Project Manager

Project Manager II

 

 

Who We Are:

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.

With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.

Visit us at UST.com.

 

You Are:

UST is searching for a Project Manager who will collect, analyzes, and summarizes information on project phases, task, duration, resources, and costs.

 

The opportunity:

·       Participates in developing plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, and resources assignments for projects that are subject to management review and approval.

·       Act as liaison among internal and external stakeholders, business unit functional areas and project development teams to ensure effective project coordination among participating groups. Facilitates communication among project participants to expedite project processes to resolve issues and problems. Schedule and facilitate meetings on project status and issue resolution.

·       Determines specific project deliverables, defines the process for the review and approval of deliverables, and specifies quality criteria for deliverables assessment.

·       Defines project scope subject to management approval, establishes the process for altering the scope, and responds to requests for changes to the scope.

·       Builds time estimates, develops project schedule, and addresses scheduling problems as they arise.

·       Develops, maintains, publishes and distributes comprehensive project plans.

·       Identifies, mitigates and recommends alternatives to handling risks and issues that threaten the successful completion of the project within deadline.

·       Monitors and reports project progress to objectives in timeframes, scope, quality, costs and risks. Receives information on project status, changes and issues.  Identifies potential sources for solutions, and contacts appropriate parties to initiate action.

·       Takes an outward focused stance to delivery, removing roadblocks that could distract the team.

·       Prepare project status reports for upper management.

·       Collaborate with key project members to document and obtain buy-in and approvals items such as requirements, scope to meet the requirements, milestones, project health changes, issue and risks.

·       Manage project security assessment to ensure completeness and approval before project Go-Live date.

·       Identity, mitigate and recommend alternatives for handling risks and issues that threaten the successful completion of the project within the deadline.

·       Develop and maintain project risk management plans. Coordinate project risk identification, quantification, response development and control.

 

 

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

 

What you need:

·       8 + years of project management experience

·       3 + years’ experience in Cyber /Information security project management

·       Strong knowledge of project management methodology and tools including software.

·       Strong knowledge of Cyber Security, Information Technology, Risk and compliance.

·       Good knowledge of business unit products and operations.

·       Strong oral and written communication skills.

·       Strong project management and organizational skills.

·       Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

·       Strong leadership skills.

·       Proficient in MS project, Excel, Visio, Jira etc.

·       Experience with Agile methodologies

·       Experience with information security/Technology/Infrastructure projects.

·       Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

·       Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and Certified Scrum Master

 

 

 

 

Benefits

Employees receive eleven (11) paid holidays, two (2) weeks of paid vacation per year, and are eligible for health, dental, disability and life insurance.

What we believe:

We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

An Equal Opportunity Workplace, Free of Discrimination and Harassment

At UST, we strive to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We are an equal opportunity employer and employment decisions are based on merit and business needs. Our Human Rights Policy further illustrates our stand on this. We are committed to following fair employment practices that provide equal opportunities to all employees. We do not discriminate or allow harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status, or any other legally protected status. At UST, we value diversity and believe that a diverse workplace builds a competitive advantage.

Un lugar de trabajo con igualdad de oportunidades y libre de discriminación y acoso

En UST, nos esforzamos por proporcionar un ambiente de trabajo libre de discriminación y acoso. Somos un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades y basa las decisiones de empleo en los méritos y las necesidades del negocio. Estamos comprometidos a seguir prácticas de empleo justas que brinden igualdad de oportunidades a todos los empleados. No discriminamos ni permitimos el acoso por motivos de raza, color, religión, discapacidad, género, origen nacional, orientación sexual, identidad de género, expresión de género, edad, información genética, estado militar o cualquier otro estado legalmente protegido. En UST, valoramos la diversidad y creemos que un lugar de trabajo diverso construye una ventaja competitiva.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

 

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