Project Manager

PMP Certified - Hybrid schedule with 3 days in the office, Richmond VA. Must reside in the Richmond metropolitan area.

PMP CERTIFICATION REQUIRED with experience in Scaled Agile environment, Strong oral and written communication skills required.

Client is seeking a senior technical Project Manager to manage and deliver complex IT Project(s) with multiple teams and work streams coordinated to an aggressive delivery schedule.

Project Manager is responsible for the outcome of the assigned projects. The Project Manager leads the team through the Commonwealth Standard for Project Management for successful completion of the project phases:

• Preselect
• Initiation
• Planning
• Execution and Control

The selected candidate will

1. Serve as a hands-on technical project manager with development staff and business groups
2. Coordinate and communicate with Information Technology Division management and staff to coordinate work staff and resourcing.
3. Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff
4. Facilitate multi-functional technical team collaboration.
5. Collaborate with vendors, consultants, and contractors in the execution of projects, including contract management, and work with procurement office(s).
6. Maintain project budget, plans, tasks, schedules, risks, and status and disseminate information to team members and customers as defined in the communication plan.
7. Ensure documentation of requirements and use cases, facilitate design workshops for assigned project.
8. Ensure preparation of test objectives, test plans and test cases for assigned project.
9. Provide the management of project milestones and deliverables for on-time and on-budget delivery.
10. Define, measure, and clearly communicate progress with project metrics.
11. Support system and application training efforts.