Project Manager (Cust Facing)

SOLUTIONS PROJECT MANAGER - IT Projects - RICOH

Key Responsibilities:

• Candidate is responsible for leading projects from initial planning through development and all implementation processes.
• Directs and monitors work efforts daily, identify resource needed, perform quality reviews and escalate functional, quality and timeline issues as appropriate.
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project
• Understand company requirements and how they translate in application features and collaborate with the team. May lead cross-functional teams to address business or systems issues.
• Collaborating extensively with all contributors and communicating expectations throughout the project, providing daily and weekly updates to key stakeholders.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Create implementation solutions that require input from cross-functional teams that are imaginative, thorough, practical and consistent with the organization's objectives.
• Coordinates communications with all areas of the enterprise that impacts the scope, budget, risk and resources of the work effort being organized.
• Precedents are generally available for decisions, but not all situations fall within the guidelines of standard practice.

Skills and Requirements:

• 3-5+ years IT Project Management
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Information Systems or related PM discipline
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus.
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing in Spanish and English
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with all levels of management.
• Displays a strong ability for self-direction and shows a high degree of initiative.
• Teamwork, success oriented and time management skills

• Possess strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Must have the ability to read and interpret documents and procedure manuals, write reports and correspondence, conduct meetings and calls
• Experience with generation of Statement of Work, work breakdowns, estimating, and proposals.
• Excellent desktop software skills – MS Office Suite, MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio.
• Competent and strong understanding of project system life cycle (SDLC), business processes and operating systems.
• Availability to travel 20% of time.
• Able to work without supervision
• Working conditions between Office and Remote work.