IT Project Specialist

Company: The MathWorks, Inc.
Location: Natick, MA
Posted on: January 25, 2016

Job Description:

Working under the direction of IT Project Manager 1, will be responsible

for supporting the planning, prioritization, and coordination of

strategic MathWorks IT projects; participating in strategy and planning,

including defining project scopes, goals, deliverables, and required

resources in collaboration with managers, technical leaders, and

stakeholders; communicating project expectations and success criteria to

team members and stakeholders; liaising with project stakeholders on an

ongoing basis; determining the frequency and content of project status

updates; planning, scheduling, and tracking project timelines,

milestones, and deliverables; conducting project retrospectives and

creating recommendations report in order to identify successful and

unsuccessful project elements; improving and developing best practices

and tools for project execution and management, identifying and managing

project dependencies and critical paths; identifying and resolving

issues and conflicts within the project team; developing and delivering

proposals, requirements documentation, presentations, and status

updates; proactively managing changes in project scope, identifying

potential risks, and devising contingency plans; and developing business

relationships vital to the success of projects.

Education and Experience:

Master's degree or higher (or foreign education equivalent) in

Engineering or Computer Science and no experience.

OR

Bachelor's degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Engineering or

Computer Science and five (5) years of experience in job offered or five

(5) years of experience project managing enterprise-wide, high

availability, information technology infrastructure, development and

migration projects.

Special Requirements:

• Demonstrated expertise project managing the migration of core,

high availability IT or telecommunication applications and systems --

servers, desktops, phones, and disaster recovery sites for enterprise-

wide projects of 1,000+ sites or users.

• Demonstrated expertise process mapping and developing program

charters, pilot/project plans, communications plans, schedules and cost

reports using Workfront or Microsoft Project; developing and delivering

project proposals, budget estimates, timelines/milestones and plan

reports to senior executives/stakeholders.

• Demonstrated expertise project managing enterprise-wide

information technology migration projects including development of

disaster recovery plan, escalation protocols, and contingency plans.

[Expertise may be gained during Graduate program.]

For the position listed above, interested candidates may search by job

code 15656 for specific job details and requirements and apply online on

the Careers Page at www.mathworks.com/company/jobs

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