The Project Manager will define, scope, and manage large, complex projects while working with senior management to ensure business objectives are achieved. This position will be hybrid in our New York office located at the World Trade Center.
Day-to-day Responsibilities
- Direct project management of a large-scale, or series or mid-scale, complex project(s) that will involve multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Adherence to the Change Framework, ensuring quality of project reporting via Kroll deployed program management tools.
- Develop the project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related project management artefacts.
- Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value
- Manage detailed plans across the critical path to deliverance of project objectives, engaging with stakeholders and critically assessing requirements
- Anticipate issues and delays, and evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value, effectively assessing and resolving high priority project risks.
- Define and report on project progress and achievement of project milestones, regularly updating key and senior stakeholders on project status.
- Continually manage project dependencies, ensuring smooth and timely delivery of the key milestones
- Identify areas for methodological improvement and implements changes.
- Validate, track and forecast financial forecasts and provide on-going reconciliation of project expenditures and key financial metrics against targets, applying insights from the business to make recommendations to effectively manage budget.
- Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria
- Build, lead, and coach project teams throughout project lifecycles
- Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects
- Assess and resolve all high priority project risks as they are encountered
- Continually update relevant business stakeholders of project status and periodically publish project status reports
- Responsible for facilitating and chairing regular project meetings, and follow-up with project team members as required including the preparation, collation, and distribution of project status reports, ad hoc presentations, and reporting (including executive and senior management reporting).
- More than 5 years of experience and knowledge of large scale, global, change program and portfolio management
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels
- Excellent at managing and influencing a wide network of stakeholders, including senior management, who can influence and build relationships
- Strong planning, organizational, and coaching skills
- Willing and able to challenge customers and stakeholders to better understand their needs
- Expert knowledge of financial management, risk, and project management methodologies
- Excellent documentation skills; ability to create high quality steering committee materials
- Background in working across a number of different sectors both business and IT related projects/programs
- Ability to support the creation of a high-performance culture within a business change context.
- Ability to hold self and others accountable to meet commitments and deliver required business outcomes.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity.
- Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Influences and resolves complex requirements challenges across the organization.
- Ability to work in a dynamic matrix environment and influence groups outside of immediate organization to execute efficiently
Join the global leader in risk and financial advisory solutions—Kroll. With a nearly century-long legacy, we blend trusted expertise with cutting-edge technology to navigate and redefine industry complexities. As a part of One Team, One Kroll, you'll contribute to a collaborative and empowering environment, propelling your career to new heights. Ready to build, protect, restore and maximize our clients’ value? Your journey begins with Kroll.
In order to be considered for a position, you must formally apply via careers.kroll.com.
Kroll is committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants regardless of gender, gender identity, race, religion, color, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, age or disability.
The current salary range for this position is $70,000 to $200,000
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