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Project Manager Job Opening at Consumer Reports in Yonkers, NY
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| Position: | Project Manager |
| Company: | Consumer Reports
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| Job Location(s): | Yonkers, NY |
| Start Date: | As soon as possible |
| Employment Term: | Regular |
| Employment Type | Full Time |
| Starting Salary Range: | |
| Required Education: | Bachelor's Degree |
| Required Experience: | 7 years |
| Required Security Clearance: | None |
| Related Categories: | Project Management , IT - Analysis/Project Mgmt |
Position Description
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| Position Overview: | ||||||||
| Consumer Reports seeks a detail oriented Project Manager to join our team. This position is based in our Yonkers, NY headquarters and offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and great work environment. | ||||||||
| Qualifications Include: | ||||||||
| Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field. Project management experience is required. 7 - 10 years of IT work experience including 4 or more years of managing projects. Experience with projects in multiple technologies and functions. Experience in managing projects in both a waterfall and agile methodologies. | ||||||||
| Key Responsibilities: | ||||||||
| * Responsible for overall management of assigned projects, including coordination across departments/divisions, status monitoring and reporting, and stability of projects. * Establishes and implements project management processes and methodologies * Ensures projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to quality standards and meet customer expectations. * Assembles project plans and teamwork assignments, identifies resource needs, and escalates functional, quality and timeliness issues. * Determines IT personnel needs for projects, assigns and monitors project work and provides input into performance appraisals for all staff on assigned projects. * Tracks key project milestones and adjusts project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of customers * Coordinates communication with all areas of the organization that impact project scope, budget, risk and resources of work effort being managed. * Assists other members of management to identify and prioritize opportunities. * Manages one of more cross functional projects of medium to high complexity * Oversees the work of project management staff; schedules and monitors work; authority to approve or deny time off for assigned staff based on project schedules and demands; may coordinate with functional manager to enable appropriate vacation usage/schedule. * May be accountable to capture and document functional requirements and QA/UAT test plans; interfaces with business users to help define the business processes as well as gather, analyze, and document business requirements. * May write test plans and individual test cases for both automated and manual testing; conducts testing and log results; identifies issues and defects and logs them in a defect-tracking tool. * Ensures that products meet the highest quality standards. | ||||||||