IT Project Manager (Hybrid)

The Project Manager is responsible for the success of projects assigned to them by the PMO Manager. The project manager plans, executes, and delivers all projects on time, within budget and within the scope in accordance with business priorities. Throughout the lifecycle of each project, the project manager tracks project status and manages project teams to mitigate issues and risks.

• Directs large-scale, complex projects that may involve multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Defines, creates, and executes project plans for project, portfolio, and product prioritization and implementation.
• Evaluates trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value.
• Partners with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria.
• Builds, leads, and coaches multiple project teams throughout project life cycles.
• Provides monitoring and enforcement of schedules, milestones, and vendor accountability.
• Facilitates all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects.
• Creates risk mitigation strategies to anticipate, assess and resolve project risks as they are encountered.
• Ensures all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company.
• Prepares project status reports and presents project performance updates to relevant business stakeholders.
• Defines and tracks project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan.
• Ensures all projects meet success parameters
• Works with the PMO Manager to recommend improvements to the PMO teams process and procedures.

• More than five years of Project management experience (PMP preferred).
• Experience working with project and portfolio management tools.
• Excellent project management and team leadership skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment.
• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability.
• Understanding of software development lifecycles (i.e., Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Iterative)
• Experience using Azure DevOps (or similar tools) to manage software development projects.
• In depth understanding of project management concepts., Compliance with all company policies, including but not limited to the company's COVID-19 vaccination policy and testing and face-covering policy, is a condition of employment. You must be able to connect to a reliable internet service to perform all job duties when working from home. Work authorization is required, and sponsorship is not available. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

This is a hybrid role, with some days remote and some days on-site (typically 3 per week) in our office at 9127 S. Jamaica St., Englewood, CO 80112. When working in the office, we follow CDC guidelines.

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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Plan with a match, along with 15 days of paid Vacation, 10 paid Sick days, and 12 paid Holidays.

A close-knit culture and steady work/life balance are tantamount to success at Toastmasters International. The educational nonprofit strives to cultivate an upbeat, prolific workforce through valued benefits, such as complimentary coffee and tea bar, employee-focused events/lunches, and prize-winning contests.

The company-wide camaraderie can be felt in the sleek breakrooms and wide-open workspace, which face large windows and let in a lot of light and positive energy in a LEED-certified building. Holidays are important here: in addition to 12 paid holidays per year, the company encourages monthly potlucks, Halloween costumes, department decorations, and making merry at year's end.

At Toastmasters International, we help our members to a better life. Our story started nearly a hundred years ago when Ralph Smedley our founder started Toastmasters at the basement of YMCA. His idea was to guide a few young men to a better life through effective communication. Today we are in 145 countries with more than 370,000 members worldwide who are seeking a better life for themselves and others. There is nothing more fulfilling to know that your work has significance in people's lives worldwide. We make this possible with a team of 150 inspired and sincere staff at the World Headquarters located in the Denver Technology Center.