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Role: SAS Project Manager (100% Remote)
Direct Client
Location: Virginia
Duration: 6-9 Months (Possibility of Extension)
State and Local Government Project Management experience is preferred.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
We have a consulting opportunity for a SAS Project Manager for a State Government contracts. The technical requirements for this position are below. The job is 100% remote; the duration is 6-9 months with a possibility of extension. Please make sure that any proposed candidate has met the requirements.
Summary:
This role will be responsible for all aspects of project management: the direction, planning and budgeting, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of specific projects while ensuring consistency with SAS overall strategy, commitments, and goals.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assumes fiscal responsibility for the portions of the projects managed, including managing budget, expense management, timely invoicing, receivables tracking and monitoring /managing subcontractor expenses as applicable.
- Identifies, documents, and escalates any project issues and potential dependencies to the project team to the appropriate management team.
- Manages assigned projects against key business targets and time-to-value key performance indicators to help ensure high quality and high customer satisfaction.
- Prepares sample or high-level project plans to satisfy customer requirements to close deals, identify potential implementation options and provide recommendations on implementation approaches.
- Participates and leads in project review sessions with stakeholders, customers, and senior management.
- Completes risk assessment documents for projects, meeting articulated criteria (sizeable financial concerns, heavy use of subcontractors, implementation of new solutions, etc.).
- May support Senior Project Managers or Program Managers on large projects and may independently manage small to medium scale projects.
- Manages internal or external customer expectations fully and acts as customer liaison.
- Manages implementation projects throughout the project life cycle.
- Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments and resource additions.
- Identifies and matches skills of project team members with the implementation requirements and tasks, including subcontractors if required, and verifies that team members know and understand their assignments.
- Ensures quality assurance and test plans are developed for the project.
- Maintains an accurate project plan, adheres to deadlines and communicates weekly project status reports, issues, alerts, signoffs and closure to the team, management and the customer.
- Forecasts revenue and resource requirements for the duration of the project.
- Follows established change management procedures should project plans or schedules be adjusted.
- Ensures project designs and specifications provide a reliable blueprint for implementation.
- Resolves any conflict between the project and other organizational units in a satisfactory manner, including engaging management as necessary.
- Communicates project goals to those outside the project and engages management or leadership in other units as needed to ensure customer success.
- Completes engagement/project summary, project closeout procedures and skills inventory updates, when applicable, at end of project.
- Assures overall customer satisfaction through project health checks, surveys and Delivery Excellence agreements according the governing Project Management Methodology.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Leverages methodologies, enablers and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
- Oversees knowledge management activities of the delivery team using knowledge server or comparable tool.
- Builds relationships with clients that characterize partnership, cooperation and trust.
- Provides leadership and drives customer success while overcoming barriers and satisfying staff, management, and stakeholder commitments.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Project Management Professional, known as PMP, certification is required.
- State and Local Government Project Management experience is preferred.
- MS Project experience is preferred.
- State and Local Government experience
- Jira or the like
- Experience with Project documentation (Charters, RACI, Design docs, etc.)
- Excellent facilitation skills, including meeting content/agenda and proactive/creative management of issues.
- Very good domain and industry expertise as well as an understanding of SAS internal processes and organization.
- Very good problem-solving, organizational, written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and with a team.
- Travel as business requirements as required by management discretion.
Preferences:
- Madison, WI location preferred, but flexible on location for the right candidate.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor s degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, Accounting or related field.
- A minimum of 7 years of customer project management experience.
Equivalency:
- Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the requirements stated above, including military service.
- The level of this position will be determined based on the applicant's education, skills and experience.
Best Regards
Kyle,
Sr. US IT Recruiter
Infinity Tech Group Inc,
12 N Route 17 Suite # 201 Paramus NJ 07652
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