Ensono’s Public Cloud Services is a practice area within Ensono focused entirely on the architecture, security, delivery, and automation required to run mission-critical applications on Microsoft Azure (Azure) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Public Cloud Services is part of the Advisory, Consulting and Client Services business unit of Ensono and focused on the acceleration of our Client’s Public Cloud initiatives and delivery. We are looking for a Senior Project Manager with Public Cloud Services experience to join our team. As a Senior Project Manager, you will responsible for delivering revenue generation as framed in the commercial sale in the most efficient manner whilst managing all internal and external delivery parties
 

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Critical success factors that measure performance would be:
-Resource and Cost management
-Delivery of project to budget and plan

-Personal Goals/Objectives as set agreed with the line manager

Your ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, decompose work for manageability, and time management and prioritization are essential attributes of a successful Senior Project Manager. You will work to define outcomes, evaluate alternative approaches, and understand key constraints, all while developing appropriate solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversees contract file maintenance 
• Participates with input into SOW or RFP response 
• Participates in vendor selection and contracts 

Planning:  

• Defines, organizes and plans project schedules to meet required project timeframes. Facilitates/leads estimation of moderately complex projects 
• Develops project schedule and determines resource needs. Works closely with resource managers to ensure proper resource allocation to the project 

Executing:  

• Independently and successfully managed the development and execution of all projects 
• Multiple moderately complex, multi-phased projects  
• Concurrently manages more than one moderately complex, multiple phased projects with cross-functional, cross-organizational teams and/or outside vendors 

Monitoring/Controlling:  

• Manages risk planning, analysis, response and control on a scheduled basis across all phases and projects 

Closing:  

• Recognize and document process improvement opportunities 
• Responsible for ensuring all project closeout activities are completed and documented 

Scope Planning:  

• Resolves potentially conflicting requirements 
• Thoroughly understands the project background (e.g., why it is being done, who supports/opposes it, where it is on the client’s priority list, who the client sponsor is) 
• Establishes and obtains key stakeholders’ commitment to the overall project vision 
• Obtains agreement to an approved, clearly stated review and approval process 
• Ensures changes to the project scope are implemented according to the project change management process 

Project Initiation:  

• Analyses historical data, identifies areas for improvement and makes recommendations to improve estimates 
• Coaches others in skills required to plan and estimate resource needs of complex projects 
• Oversees the development of schedules that result in on-time releases of large and complex projects 

Resource Management:  

• Maintaining Consulting and Delivery team utilization within Resource Management System
• Forecasting capacity

Time & Cost Management: 

• Manages budgets and timelines of high-level, high-impact, and high-cost client projects 
• Uses a variety of company and industry sources to assess and predict trends in estimating the resource needs of complex and large projects 
• Presents and maintains project budgets  
• Analyses aggregate budget/expense data across projects 
• Secures needed approval from senior management to changes in project budgets, to accompany changes in project scope 
• Ensures integration of timelines for multiple projects  
• Consistently meets profitability and release date objectives of complex projects 

Risk & Issue Management:  

• Implements strategies to deal with risks and issues affecting the success of the project (e.g., acceptance, avoidance, mitigation) 
• Works with stakeholders to increase their understanding of potential risks and the steps being taken to mitigate them 
• Objectively analyses the impact and probability of each risk and the impact of each issue 
• Uses risk mitigation techniques to lessen the probability, thereby reducing the risk 
• Involves team members in identifying risks on a regular basis throughout the project 
• Uses a variety of tools/techniques to quantify risks (e.g., expected monetary value, statistical sums, schedule simulations, decision trees) 
• Uses a variety of approaches (e.g., project team meetings, project status reports, issues logs, risk management worksheets) to keep project risks visible and track changes (e.g., probability, impact, planned risk response) 
• Drives risks and issues to closure 
• Establishes tolerance levels for issues and triggers for risks 

Skills

• Must be independent, self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude
• Professional communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• High degree of confidence and poise.
• Client focused and results drive

Experience

• Agile project management
• Wide experience of the IT Industry
• Experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS) must have
• Experience building, maintaining, and enhancing business relationships within and outside the company.
• Should have Planned and executed major migrations: complete analysis of business needs, application, hardware and security requirements.

Years of Experience Desired/Required:

Minimum 7-10 years of experience

Education Desired/Required:

Undergraduate degree with 5-7 years of professional experience (client facing experience preferred)

Certifications Required:

• Agile project management with Scrum
• Prince2/PMI certification, such as PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP highly desirable