Project Manager II at American Red Cross

Title: Project Manager II (remote work location)

The work location for this exciting opportunity is virtual. The selected candidate will work 100% remotely from home and can be located anywhere in the United States.

Position Summary:

• Manages projects in varying complexity and size initiated at a senior or executive management level.
• Manages team through all phases including concept, development, implementation, and closeout.
• Ensures that the project plan, scope, work breakdown structure, schedule, risk, budget, and deliverables are in alignment with the project goal and objectives as defined by the project statement of work.
• Achieves the project goals and objectives on time and within budget.
• Focus is on expediting the efforts of team members to achieve their project goals and initiatives.
• Work independently and guide project team while developing stakeholder relationships and maintaining confidentiality

Responibilities:

• Oversee team members’ milestones and performance as compared to project plan, scope, budget, resources and schedule.
• Provide for all communication within and outside of project.
• Communicate project progress and information to team, sponsor, stakeholders, and field as appropriate.
• Develop and prepare written project plans addressing, tasks, roles and responsibilities, risk, resources, budget, communications, quality and organization.
• Develop work breakdown structure (WBS).
• Perform critical path analysis and develop timelines for completion of tasks, measuring the deliverable work packages of the project against the project plan.
• Manage and update project activities throughout the project life cycle utilizing the WBS, schedule, budget and required reports.
• Maintain and update project documentation to include project plan, work breakdown structure, schedule, budget, risk plan, communication plan, table of organization, change control log, and reports.
• Manage the change control within project.
• Obtain sponsor approval for changes to scope, budget, and schedule that effect the critical path.
• Acquire a project charter from senior management and obtain sign off on the statement of work by the project sponsor.
• Ensure that scope, budget, and schedule targets are within variance and project delivery date is met
• Typically has unit-specific responsibilities within the scope of the job.

Qualifications:

• Education: 4-year college degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Discipline/Major: Project management (PMI PMBOK knowledge areas/process, tools and other PMI standards/guidelines), business, information systems, health related, or other related discipline.
• Professional Certifications/Licenses Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) preferred and/or progress toward Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Experience: Minimum 7 to 10 years required
• Experience working in a regulated environment (processes, products, Blood Establishment Computer Software (BECS) and medical devices) preferred.
• Advance skills in managing project schedules using Microsoft Project preferred.