Integrative Growth

Now Hiring:

Integrative Growth has an immediate need for a Project Manager in our Minneapolis office.

Primary Accountabilities:

• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

• Identifies resources needed and works with the Practice Lead to secure resources

• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope

• Develops project deliverables including process flows, logic models, and reports

• Conducts stakeholder interviews

• Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client

• Effectively applies selected methodologies and enforces project standards

• Prepares for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures

• Minimizes our exposure and risk on project

• Ensures project documents and project directories are complete, current, protected and stored appropriately

Project Accounting:

• Tracks and reports team hours and expenses on a weekly basis

• Manages project budget

• Ensures timely and accurate invoicing, and monitors receivables for project

• Follows up with clients, when necessary, regarding unpaid invoices

• Analyzes project profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization

 Core Competencies:

• Business Acumen
• Understands basic revenue models, P/L, and cost-to-completion projections and makes decisions accordingly
• Understands our pricing model and billing procedures
• Accurately forecasts revenue, profitability, margins, bill rates and utilization
• Assures project legal documents are completed and signed by an officer

 Business Development:

• Identifies business development and "add-on" sales opportunities as they relate to a specific project
• Assists in proposal efforts including completing project scoping and resource requirements
• Effectively conveys our message in both written and verbal business development discussions

Communication:

• Facilitates team and client meetings effectively
• Holds regular status meetings with project team
• Keeps project team well informed of changes within the client organization on a need to know basis
• Effectively communicates relevant project information to superiors
• Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully

Technical Requirements:

• Principles of Research: primary and secondary research/ qualitative and quantitative research, various data collection techniques (web, phone, etc.) and the limitations of each

• Basic sampling principles and the uses of statistical tests.

• Experienced reviewing data for meaning and writing reports of findings

• MSOffice Suite for data tables, charting, report writing, and presentations

• Familiarity defining and reviewing data cross-tabs

 Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, business or statistics

• Coursework in research methods

 Differentiators:

• SAS or SPSS for analyzing data

• Familiarity with design and evaluation approaches in energy conservation and efficiency, sustainability

• Certification in project management and/ or quality training

• Masters in a social science, Business, Economics or related field