Sr Project Management Consultant Motorola Solutions
Elgin, IL

Job Description

Manages the development and/or implementation of Motorola Solutions products or services.

Coordinates departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgraded existing products or services.

Manages projects from inception to completion (or transition), including tracking and evaluation of project performance.

Ensures that projects are completed on time, within budget, and within accepted quality metrics.

Participates in project review and status meetings, and communicates project status.

Utilizes six sigma and project management methodologies to ensure maximum project effectiveness.

Motivates project team to ensure optimal performance.

May assist in the development of business plans, strategies, and approaches to take advantage of business opportunities.

Defines and develops detailed project plans based on the given requirements and scopes.

Demonstrates best practices for developing schedules and understands the critical path.

Monitor project execution to ensure all obligations are met and drive projects to completion.

Collaborate with global stakeholders (internal and external) to resolve conflicts and drive successful delivery of projects.

Manages expectations of the project sponsor and stakeholder with timely communication/escalation of risks/issues, their impact, and mitigation/corrective actions.

Recommends corrective actions and implements changes.

Identifies and mitigates project risks. Owns resolution to any dependency or issue not being delivered by an appropriate party.

Ensure all project documentation are completed and keep in the appropriate storage.

Familiar with waterfall and agile development methodologies and their associated quality assurance methods.

Qualification:

Bachelor's degree is preferred.

Demonstrated competency with office tools (e.g. MS Office and Google Suite).

Demonstrated competency with a project management tool (e.g. MS Project, Primavera, Smartsheet, or a SaaS PPM Tool)

Excellent written and verbal communications skills are necessary.

Strong interpersonal skills with a desire to collaborate with internal and external business/technical teams.

Ability to work independently as well as with a team.

Highly organized, structured, and process oriented; team building skills a plus.

Able to simplify a complex situation and provide update accordingly.

PMI Certified PMP preferred, and ITIL will be an advantage.