The Senior Project Manager at CDW will oversee cloud consulting projects, manage budgets, timelines, and customer relationships, and ensure successful project delivery.
Description
At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW. As a Senior Project Manager, you will work on a multicultural team. You will focus on best-of-class project management for cloud consulting engagements, including transformation, migration, optimization, and configuration. This position is 100% remote.
* Responsibilities
* Govern project budgets, timelines, risks, assumptions, scope changes, issues and dependencies; report out to clients and team members
* Plan, schedule, document and manage activities throughout cloud consulting engagements as a billable project manager
* Lead consulting sessions with Delivery team to understand challenges, technical needs, and customer requirements
* Document and present recommendations to customers, including senior leadership
* Manage comprehensive project plans and validate requested deliverables, resource requirements, internal goals, client priorities and milestones
* Control and analyze project finances by ensuring project funding is secured and documented and creating cost estimates that are aligned with resource requirements
* Coordinate relationships with customers and vendors to identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements
* Manage scope changes and customer expectations through the change order process
* Work with Mission Cloud service delivery leadership and sales resources to scope work efforts for project services
* Requirements
* Proven experience in project management, including direct management/interactions with customers
* Experience in cloud consulting engagements including Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar
* Ability to consult and manage projects on a time and material basis
* Ability to manage third-party partners as part of a consulting engagements
* Working knowledge of project management frameworks including Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall
* Knowledge of ITIL practices (Change Management, Problem Management)
* Project Management Professional, Scrum Master, or similar certification
* AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (required within 60 days of hire) Dismiss services promo card
* We make technology work so people can do great things.
* CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive. CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law. CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, CDW's goal is to get to know you as an applicant and understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. While AI can help you present yourself more clearly and effectively, the essence of your application should be authentically yours. To learn more, please review [CDW's AI Applicant Notice](https://www.cdwjobs.com/pages/ai-applicant-notice).
At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW. As a Senior Project Manager, you will work on a multicultural team. You will focus on best-of-class project management for cloud consulting engagements, including transformation, migration, optimization, and configuration. This position is 100% remote.
* Responsibilities
* Govern project budgets, timelines, risks, assumptions, scope changes, issues and dependencies; report out to clients and team members
* Plan, schedule, document and manage activities throughout cloud consulting engagements as a billable project manager
* Lead consulting sessions with Delivery team to understand challenges, technical needs, and customer requirements
* Document and present recommendations to customers, including senior leadership
* Manage comprehensive project plans and validate requested deliverables, resource requirements, internal goals, client priorities and milestones
* Control and analyze project finances by ensuring project funding is secured and documented and creating cost estimates that are aligned with resource requirements
* Coordinate relationships with customers and vendors to identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements
* Manage scope changes and customer expectations through the change order process
* Work with Mission Cloud service delivery leadership and sales resources to scope work efforts for project services
* Requirements
* Proven experience in project management, including direct management/interactions with customers
* Experience in cloud consulting engagements including Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar
* Ability to consult and manage projects on a time and material basis
* Ability to manage third-party partners as part of a consulting engagements
* Working knowledge of project management frameworks including Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall
* Knowledge of ITIL practices (Change Management, Problem Management)
* Project Management Professional, Scrum Master, or similar certification
* AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (required within 60 days of hire) Dismiss services promo card
* We make technology work so people can do great things.
* CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive. CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law. CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, CDW's goal is to get to know you as an applicant and understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. While AI can help you present yourself more clearly and effectively, the essence of your application should be authentically yours. To learn more, please review [CDW's AI Applicant Notice](https://www.cdwjobs.com/pages/ai-applicant-notice).
Top Skills
Agile
Amazon Web Services (Aws)
Itil Practices
Scrum
Waterfall
CDW Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
625 W Adams St., Chicago, IL, United States, 60661
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