Project Manager at Cognizant in New York City, New York

Job Description:

Job Summary:

Oversee delivery of projects as project manager by managing scope, Cost and quality

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Proactively manage scope of a project, using the Scope Management Plan for the project

• Proactively manage project budget, using the Cost Management Plan for the project

• Proactively manage project communications, using the Communications Management Plan for the project

• Develops an integrated baseline project schedule applying estimating models

• Develop and Maintain of Project Management Artifacts, including Project Schedule, Project Risks, Issues, Actions and Decisions log (RAID), etc.

• Track and Enforce the Application Development Project Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

• Oversee delivery of Standard Project Artifacts, including Business Requirements (BRD), Technical Requirements (TRD), etc.

• Facilitate regular Project Team Status Meetings to update Project Management Artifacts, including Project Schedule, Project Risks, Issues, Actions and Decisions log (RAID), etc.

• Development and Maintenance of a Project Cost and Resource Forecast

• Identify and Acquire Resources for the Project based on the Concept Task Order (CTO)

• Provide data for project metrics and perform analysis of the defined metrics (i.e. predefined metrics around defect SLAs, future to be defined metrics) – Critical Responsibility

• Create Task Order for the Project, as well as, adding to the Task Order for Changes in the Project

• Prepare and Communicate Project Status Report to project stakeholders, including EPMO Management

• Participate in Project Review, including Quality Review and Audit

• Adhering to using all Standard Project Management Processes, including Release and Deployment Management

• Adhere to using the Standard Project Management Templates for all Project Management Deliverables

• Update the PPM Portal to the correct Phase to match the current Project Phase per the Project Schedule. PMP will be preferred but not mandatory

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends