Project Manager PMP

Location & Work Arrangement

• Location: Richmond, Virginia
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Required to work on-site 2-3 days per week).
• Contract: This is a Contract position.
• Candidate Requirement: Must be a local Richmond, VA candidate.

Essential Requirements & Qualifications

• Certification: Candidate MUST possess a current Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI). No other certifications qualify.
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience managing large projects.
• Overall IT Experience: Minimum of 15 years of overall IT experience.
• Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Execution: Drive consistent project delivery across the entire lifecycle, including defining plans, allocating resources, and managing scope, schedule, cost, and risk.
• Methodology Expertise: Successfully lead projects using Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid approaches, knowing how to blend them appropriately for project needs.
• Procurement Management: Coordinate and oversee the development of crucial procurement documents, including Proposals, Statements of Work (SOW), Statements of Requirements (SOR), and RFP responses.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage working relationships with key stakeholders, including executive management, vendors, and technology leads.
• Team Leadership: Hold teams accountable for commitments, facilitate multi-disciplinary teams, and actively remove project roadblocks.
• Cloud/SaaS Implementation: Develop, execute, and manage complex cloud-hosted SaaS implementation projects.
• Communication: Track and communicate progress, schedule, cost, and risk perspective clearly and succinctly to multiple audiences.

Required Skills & Knowledge

• PM Tools: Fluency in Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project, Visio, and the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Requirements: Strong experience leading teams through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements for procurements.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional interpersonal skills, high emotional quotient (EQ) for handling project challenges, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• SDLC: Solid understanding of Software Development Lifecycle models and the ability to define and balance competing demands (quality, scope, schedule, cost).

Preferred Skills

• Experience with the Commonwealth's IT procurement processes (RFP, SOW).
• Experience with Project Management Office (PMO) methodologies and practices.