Senior IT Project Manager

Senior IT Project Manager

  Not Disclosed

  Raleigh, NC

  12.0 Months

  Not Disclosed

  Not Disclosed

  Government - State

Job Description

Description:

The client is seeking a senior project manager to manage the planning and implementation of a statewide IT project for the client.

This lead project management role will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders and selected vendor(s) to analyze, plan, and implement the new solution. This position will be responsible for working with senior-level business executives, IT personnel, business program resources and Vendor staff to execute project requirements and manage stakeholder expectations. This position will manage the day-to-day activities for the project and complete all input to the client Project Management (Touchdown) system as needed.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Working with personnel within the client team and the Information Technology team to develop necessary project management, change management, risk management, rollout, and training plans. To the extent possible, integrate this project into the existing governance processes to ensure alignment of priorities and minimal disruption to ongoing operations and other required deliverables

Developing and maintaining detailed project schedule, budget and monitoring expenditures
Developing and maintaining all required project management artifacts following client guidelines
Managing scope, resources, timelines, costs/budget, quality, communication, and procurements to meet the goals of the client
Leading and performing hands-on analysis of the business and technical environments, and writing procurement documents
Working with vendors to manage contract deliverables, oversee all vendor activities to ensure that all the milestones are met
Ensuring that project plans and schedules are established and maintained, ensuring that deliverables are completed timely and accurately
Establishing project governance, conducting formal presentations, coordinating with all project stakeholders and ensure that appropriate project controls are instituted
Serving as an IT project liaison to the business client
Working with business stakeholders to develop necessary project management, change management, risk management, rollout, and training plans
Working with the technical team to ensure technical readiness during implementation and supervising implementation activities
Developing and maintaining all required client CIO project documentation

Required skills include:

The selected candidate must be a results-oriented individual with a very strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent IT Project Management, negotiation, communication and problem-solving skills.

Capable of leading effective project meetings that are tailored to the audience
Ability to create simple to complex project plans, timelines and work breakdown structures using project management tools
Must have proficiency in project management, agile, scrum, and kanban software tools
Must have strategic planning skills with good understanding of roadmap development.
Ability to write and present effective project materials, including presentations and status reports
Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff, clients and other IT personnel
Proven experience with working collaboratively with business/program partners
Ability to effectively identify and resolve system or business process/project issues
Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results
Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work in a high-demand dynamic environment
Strong analytical skills
Strong written and oral communication skills, including development of project
Must have experience writing Procurement documents (RFP/RFQ) and technical artifacts
Experience as a Project Manager on a cloud-based implementation project is a plus

Management prefers applicants with the following:

Candidate with PMP Certification. Agile/Scrum Master certification is a plus
Experience managing or supervising legacy system upgrade and/or replacement projects
Experience collaborating with client and Local Government
Experience with public health programs
Experience planning and managing data conversion activities
Experience building rollout plans

Required / Desired Skills

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience

Project management experience, preferably with large, complex automation implementation efforts Required 8 Years
Demonstrated Project Management experience on system deployments with multiple clients. Required 8 Years
Proven track record of delivering projects and work streams with aggressive timelines and deliver within scope ,budget and schedule Required 8 Years
Objective decision-making ability based on strategic objectives priority, business performance analysis and resource availability. Required 8 Years
Hands on experience managing project risk, cost, schedule, quality, testing, and communications. Required 7 Years
Strong leadership, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills. Required 3 Years
Demonstrated oral and written communication and presentation skills. Required 3 Years
Solid work experience with project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project) Required 7 Years
Experience with MS Office and SharePoint.. Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience with both Waterfall and Agile Projects Required 5 Years
Demonstrated experience with vendor management on a large IT project/system implementation Required 8 Years
Demonstrate technical architecture/infrastructure knowledge and experience, including experience with multiple hardware platforms and operating system Required 8 Years
Demonstrate technical knowledge and analysis skills with hands-on experience in development, data base design, and web-based technologies Required 8 Years
Demonstrated experience working with client public health programs Highly desired 5 Years
Extensive understanding of SharePoint end user experience, sites, libraries, lists and groups Highly desired 3 Years
Experience in health care industry Highly desired 5 Years
Experience leading and Implementing COTS and SAAS Projects Desired 7 Years
Experience writing RFPs/technical writing Highly desired 5 Years
Understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development Required 3 Years
Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for a software development / maintenance teams that was diligently applying Agile / Kanban values and prin Highly desired 3 Years
PMP Certification from PMI. Scrum Master certification is a plus Highly desired 5 Years
Ability to help manage Scrum team backlog and/or Kanban Flow, and priorities using agile based tools (ServiceNow, Jira, Version One etc.) Required 3 Years
Experience managing legacy system upgrade/migration, data conversion activities and building roll-out plans Highly desired 5 Years

Notes:

Hybrid