Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what’s possible through technology. The Project Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of professional services engagements, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and aligned to defined success criteria.
Responsibilities
- Creates and maintains presence with all project stakeholders acting as a CDW steward for quality
- Dedicated to meeting or exceeding stakeholder expectations
- Identifies success criteria and ensures that it is met by involving the stakeholders in key decisions
- Recognizes the need for negotiations, gathers relevant information and seeks advice when needed from sales and management before proceeding
- Negotiates small changes (cost, scope, effort, schedule solution, resource commitment, etc.) to agreeable result
- Effective in negotiating changes to achieve stakeholder satisfaction and project results
- Works with team members to gather information and determine possible/probable impacts to the project, document mitigation steps taken in troubleshooting and communicate these to the team and customer
- Manages projects independently using CDW's methodology
- Ensures profitability, oversees budgets, tracks time and expenses, and approves invoices promptly
- Validates scope and estimates, manages change orders, and delivers all Statement of Work items with quality assurance
- Identifies and mitigates risks, adjusts schedules and tasks as needed, and optimizes resources
- Tracks and resolves project issues, handles procurement and delivery, and documents outcomes and lessons learned
- Accepts responsibility for project outcomes, manages finances for clients and CDW, and holds the team accountable
- Build trust with stakeholders through strong relationships and expertise
- Resolves conflicts effectively and consistently meets project success criteria
- Ensure tasks are completed accurately and on time
- Stay up to date on industry’s best practices and shares insights within the project management team
- Determines the appropriate documentation (communication plans, schedules/timelines, status reports, quality plan, closure summary, budget, risk plan, etc.) for projects
- Manages the quality and delivery of documentation to clients
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Business or computer related field or equivalent experience
- 3 years of experience in delivery quality Infrastructure, Project Management or 3 years of CDW Services experience
- Two or more years of experience in leading significant projects within a single Advanced Technology solution area
- Demonstrated ability take accountability for projects and their results, be fiscally responsible and lead teams to meet project success factors
- Working knowledge of one or more formal project management methodologies proficiency with tools such as Microsoft Project/Office
- Ability to leverage business acumen, political savvy, relevant personal and CDW experience, perseverance and communication skills to build credibility
- Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills including demonstrated experience presenting technology recommendations from a business perspective
- Applies discretion when dealing with sensitive/confidential information
- Ability to balance multiple priorities simultaneously and adapt to the changing needs of the business while meeting deadlines
- Ability to work weekends and/or off hours as necessary to meet clients' needs
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% or as needed to other CDW locations, meetings and client sites
Benefits
- Quarterly bonus target of 10% subject to terms and conditions of plan
- Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
- Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials
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