Project Manager-project portfolio management(0856) IBM Business Services

As Project Manager, you are responsible for project management support of both client and cloud environments. You will support projects and stakeholders in client facing roles.
If you thrive in a dynamic, collaborative workplace, IBM provides an environment where you will be challenged and inspired every single day.
Your Role & Responsibilities:
Utilize PM profession skills to enhance the level of service and quality of deliverables.
Exhibit project leadership in a shared services resource environment
Ability to collect technical inputs from subject matter experts and create solutions to drive aggressive timelines
Communicate complex issues to stakeholders with recommendations on the path forward.
Allocate resources appropriately to meet program needs and minimize resource contention
Coordinate stakeholder meetings to ensure all parties understand the deliveries and milestones and the resources that are assigned
Facilitate/manage solution Maturing phase of the project by working with design/solution team
Develop detailed implementation plans using MS Project or Account specific tool
Conduct Project Definition Workshops with all the stakeholders and produce the written report - Project Definition Report
Work with various delivery team to ensure that all relevant teams within IBM and alliance teams/sub-contractors are engaged during implementation
Close collaboration with the different Cloud teams ("Operations", "Architecture", etc.) and the business IT project teams
Should be well versed with project management domains: Initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing
Lead a project team in delivering a solution to the customer and should have overall performance responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverable, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management
Manage all project resources and establish an effective communication plan with the project team and the customer and provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer
Oversee all aspects of projects. Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor and summarize progress of project. Prepare reports for upper management regarding status of project
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Minimum 10+years of overall experience in IT industry with 5+ years of proven delivery managing increasingly complex projects
Strong Cloud infrastructure background with Cloud (AWS/Azure/Google/IBM Cloud) migration experience
Leadership competencies for team building, client relations, Negotiation, decision making, problem solving and conflict management
Proficient in Agile methodology with an ability to adapt quickly to changing technology requirements
Proven project management skill and an ability to navigate fast paced and rapidly evolving environments, # Knowledge of the PMI Process Groups; Initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing. Knowledge of current Project Management methodologies
Strong working knowledge of project-planning tools like MS Project, MS Excel, MS Power point
Knowledge of Data Center infrastructure management
Knowledge of Cloud services delivery strategies and experience with implementations of all types of Cloud Deployment models Public, Private and Hybrid
Experience in leading project teams across different countries and cultures.
Proven ability to learn and grasp concepts quickly in a fast-paced environment.
Effective Client & Stakeholder handling skills
Excellent interpersonal, communication skills and attention to detail
Experience on the following infrastructure technologies is a plus
Mainframe
SAN Infrastructure
Distributed (Wintel/Linux)
IBM Power Series
IBM Storage
Network Technologies(Cisco and Palo Alto)
Hyperscalers(AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Project Management Professional certification (optional)
You love collaborative environments that use agile methodologies to encourage creative design thinking and find innovative ways to develop with cutting edge technologies
Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with creative approach to work
Intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management
Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
Up-to-date technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications