Project / Program Manager

Immediate need for a talented Project / Program Manager. This is a 12+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Belleville, MI (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID:25-93177

Pay Range: $30 - $31.35/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Post Implementation Client Support - You may be asked to support existing clients.
• Adherence to EVBS Performance Management Framework
• Primary point of contact for EVBS client(s) for all aspects of new and ongoing programs
• Develop & maintain collaborative relationships with your clients (from the day-to-day stakeholder to executives), engineers and operational business stakeholders as appropriate to establish priorities and provide ongoing updates
• Responsible for all operational, business, and finance aspects of the program.
• Ensure optimal operational delivery of client work via regular reporting and engagement with team to identify improvement opportunities that drive, efficiency, safety, and quality
• Manage to SOWs and ensure issuance and replenishment of purchase orders
• Communicate proactively with client(s) on production recommendations, risks, challenges, and solutions
• Lead regular status/update meetings with client(s) and the internal teams, ensuring thorough communication with all stakeholders at all stages of the engagement
• Ensure lessons learned and newly developed best practices are s to existing EVBS Performance Management Framework for continuous improvement and process optimization
• Identify issues and opportunities within accounts and projects to provide solutions and potential sales opportunitiesThe main responsibilities of this role are to liaise with all internal and external project stakeholders, lead resources within the project and manage the delivery of the project from initial concept through delivery, and in some cases beyond delivery. The ability to identify risks, escalate and collaborate to drive out solutions is critical to the success of the Project/Program Manager II. They should be highly organized and motivated with excellent communication.
• Project Leadership- You are responsible for a well-organized and properly documented project.
• Oversee EVBS implementation projects and support project teams consisting of both internal and external stakeholders
• Must organize, manage, direct, and drive all activities and artifacts for the program from RFP/RFI to after delivery and warranty phase. Some work may continue long after commercial Go-Live.
• Works with cross functional project team members to define, sequence and estimate activities and duration
• Synthesizes diverse sets of information into plans and schedules
• Collaborate with other teams and stakeholders to ensure engagement throughout the project, as well as efficient handoff during project transition to business as usual.
• Schedule and facilitate client and internal meetings via telephone, web and face-to-face
• Adherence to EVBS Implementation Framework.
• Project Kick off workshop(s), both internal and client facing.
• Technical Discovery including process definition, facility space planning, Engineering requirements/reviews, software requirements/review, invoicing/billing requirements/reviews
• Schedule development
• SOW development
• Procurement of necessary equipment and tools
• Facility readiness
• Operation readiness
• Production trial run
• PPAP/Launch
• Graceful multitasking
• Team Leadership- You are to embody the example and maintain the project cadence.
• Lead and manage project to deliver business objectives, set the example, and maintain cadence
• Leverage sales leadership to aid in driving change, change requests, timeline adjustments with the client
• Collaborate, influence and communicate with stakeholders to ensure timely delivery
• Communication- You are the voice of the project team to leadership.
• Facilitates face-to-face communication and project feedback
• Regularly communicate progress, issues, and risks to managementand with project team
• Ability to design and maintain project artifacts such as project schedules, RAID logs, process flows, meeting minutes, status presentations, project updates, etc.
• Identify risks associated with the project and work to identify and enable project team to execute a mitigation plan to reduce the likelihood of the risk occurring and contingencies in case the risk manifests
• Take corrective action , including influence project team, to improve the RAG (Red, Amber, Green) status of the project where necessary
• Some travel between regional sites and/or to client locations

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Skills-["Project Coordinator or Project Coordination or Project Analyst”, “EV or EVBS OR Electric Vehicle or EVB”].
• Required Experience & Specialized Knowledge and skills
• BS degree in Engineering preferred (due to technical nature of EVBS project and customers)
• Experience with EV batteries a plus
• 1-2 years’ experience in project management or related field
• Client facing exposure with proven ability to develop strong relationships
• Must be self-motivated with strong organizational skills, an attention to detail, and the aptitude to take ownership
• Ability to design items of communication to convey complicated issues in an easily understood fashion to team members, clients, and leadership
• Thrive in a high pressure, ever changing and demanding environment
• Systems to be proficient with:
• MS Office tools: Project/Smartsheet, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio/Lucid, Word
• Travel required: 10-25%

Our client is a leading IT Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
 
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