Project Manager (Uc/Cc) - [Remote]

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• ESTIMATED DURATION: 40h/week - Long term
• JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
• HOURLY RANGE: Our client is looking to pay $55 – $68/hr
• LOCATION: Remote - CST | Full day overlap
• EXPERIENCE: 5-10 years
• BRAINTRUST JOB ID: 8025

THE OPPORTUNITY
What You’ll Be Working On
Requirements/Job Duties:

• Monitor and report on project progress to stakeholders
• Proactively manage changes in project scope
• Utilize project management tools and techniques to improve execution and drive efficiencies.
• Build and strengthen relationships with the customer and stakeholders (internal and external)
• Responsible for quality and timely execution of deliverables across projects
• Manage and analyze profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization across projects
• Manages the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple and large complex projects with multiple work streams
• Ensure profitable and successful execution of all assigned engagements as measured by regional goals and customer feedback
• Implements engagement review and quality assurance procedures in accordance with our methodology
• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills; Develop and execute an efficient internal and external communication strategy for ensuring communication with all levels of management within the team
• Effectively create and execute risk management plans
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of resource plans ensuring effective resource allocation and distribution across portfolio of projects
• Understand and manage key project financial components to ensure projects are delivered within budget

Qualifications:

• Experience in a Professional Services environment, leading complex Information Technology projects is required
• Ability to work independently and aggressively track to project timelines
• Unified communications (UC) and contact center (CC) platforms experience required
• Proficiency with project management software
• Understanding of financial processes; ability to understand, analyze and create financial reports
• Networking, Storage, Virtualization, Cloud, Security, or Collaboration (Unified Communications) Project Management experience required
• Demonstrated communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation)
• Excellent problem solving, and critical thinking skills
• Experience in effectively influencing and leading personnel and the ability to write business reports in a well-organized manner
• Strong team building skills
• Ability to communicate well with customers and co-workers
• Proven experience with risk management; demonstrated ability to communicate appropriately to leadership
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail
• Understanding of and the ability to utilize the process of stakeholder analysis

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C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. If you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around their consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.
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