Project Manager

Company:	Thomson Reuters Company Profile \| Current Opportunities (18)
Job Location(s):	Southfield
Employment Term:	Regular
Employment Type	Full Time
Start Date:	As soon as possible
Starting Salary Range:	Not Provided
Required Experience:	Open
Related Categories:	Project Management

Position Description

Project Manager-PRO00003244

Description

Thomson Reuters is the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. Through its more than 50,000 people across 93 countries, Thomson Reuters delivers this must-have insight to the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, and is powered by the world's most trusted news organization. More information about Thomson Reuters and its financial performance can be found on www.ThomsonReuters.com <http://www.thomsonreuters.com/>

Job Summary:

Experienced services oriented project manager responsible for an ongoing, cyclical business initiative. Marshalls staff resources consisting of clerical employees. Project manager is responsible for resource training and development, implementing new processing solutions and enhancing existing processes. Capable of adapting and flourishing in a highly challenging and dynamic environment.

Duties And Responsibilities:

Project Management of all projects/tasks within the team consisting of:
Creating project plan.
Leveling project plan.
Timely achievement of milestones.
Proactive variance analysis.
Working with functional areas to plan and manage daily schedules for cyclical business process.
Directing day-to-day operational aspects of a project.
Interfacing with functional areas to manage and estimate expectations and deliverables.
Controlling all hand-offs within and across the team.
Promoting and contributing to the improvement of development methodologies.
Managing process adherence.
Mentoring and formal/informal training of team resources.
Motivating and energizing the team to achieve corporate as well as team goals.
Managing resource utilization, productivity and internal prioritization of tasks.
Conducting risk analysis, minimizing exposure and planning for risk mitigation.
Ensuring project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
Trending and management of quality and productivity metrics.
Performing other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

BA / BS required.
PMP Certification required.
3 to 5 years project management experience in a services environment.
Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred.
Demonstrated ability as an individual contributor with a record of delivering consistent results in a matrix structure utilizing resources outside direct management chain.
Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Experience with coaching and mentoring development staff.
Record of commitment to organization, clients, team, and project performance.
Interactive / hands-on management style.
Commitment to the quality process.
Results oriented project management.

Thomson Reuters employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive - we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work.

Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law.

Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the H-1B visa cap has been met for the fiscal year 2010 (October 1, 2009-September 30, 2010.)

Job Project Management

Primary Location US-MI-Southfield

Organization Legal IPMS

Schedule Full-time

Job Type Standard

Shift Day Job