Sr. Project Manager

Hudson, a division of Hudson Highland Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HHGP), a $1.2 billion global company, is one of the world’s leading professional staffing, outsourcing and employment lifecycle solution providers.  We are looking for a Sr. Project Manager. This is a 6+ month contract position with a client in Denver, CO.

Role:
The IT project manager is responsible for delivering a quality solution on time and within the budget and scope constraints approved by the Sponsor, according to the client’s best practices and project framework.

Specific duties include:
* Provide on-site day-to-day direction and management activities for IT and 3rd party software vendor and project contingent staff
* Create project artifacts to monitor and oversee project scope, risks, communications,  timelines and costs  and changes
* Manage projects from Planning to Support, interfacing with the business on functional matters related to scope and effort
* Provide project status reports describing the state of the project, progress and accomplishments, trends and significant items
* Coordinate team activities and stakeholder management, ensuring completion of the project on schedule and within budget constraints
* Track and manages project issues and facilitate or escalate resolution as necessary
* Assign and monitor project staff providing task prioritizing and direction
* Be the central point of identification and management of project risk
* Evaluate personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the roles within the project
* Ensure environment, materials and resources are in place for the success of the project 
* Nurtures business relationships to ensure continued commitment and accountability throughout the project lifecycle
* Ensure customer satisfaction of solutions by managing the customer expectations and project deliverables
* Define and adhere to project standards and compliance requirements
* Facilitates team meetings as needed
* Ability to identify out of scope requests and manage a change control process with the business
* Identify opportunities for process / quality improvements and follow through with implementation and dissemination of improvements
* Coordinate quality reviews and participate in approval of project deliverables
* Participate in the identification and management of cross-project dependencies
* Collaborate and report progress to appropriate stakeholders

Required Skills:
* Experience successfully completing projects to implement, move or change support groups and processes
* Minimum ten years of direct project management experience in role as Project Manager with a successful track record in projects
* Deep experience in managing software implementations and the full project lifecycle
* Experience managing cross-functional teams comprised of business, technical, and 3rd party vendor resources
* Experience managing small, midsize, and enterprise-level initiatives
* Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Project
* Ability to develop and track progress against project plans, scope, timelines, and changing prioritizations using best practices
* Ability to work in a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment
* Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels
* Ability to provide regular reporting on project controls with limited guidance
* Represent a rigorous customer service attitude
* Exceptional critical thinking skills, including system, process, and business analysis
* Comprehensive thinker for issue analysis and resolution
* Highly skilled in Microsoft productivity tools such as PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Word, Excel

Recommended Skills:
* Experience in the oil & gas industry, specifically Marketing and Risk
* Exposure to ETRM software and processes
* Experience with core Exploration & Production business processes
* PMI (PMP) or comparable certification
* ITIL certification

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