The Management Consulting Project Manager must be detailed oriented and demonstrate the ability to grasp project details and identify issues and risks, while simultaneously possessing the ability to see the bigger picture and understand the interdependencies of the overall engagement. This position must provide leadership and demonstrate the ability to work with a diverse project team consisting of members from all parts of the organization. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES The Management Consulting Project Manager will:
- Identifying, tracking, managing and resolving project issues, acting as the single point of contact between the Management Consulting team, client, and management.
- Facilitating regular meetings with the client.
- Obtaining client agreement regarding project scope, deliverables, and applicable schedules.
- Providing overall leadership and management of project resources.
- Proactively disseminating project information to all stakeholders.
- Identifying, managing and mitigating project risk, by anticipating issues and providing immediate resolution or escalation where required.
- Proactively managing scope to ensure that only what was agreed to is delivered, unless changes are approved through scope management.
- Defining and collecting metrics to give a sense of how the project is progressing and whether the deliverables produced are acceptable.
- Managing the overall schedule to ensure work is assigned and completed on time and within scope and budget.
- Reporting weekly status of projects
- Working closely with Senior Management in reporting project status and concerns.
- Cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with the customer's management and project teams.
- Participating in the sales process by a) Providing technical expertise to the account executive and b) Assist clients in identifying needs and proposing solutions.
- Ensure Management Consulting methodology is followed and Management Consulting services provided are of value to the client.
- Bachelor's degree in business or field related to quality, accounting, business management, or other business-related fields.
- PMP Certification (Active)
- 10+ years experience managing project teams.
- 10+ years experience in managing Management Consulting projects or demonstrated experience in the delivery of Management Consulting services.
- Experience with government clients
- Cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with the client management and project teams.
- Proven ability to clearly identify, track, manage and resolve project issues and risks and act as the single point of contact between the project team, customer, and management
- Experience developing Project Management Office deliverables - project charter, risk management plan, change management plan, etc.
- Ability to proactively manage the scope of the project to ensure that only what was agreed to is delivered unless changes are approved through scope management.
- Comprehensive, hands-on experience managing multiple projects and multiple project teams within defined schedules and budgets.
- Self-motivated
- Excels at providing team direction and focus, setting reasonable, challenging and clear expectations for people and holding them accountable for meeting the expectations. This includes providing good performance feedback to team members.
- Possess strong interpersonal, presentation, writing, and analytical skills - demonstrated ability to work with people in a variety of roles.
- Technical problem-solving aptitude and diagnostic ability.
- Highly professional work practices and ability to motivate others.
- A desire to provide outstanding customer service.
- A proactive approach to all tasks and responsibilities.
- Possess sound decision-making abilities.
- Focus on quality, project completeness and thoroughness.
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We partner with state agencies like yours to get things done. When you want to make big things happen, trust ISF to help realize your innovative vision.
Serving clients for 38 years, ISF is a management consulting and information technology firm committed to partnering with public and private sector groups to operate better, smarter, and more efficiently. ISF is perfectly sized to offer individualized customer service with big firm results, without the big firm price. ISF team members consist of highly trained industry professionals with expertise in a number of technical areas and possess the unique skills necessary to address the issues being faced in the current environment.
ISF offers a wide variety of services to include management consulting, custom software development and support, data conversion, system design and analysis, business process and gap analysis, mobile application development, and business process outsourcing services. Using our proprietary methodology, ISF also provides public-private partnership consulting.
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