Project Manager - W2 only

Title                                       : Project Manager

Location                               :  Maryland Heights, MO – Hybrid

Duration                              : 12 months

Rate                                        :  $53/hr on W2

Position                                 : W2 Position

Relevant Experience (in Yrs.): 10+

Detailed Job Description:

·         Coordinate across teams and dependencies — Sync with engineering, product, marketing, and vendor partners to align on scope, hand-offs, and cross-team dependencies (e.g., IE/ORT testing windows, deployment schedules, eligibility/data pulls).

·         Track status, dates, and risks — Update project committed dates, executive status fields, and health indicators in Jira/Nexus; monitor milestones, flag slips, and maintain hot topics and risk logs so reporting stays accurate.

·         Run meetings and drive action items — Facilitate stand-ups, program reviews, and breakout sessions; capture decisions and action items, assign owners, and follow up to closure.

·         Manage scope and escalations — Assess incoming scope changes and new information, weigh schedule/resource impact, and escalate to leadership with clear options when triggers are met (e.g., budget, timeline, or partner changes).

·         Prepare stakeholder reporting — Build and refine leadership-ready updates that emphasize production release dates and business value milestones, then finalize and distribute ahead of executive reviews.

·         Manages the entire project lifecycle from project definition through implementation. Accountable for meeting agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and quality measures.

·         Develops project plan and drives project milestones. Establishes effective communication plan with project team and key stakeholders.

·         Provides day-to-day direction to project resources. Ensures effective change management occurs throughout the course of the project.

·         Responsible for preparation of documentation, status reports and budgets.

·          Role requires excellent oral and written communications, interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis and problem-solving skills.

·         specialized knowledge of MS Project, Visio, Excel, Word. 10+ years of experience.

Must Have Skills:

·          Project Management

·          Project Tracking, Status Reporting

·         Risk Management

·         Stakeholder Management

·         Dependency Management