The Associate Director of Project Management/PMO leads the project management team within Information Technology and is responsible for planning and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed in a timely fashion and within budget, and to recommend changes to increase project success.

• Collaborate with various teams within IT and across the Firm to develop and manage a detailed project schedule and project plans
• Determine and define project scope, objectives, and relevant stakeholders
• Manage a team of Project Managers, instilling project management standards within such team
• Predict resources needed to reach objectives and ensure resource availability and allocation in an effective and efficient manner
• Prepare budget based on scope of work and resource requirements
• Track project costs in order to meet budget
• Identify and manage project dependencies, pre-requisites and critical path
• Analyze and manage project risk and issue tracking for timely resolution
• Develop and manage quality assurance and testing activities
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders and project team about strategy, adjustments and progress
• Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques and standards throughout entire project execution
• Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement

• 5-8 years of project management and related experience
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget and timeline
• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for execution of projects
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively
• Critical and analytical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong presentation, written and communication skills
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management ability
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

• ITIL or ITSM certification or equivalent experience preferred