Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
Skills
Accountability
Agile
Analytical Skill
Budget
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
Communication
Job Details
We are looking for Project Manager for our client in Richmond, VA
Job Title: Project Manager
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
- The Project Manager PMP will coordinate vendors, consultants, and internal IT and business staff to ensure successful execution of IT projects and procurements.
- This role oversees project planning, documentation, progress tracking, stakeholder communication, resource allocation, and governance adherence.
- The Project Manager ensures alignment with organizational goals and drives consistent delivery through the entire project lifecycle while maintaining a positive project culture.
- Strong experience managing cloud-hosted SaaS implementation projects.
- Strong experience leading business and IT teams through requirements discovery and documentation.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal, team-building, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Ability to lead teams to adopt new approaches, systems, and methods.
- Ability to balance competing demands for quality, scope, schedule, and cost.
- Ability to analyze and document system processes.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle models.
- Exceptional knowledge of Agile and Waterfall project management principles.
- Knowledge of process engineering and re-engineering techniques.
- Minimum ten years of experience managing large projects.
- Experience with Project Management Office methodologies and practices preferred.
- Experience with Commonwealth IT procurement processes preferred.
- Experience with VITA s Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process strongly preferred.
- Coordinate vendors, consultants, and internal teams for execution of IT projects.
- Oversee development of proposals, statements of work, and RFP responses.
- Support team development, hold teams accountable, and remove roadblocks.
- Facilitate multi-disciplinary teams in creating project plans, goals, and procedures.
- Manage day-to-day project activities and working relationships with stakeholders.
- Set project goals aligned with technical and organizational strategies.
- Track and communicate project progress regarding schedule, cost, and risks.
- Collaborate with technology leads to incorporate best practices into project plans.
- Drive consistent delivery through full project lifecycle.
- Monitor vendor progress and develop performance metrics.
- Maintain project budgets, schedules, risks, and documentation.
- Adhere to project management governance requirements.
- Maintain positive project culture and demonstrate strong emotional intelligence.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
- Experience with VITA or similar state-level governance environments.
- Experience in large, complex IT project environments.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Visio, and Office.
- Strong communication and leadership skills.
- Strong documentation and requirement-gathering capabilities.
- Bachelor s degree required.
- PMP certification required.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.