Project Manager Data & AI Delivery (Intern Conversion)

Introduction A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities As a Project Manager specializing in Data Platforms, you will lead a project team in delivering a solution that meets the project's charter or contract. You will be accountable for overall performance, managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Manage Project Scope: Ensure that the project stays within its defined scope, and any changes are properly documented and approved. This includes managing scope creep and ensuring that all stakeholders are informed of changes.
• Deliver Project Results: Lead the project team to deliver results that meet the project's charter or contract, ensuring that the solution meets the required quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Apply Project Methodologies: Utilize project management methodologies to plan, execute, and monitor the project, ensuring that all aspects of the project are properly managed and controlled.
• Manage Project Schedule: Develop and manage the project schedule, ensuring that all milestones and deadlines are met, and that the project stays on track.
• Manage Contractual Deliverables: Ensure that all contractual deliverables are met, and that the project is delivered within the agreed-upon budget and timeframe.

Preferred Education Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Project Management Methodologies: Exposure to project management methodologies, including expertise in applying these methodologies to plan, execute, and monitor projects.
• Big Data and Analytics: Experience working with Big Data and Analytics, including understanding the complexities of managing large datasets and extracting insights.
• Project Planning and Budgeting: Exposure to project planning and budgeting, including developing and managing project schedules and budgets.
• Performance Management: Experience working with performance management principles, including setting goals, tracking progress, and ensuring projects meet required quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Change Control: Exposure to change control processes, including managing scope creep, documenting changes, and ensuring stakeholder approval.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Business Analysis Expertise: Exposure to business analysis principles, including understanding business needs and developing solutions to meet those needs.
• Strategic Planning: Experience working with strategic planning, including developing and implementing plans to achieve business objectives.
• Staffing and Resource Allocation: Exposure to staffing and resource allocation, including planning and managing resources to meet project requirements.