The Project Leader 2 (PL) is responsible for all project management activities for work efforts less than 450 hours in duration. The PL will work in a matrix environment utilizing a streamlined waterfall/PMBOK-based methodology. The project environment is fast-paced and deadline-focused.
The successful PL is:
• Able to work independently while keeping management informed
• Able to handle deadline pressures, and effectively escalate work request issues.
• Accountable for the delivery of work requests on time, on budget, and on target. Facilitating team through the definition of scope and design.
• Responsible for authoring (using input from project team) required project documentation, including scope/design document, and implementation document.
• Responsible for facilitating the WBS process and translating WBS into an MS-Project schedule, detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity.
• Responsible for keeping the project schedule updated throughout the work request life cycle, and for managing a change control process to reflect changes in requirements, deliverables, dates, or budget.
• Responsible for facilitating the identification of risks and issues, and tracking these through the work request life cycle.
• Responsible for scheduling, facilitating and recapping team meetings.
• Responsible for the escalation of issues, and for communications of status to all levels of management on both customer and I/S side. | Behavior Characteristics:
Excellent oral and written communications skills, flexible, detail oriented. Willingness to relocate and stay in Columbia for assignment at BCBS (put in the submittal if the candidate is local, will move to Columbia, etc.). | | |
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