Project Manager; Remote

Overview What We Do We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department. Who We Are Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others. Why You Should Join Us You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family. Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive. We value the importance of our employees’ emotional wellbeing. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Responsibilities The Project Manager (PM) works with the Connection sales subsidiaries to successfully deliver medium to large moderately complex projects. The Project Manager utilizes independent judgment and discretion while following a predefined project management methodology to deliver all projects. The PM creates, controls and drives project execution utilizing the appropriate pre-defined project management lifecycle methodologies. The PM serves as the primary point of contact for project communication and ensures all phases of the project are followed. The Project Manager may also assist clients and the sales team in planning, scoping, scheduling, and determining project requirements during the pre-sales phase. The PM is also responsible for contributing to the development of the team by mentoring less experienced project managers. Travel may be required to kick off a project, run pilots, discuss project milestone reviews, or to attend customer meetings. Post-Sales Project Management Provides project management services for medium to large moderately complex service delivery projects: · Develops relevant project artifacts to deliver contractual services utilizing judgment and discretion based on the agreed deliverables · Utilizes and manages internal resources and third-party service providers to fulfill project requirements · Proactively manages project scope, budget and schedule · Proactively mitigates risks and issues · Uses problem solving skills on escalated issues · Acts as a primary point of contact for the project · Mentors less experienced project managers · May manage internal company projects Administration Confirms milestone completions and ensures time and expenses are entered correctly and validated following Connection PMO’s best practices and established processes. · Updates systems and PMO Manager as required · Performs or oversees billing submissions · Performs administrative closing of projects per prescribed project management methodology · Fulfills weekly status and portfolio reporting requirements Technology Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint with ability to update spreadsheets and to perform intermediate calculations in Excel Experience using Microsoft Word templates to create Change Orders and project artifacts and deliverables Experience creating project schedules using Microsoft Project Min USD $97,000.00/Yr. Max USD $125,000.00/Yr. Qualifications Because of the possibility for fraudulent job postings on many popular job boards, please be advised that Connection will never offer a position of employment without a complete interview process and communication with a “live person".