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Project Manager (18985)

Company Perot Systems
Wage between $0.00 - $0.00 Annually
Location United States, California, Rancho Cordova
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel About 25%
Published on 8/10/2008
Description
Perot Systems Corporation is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions to a broad range of clients. We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our team in Rancho Cordova, CA.

Job Responsibilities:
Work in Service Group - 1 on healthcare projects affecting Northern California and Northern Nevada. Work with Site Executives and clients located in the hospitals to plan and implement a variety of healthcare projects.

  • Be familiar with Project Management Methodology (PMM) or Project Management Institute (PMI) PMBOK-based project management methodology,
  • Lead project team in day-to-day execution and compliance with prescribed methodology processes, including:
    Project Charter development
    Project initiation and facilitation
    Project Plan development
    Risk and Issues management
    Quality planning
    Communications planning
    WBS decomposition
    Project schedule development
    Change management
    Configuration management
    Status reporting
    Post project reporting
    Project transition planning
    Project shutdown
  • Lead project team through structured task estimation process,
  • Monitor and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of project resources,
  • Document meeting minutes, coordinate status reports and approvals on deliverables,
  • Participate in preparing and executing the overall project plan,
  • Relate own tasks to others on project and to the project’s critical path,
  • Maintain open communications among project participants and affected parties,
  • Maintain strong focus on Customer Satisfaction by delivering exceptional project performance and predictable, repeatable project results,
  • Perform analysis that reflect actual vs. planned cost at the project level,
  • Assess impact of labor and cost variances,
  • Create and maintain baseline cost estimate at the project level,
  • Work through informal channels in order to obtain information,
  • Work with informal work teams, often consisting of Perot Systems/client-blended teams, in order to expedite and status task information,
  • Manage standards, procedures, and practices for record keeping of contractual agreements,
  • Conduct and direct application review, as required, or Project Management Health Assessments (including methodology compliance reviews).
  • Monitor improvement efforts in quality and productivity
  • Incorporate risk mitigation strategy and contingency plan, and
  • Controls project requirements, scope and change management issues.

    Required Skills:
  • Must be familiar with healthcare applications and infratrucutres,
  • Be able to effectively lead a matrixed team to achieve positive project results,
  • Be able to communicate effectively with "C" level personal,
  • Formal classroom training in these project management disciplines:
    Introduction to project management
    Introduction to project management
    Project workshop facilitation
    Project estimation
  • Ability to accomplish day-to-day work within these project management skills areas:
    Project communication management
    Project cost management
    Project human resource management
    Project scope management
    Project risk management
    Project time management
    Project quality management
    Project integration management
    Project procurement management
    Product and vendor management,
  • Proficiency with standard project management tools—Microsoft Project, Project Server, Primavera, all Microsoft Office applications, etc.,
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills,
  • Ability to evaluate and recruit exceptional project management talent,
  • Experience working within both project-centric and project matrix environments,
  • Ability to recognize exceptions to documented policy and procedures,
  • Monitor schedule deviations and assist in the development of alternative methods for corrective action at the project level, and
  • Working knowledge of quality assurance methods, tools, and techniques.

    Desired Skills:
  • IT experience in the applicable industry, such as Healthcare, Government Services, Commercial Services, and Financial Services,
  • Experience working within an established Program Office environment, and
  • Quality program experience, such as ISO-9000, CMMI or Six Sigma implementation and assessments.

    Minimum Educational Requirements:
  • Advanced university degree - preferred

    Minimum Certifications or Other Professional Credentials:
  • PMP certification - preferred
  • PMI membership and participation - preferred

    More about Perot Systems
    At Perot Systems, we are looking for candidates that have a high level of integrity, are tenacious and can thrive in a team environment. We will provide you with the tools and opportunities to enhance, expand and support your personal and professional growth. The Associates at Perot Systems enjoy a very entrepreneurial, dynamic environment. We do not have a rigid corporate ladder in place for you to climb but rather a career path that allows you to explore career opportunities throughout the entire organization.

    In addition to a dynamic environment, Perot Systems will provide you with a very competitive salary, performance based bonuses, stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement (5K annually), 401K (100% match for first 4% of salary), health, dental and vision insurance coverage, paid holidays and vacation.


    Perot Systems is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. It is the policy of Perot Systems Corporation to encourage and support equal employment opportunity for all Associates and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran status.df-tc

    Experience/Skills
    See Above

    Other desired skills:
    Project Manager
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