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Job Title: Advisory Project Manager
Job ID: ITD-0437766
Job type: Full-time Regular
Work country: Australia
Posted: 28-Sep-2011
Work city: Melbourne
Job area: IT & Telecommunications (non consulting)
Job category: IT & Telecommunications (non consulting)
Job description
Environment
Knowledge of the PMI Process Groups; Initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing. Knowledge of current Project Management methodologies. Understands department / function resources, priorities, and policies and applies this understanding to project activities. Demonstrates the required proficiency levels for skills defined at this position in the IBM Skills Management System. Working knowledge in business matters, finance, planning, forecasting and personnel in order to manage team staff and business issues.
Communication/Negotiation
Engaged as a professional who advises others and works with team members to articulate, compare, and implement solutions and alternative approaches based upon project management principles. Team members might include customer, supplier and IBM staff. Negotiates effectively with team members to define the team's goals, work content and schedules. Clearly communicates team results to immediate management / project manager. Establishes and maintains clear mechanisms to communicate project status and change with the project team and other staff. Must be able to effectively communicate resource needs and project issues with management / project management.
Problem Solving
Recognizes and articulates complex problems related to the project / segment of the project or function. Applies creativity and judgment in development of multiple solutions related to project objectives utilizing recognized project management techniques. As appropriate, challenges the validity of given procedures and processes with a view toward enhancement or improvement. Analyzes problems and creates solutions involving finance, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools and solution components.
Working Conditions
Works primarily at customer locations, frequently exposed to demands of travel and irregular work hours.
Required
Bachelor's Degree
English: Fluent
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