Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Idaho.

📋 Description

• Deliver project management expertise across various technology stacks and services.

• Independently manage projects of low to medium complexity or integrate within larger programs.

• Balance project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and customer outcomes effectively.

• Serve as a trusted consultant and project advocate for stakeholders.

• Cultivate relationships with CDW engineers, sales teams, cross-functional teams, customers, and third-party consultants.

• Negotiate modifications to costs, scope, efforts, schedules, and resource commitments.

• Collect project information, evaluate impacts, document mitigation strategies, and communicate with teams and clients.

• Oversee medium to large projects requiring intricate cross-functional collaboration.

• Monitor project profitability, budgets, resources, actuals, planned hours, financials, time, expenses, and invoices.

• Confirm project scope and estimates; identify the need for new Statements of Work or Change Orders.

• Recognize additional service opportunities for sales teams.

• Ensure deliverables and quality assurance of the Statement of Work throughout the project lifecycle.

• Create, track, modify, and communicate project tasks and schedules with engineering and partner resources.

• Identify and optimize resources and billable schedules.

• Detect, document, monitor, and resolve project risks and issues.

• Manage procurement and delivery schedules for equipment, software, licensing, and outside services.

• Document outcomes and lessons learned while contributing to PMO process enhancements.

• Hold project team members accountable for their scope and schedule commitments.

• Lead teams to achieve project success criteria and surpass client expectations.

• Review delegated tasks and provide coaching and mentorship to Associate Project Managers.

• Research and disseminate industry best practices through conferences, training, and professional associations.

• Prepare and manage project documentation, including communication plans, schedules, status reports, quality plans, closure summaries, budgets, and risk plans.

• Lead and facilitate both live and virtual meetings; summarize, assign, and publish follow-up actions.

• Tailor communication styles and mediums to suit audience needs and convey complex topics to stakeholders.

• Develop and manage comprehensive schedules and work plans.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 4 years of experience in project management or four years of CDW Services experience OR 8 years of experience in project management or 8 years of CDW Services experience.

• Two or more years of experience leading small to medium-scale projects in a professional services organization.

• Experience in project management or agile consulting, advising clients on delivery best practices across various technology stacks such as Cloud, Security, and Infrastructure.

• Ability to support presales activities and identify new sales opportunities.

• Experience productively participating in virtual teams.

• Experience managing projects with multiple technologies.

• Proven accountability for projects and results, fiscal responsibility, and team leadership.

• Working knowledge of one or more formal project management methodologies.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Project/Office.

• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technology recommendations from a business perspective.

• Capacity to handle sensitive/confidential information with discretion.

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities, adapt to changing business needs, and meet deadlines.

• Willingness to work weekends and/or off-hours as required.

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% or as necessary.

• Capability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions; organize, prioritize, multitask, and apply common sense.

• PMP and/or Agile Certification(s) is a plus.

• Experience using Waterfall and Agile methods, including Scrum and Kanban, is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus target of 10% subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.

• Comprehensive benefits package; details available at https://cdw.benefit-info.com/.

• Opportunities for professional development through research, conferences, training seminars, and participation in professional associations.

• Coaching and mentoring from Associate Project Managers.

• Flexible remote work arrangements.

• Travel opportunities to CDW locations, meetings, and client sites.