Project Manager

DataStaff, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Des Moines, IA
*This position is hybrid, 2-3 days/week are onsite
Responsibilities:

• Adhering project management governance on multiple current and future projects.
• Will be accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required.
• Manage the delivery efforts and report status of each within a common project reporting mechanism.
• Work with multiple business and platform areas across the State, potentially including upper-level state government committees.
• Conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables.
• Be part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management, and control.
• Gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders.
• Multi-task on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)
• Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams.
• Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision.
• Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
• Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios.
• Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately.
• Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product.
• Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills.
• Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts.
• Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to project team.
• Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate.
• Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management.
• Other duties or tasks as assigned by management.

Required Skills:

• 10 Years - Direct management of system integration projects.
• 10 Years - Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities.
• 10 Years - Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting).
• 10 Years - Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects.
• 10 Years - Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and formalize procedures.
• 10 Years - Strong process and gap analysis skills.
• 10 Years - Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment.
• 8 Years - Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document business requirements.
• 8 Years - Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines.

This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.