financial forecasts and provides on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures
• Represents the project in various project governance and inter-department forums
• Act as a liaison between technical team and business partners.
• Provide architectural guidance and drive infrastructure decisions in collaboration with other technical and management stakeholders.
• Develop best practices andTOOLS for project execution and management

• Strong analytical, attention to detail, organizational and core project management skills.
• 10+ years of experience managing technology projects in a data warehouse/business intelligence application development environment.
• Experience needs to include data integration/ETL and data warehousing design and implementation, data mapping, ETL development and testing.
• Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, Sharepoint, Visio, MS Office Suite)
• Experience with Informatica / DataStage, Qlikview / Cognos preferred.
• Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience with leading the development of Data Warehouse, Data Marts, ETL, and Business Intelligence solutions.
• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; set direction and approach; resolve conflict.
• Ability to create detailed strategy and roadmaps surrounding data warehousing, integration, and/or analytics.
• Experience working with business teams to define requirements that can be executed by technology team
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact effectively with a broad range of people in a professional manner
• Project management certification or a successful completion of a recognized project management