IT Vendor Relationship Manager jobs in Portsmouth, VA

Facilitate the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements.

-Resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas

-Develop methods to monitor project or progress; and provide corrective supervision if necessary.

-Responsibility for assembling a work plan for project team to prepare their technical or functional design, development and testing.

-Work with 3^rd party vendors if needed and coordinate between internal and external resources.

-Keep project system of record up to date with latest status of project, milestones, risks and issues.

-Leverage MS Teams to manage and file project artifacts, and maintain meeting agendas and minutes.

Requirements

-Thorough understanding of project management phases, techniques, and tools.

-Proficient in MS Project, Excel and Word, PowerPoint and MS Project.

-Ability to lead and control meetings with numerous participants.

-Evaluates alternatives and finds solutions using a systematic, multi-step approach.

-Consults and provides advice, facilitates discussion and resolves conflict; establishes trust; builds and uses cross-functional relationships to accomplish work objectives.

Past project management success, both in results achieved and in use of project methodology and tools.

-Pro-active in developing and implementing strategies that significantly mitigate risk.

-Ability to drive project team to think out of the box to identify and develop innovative solutions and solve problems.

-Recognizes problems or situations that are new or without clear precedent.

-Excellent communications skills with ability to deliver complex ideas/thoughts into simple, memorable terms that colleagues, leaders can easily interpret.