Project Lead, Boonton, NJ

Project Lead / Full Benefit Package
Summary:
The Project Lead is responsible for executing key deliverables, including tracking key project milestones, product life cycle, facilitating product development teams and creating and managing project
plans.

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Responsible for overall planning, coordination, resource management and status reporting for all project activities.
• Establishes and implements project management processes and methodologies for product development activities and facility expansion. Includes project planning, resource planning, project scheduling and leading teams to accomplish project goals.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, to high quality standards to meet compliance guidelines.
• Responsible for budget management, metrics reporting and meeting facilitation.
• Promote common understanding of project timelines, milestones and reporting in order to align project stakeholders and team members.
• Lead project team to ensure project milestones are achieved to include routine monitoring of project outcomes, resources and budgets.
• Manages risks, issues and project change control (scope, schedule, cost and quality).
• Provide leadership to evaluate and resolve barriers to team/project progress.
• Resolve internal and external team conflict to ensure adherence to project schedule.
• Serves as a project management mentor.

Education/Experience:
• BA/BS Degree required, with at least two years of project management experience in leading project teams.
• Certification in Project Management is preferred.

Skills:
• Must have proficiency with MS Project.
• Candidate must possess excellent team building, training and facilitation skills.
• Must have the ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely to management.
• Must be able to prioritize and balance multiple projects and priorities.

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